The MailMessage object that's part of .NET lets you send e-mail notifications to your users and supports all the customizations you'd want in e-mail.
Need to work but can't connect to your Team Foundation Server? That's where Team Foundation Version Control comes in.
- By Mickey Gousset
- 04/14/2009
Peter returns to the topic of user interfaces to explain why you shouldn't waste any time helping your "expert" users -- and what you should be doing instead.
The WebClient class gives you a straightforward way to access distributed service data without having to worry about a lot of asynchronous complexities.
There are multiple ways to solve every problem. Strive for code that communicates your intent and makes your meaning clear for every developer who uses it.
Set aside ASP.NET for now. Let's talk about the most fundamental error developers make in designing their site's user interface.
Plus, saying good-bye to RDN.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 04/01/2009
New tools for data modeling and a new class library for LINQ.
A painful legacy and death by aptitude -- software development gone wrong.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 04/01/2009
Learn how to create powerful templates that can be called from both client- and server-side code.
- By Steele Price
- 04/01/2009
Learn how to free your application from dependencies and interchange implementations using Managed Extensibility Framework.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2009
Visual Studio now supports myriad development platforms.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/01/2009
Aligning SQL in the cloud to SQL on the ground is about more than just common sense. It's about getting things done.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2009
To fully exploit User Controls, you need to treat them as object -- which includes having them fire events. If firing your own events is new to you, here's a step-by-step guide.
When it comes to our understanding of Unicode issues, the "Born in the USA!" chant (no matter how you feel about The Boss) can almost amount to a proclamation of cultural ignorance.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 03/23/2009
ASP.NET developers don't fully exploit User Controls -- until they start thinking of them as "User Interface" objects.
Jeff continues his exploration of the TfsWorkItemTracking database by showing you how to retrieve a record from a given point in time using some helpful SQL statements.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 03/16/2009
All you need to let your users customize their Web pages is the ability to create UserControls.
Get to know the ins and outs of TfsWorkItemTracking in the first part of this series covering the most useful aspects of the TFS database.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 03/09/2009
Peter continues his series on integrating cascading DropDownLists with databound controls. But this time, he looks at what's different when you're using the ObjectDataSource.