Web Development


Protect and Authenticate Your Apps

Get the Code Protector SDK, plus new VS 2005 SDK v4 samples, Microsoft Windows Search 3.x SDK and more.

Designers and Developers: Better Together

Rockford shares his take on what worked (and what didn't) when collaborating with a designer on a new project using VS 2008, Express Blend and Team Foundation Server

Gates Showcases Universal Communications

OCS 2007 will allow developers to embed telephony into apps.

.NET Toolbox Picks: Part II

Seven alternative tools and widgets for .NET programmers.

First Look: The Curl Development Environment

Going into this review, I was not at all sure what to expect. I had no prior knowledge of Curl, although some preliminary research revealed it to be an object-oriented hybrid markup language with similarities to HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Microsoft and Facebook: A Coup for Developers?

Microsoft yesterday announced that it will take a $240 million equity stake in social networking service Facebook, giving Redmond a key conduit to grow its online advertising efforts. The deal also gives tacit credence to Facebook as a platform for .NET developers.

Testing AJAX Applications with VSTS 2008

Jeff walks you through the new method of validating AJAX code in Visual Studio Team System 2008 (no Fiddler required!).

Ballmer Unveils Beta of Facebook Tool

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today unveiled the beta version of Popfly, its Web-dev tool for non-developers.

IT Must Tackle 5 Trends, Analyst Group Says

The points of change cited by the research firm include Web 2.0-style apps, SaaS, global-class computing, "consumerization" of IT and open source.

Distributed Computing Studies Get Google, IBM Support

Google and IBM are providing resources to universities focusing on Internet-scale application studies.

Microsoft Official: AJAX More than Eye Candy

Microsoft official: AJAX has reached maturity in enterprises.

.NET Micro Framework Service Pack 1

First service pack ships for .NET Micro Framework.

Tool Ports VB.NET to Java

New tool assists in Visual Basic-to-Java translation.

Domain-Specific Languages

Develop your own graphical languages with Microsoft's DSL Tools.

Digipede Network 2.0 Targets Multi-Threaded Apps

Digipede Network 2.0 includes new debugger, focuses on multi-threading.

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