.NET Tutorials & Articles
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Creating a database connection
by Tony HoCreating connections and all your data objects are really easy Design-Time, but what if you need it for runtime? Here's how.
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C# 4.0 goes dynamic - a step too far?
by Mike JamesIs C# in danger of too much change? Mike James ponders the implications of dynamic types in C
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Introducing Visual Studio .NET 2008 - Top 10 Features
by Mark SmithAfter a long beta period, Visual Studio .NET 2008 is finally on general release. There are a ton of new features and enhancements in this release that make it almost a no-brainer to upgrade - I thought I’d take a moment and list my top ten favorites in no particular order.
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Design for testing
by Kevin JonesTesting should be an integral part of your design, and Kevin Jones explains just how to make it so.
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Documentation made easy with C# and XML
by Mike JamesOf course you want to document your code, but how many of us do? Mike James thinks that coding and documenting can go hand-in-hand.
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Enhancing your applications for Windows 7
by Kevin GriffinWindows 7 brings new salvation for .NET developers, and it comes in the form of the Windows 7 API Code Pack for the.NET Framework.
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Creating Extensible Applications with MAF
by Mark SmithLearn how using MAF allows you to easily create extensible applications that allow new features to be added without jeopardizing the stability of the existing code base. MAF provides a higher-level service that allow you to dynamically discover, load, secure and interact with external assemblies used to provide features for your application.
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LINQ to log files
by Jon SkeetRunning LINQ queries over databases gets all the limelight, but Jon Skeet reminds us of it's possibilities over object graphs too.
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Top 5 Visual Studio 2010 Features
by Scott MitchellVisual Studio 2010 offers a variety of new features and functionality. Discover are five new Visual Studio 2010 features that will help make you a more productive developer.
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SharePoint 2010 for Developers - What’s New?
by Sahil MalikASP.NET 2.0 came to SharePoint in 2007 but the development story left us wanting more. Sahil reports on the improvements in SharePoint 2010.
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ActiveRecord for Ruby and Rails
by Kevin JonesKevin Jones explains how ActiveRecord works in Rails, and in a standalone Ruby application.
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New C# 3.0 Language Features
by Scott GuthrieLearn about some of the new features in C# 3.0 including automatic properties, collection initializers, extension methods, lambda expressions and anonymous types.
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Lessons learned writing AJAX applications
by Dino EspositoWe’re all familiar these days with the Ajax buzz word – but while it’s relatively simple to use these browser technologies to implement a specific feature in an individual page, it is much more complex to build an entire application according to the Ajax paradigm. This article offers a brief overview of a few aspects you might want to take into account for building successful applications.
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Concurrency handling techniques in ADO.NET
by Joydip KanjilalJoydip Kanjilal looks at the problems caused by concurrency when accessing data, both online and offline, and how to overcome them.
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Creating Particle Effects in Silverlight
by John MannixLearn how to use a classic animation technique to create realistic special effects in Silverlight - offering visual effects including fire, water, smoke and fog.
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Regular expressions in C# - the director's cut
by Mike JamesIf you think regular expressions are trivial and boring, Mike James reveals that in .NET they are amazing powerful and not to be missed.
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VB 6 Tutorial
by James CrowleyCompletely new to Visual Basic? Overwhelmed with the confusing instructions? Read this tutorial and get a head start - learn what VB is, what you can do with it, how much it costs, and how to get star
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JSP for .NET developers
by Sing LiIt can be difficult to appreciate alien technology even if it's doing exactly the same job as something familiar and well understood. Sing Li makes it easy for .NET enthusiasts to comprehend JSP by comparing it with ASP.NET.
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Isolated Storage
by Ian StevensonIsolated Storage is a solution to a very common problem, but if you don't understand it then it becomes a problem in its own right.
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Architecting systems using Windows Workflow Foundation
by Richard BlewettPuzzled by WF? Wonder what it's all for? Richard Blewett takes the mystery out of Windows Workflow.