Tips

Tips

ASP.NET development best practices

• Static methods are a code smell

  Static methods work best as only utility methods. Learn what constitutes a code smell and how to best avoid these potential issues.  Continue Reading

• Introduction to ASP.NET's Model View Controller (MVC) Design Pattern

  Microsoft is working on an MVC framework, which will let ASP.NET developers decouple their data, events and views and enable a more flexible application architecture.  Continue Reading

• Check the MSDN Virtual Labs for regular, compelling new content

  Microsoft Developer Network offers a great resource to the development community through its Virtual Labs. These labs are updated monthly and will help you to stay abreast of upcoming happenings in the MSDN world.  Continue Reading

• Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 introduces ADO .NET Entity Designer

  Ed Tittel discusses ADO .NET Entity Designer -- a tool that permits direct mappings between a database schema and a conceptual schema.  Continue Reading

• Windows XP SP3 pack includes new XML parser, enhanced IP security

  The latest XP update includes developer goodies including a new internal XML parsing engine, better IP security policy support, and a new management console.  Continue Reading

• Localization practices for .NET 2.0: It's still about the architecture

  Michele Leroux Bustamante shows you how to architect an application in the .NET Framework 2.0 to allow for localization of resources and text. The article discusses how to make use of external resources and satellite assemblies as well as the affect...  Continue Reading

• Creating custom ASP.NET 2.0 profile providers

  In this article, Shawn Wildermuth shows how profile providers are used to enable ASP.NET 2.0 applications to maintain user profile information on web site visitors as well as how to implement your own searchable custom profile provider.  Continue Reading

• Configuring ASP.NET 2.0 apps to SQL Server 2005 databases

  Improved security features in ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 makes configuring the two a little tricky. Here we point to two tutorials that explain the process quite well.  Continue Reading

• Learning .NET: Tips for getting started with .NET development

  Our "Getting Started" tip series provides an introductory look at leading-edge technology like ASP.NET AJAX, .NET 3.0 and Visual Studio Team System.  Continue Reading

• Book Excerpt: ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts in Action

  An ASP.NET 2.0 app built with Web Parts has sections that communicate with the server independently, improving performance and the user experience. This book excerpt explains how to manage these applications.  Continue Reading

• What to do if CSS is part of your IE 7 Web app plan

  Internet Explorer 7 has reached Release Candidate stage. There is important news for those who use Cascading Style Sheets in IE 6 and wish to do so in IE 7.  Continue Reading

• Is It Always This Easy? Chapter 2 of ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated

  This chapter uses a day in the life of a developer to illustrate the many code-reducing, time-saving improvements to ASP.NET 2.0.  Continue Reading

• Using Validation Controls: Chapter 3 of ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed

  This chapter download describes the six out-of-the-box validation controls in ASP.NET 2.0 and shows readers how to create their own controls.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET development best and worst practices

  Recent tips from Microsoft highlight what to do -- and what not to do -- to keep ASP.NET applications running as they should.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0 migration in five steps

  ASP.NET 1.x to ASP.NET 2.0 migration can be done in as little as half an hour, Microsoft says. This tip outlines the five-step migration process in Visual Studio 2005.  Continue Reading