Tips

Tips

• Tutorial explains ASP.NET 2.0 site navigation

  While ASP.NET 1.x lacked site navigation support, that was taken care of in ASP.NET 2.0. Here we link to a four-part tutorial that explains these new features.  Continue Reading

• Visual Basic .NET and printing forms

  Changes to Visual Basic .NET and WinForms have not made printing forms any easier than it should be. Here we offer help with this FAQ.  Continue Reading

• Explore the utility of .NET coding patterns

  Design patterns assist anyone working in an object-oriented environment. Here Ed Tittel describes 15 coding patterns from The Code Project written specifically for .NET developers.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft offers self-assessments for Visual Studio.NET

  Ed Tittel reviews what's available at Microsoft's Skills Assessment site, where developers can learn the skills needed to properly build and deploy WIndows- and Web-based apps.  Continue Reading

• Where's the VB?

  This is the question a lot of people have been asking in recent years upon attending .NET developer conferences where Visual Basic code samples seemed few and far between.  Continue Reading

• Special Report: Securing applications -- The new frontier in security

  The most serious security vulnerabilities facing enterprises today aren't necessarily the ones that they've prepared for. Criminals are focusing on exploiting vulnerabilities in applications, but as this special report from Techra LLC shows, ...  Continue Reading

• Defining a Build: Chapter 1 of The Build Master

  Here Microsoft veteran Vincent Maraia offers insight into the build process, an important yet largely underserved element of software development.  Continue Reading

• Master Pages in ASP.NET 2.0 drive uniform design

  One of ASP.NET 2.0's most notable advancements is the Master Page, which lets developers create consistent headers, footers and logos across an entire Web app.  Continue Reading

• Pandering to persistent page states

  ASP.NET 2.0 provides a class for storing information on the server side so it doesn't pass between the client and the server in a hidden HTML field. It's a handy feature, Ed Tittel writes.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft provides view of SQL Server 2005 systems

  Microsoft has posted a download that offers insight into the plethora of system and object relationships in SQL Server 2005.  Continue Reading

• AQtime: Put VS.NET code under a helpful microscope

  The best time to debug is when a project's release window is in site. A tool called AQtime 4 will help with this necessary task.  Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Ajax and the dynamic double combo

  This chapter download demonstrates how to enhance HTML forms with Ajax to create double-combination linked lists.  Continue Reading

• Learn Smart Client best practices

  Smart Client applications have suffered a bit because of lack of definition. MS has developed patterns and practices, gathered together as the Composite Application Block [CAB], to address the problem.  Continue Reading

• Expert recommends merge tool, metadata browser

  In this tip, Victor Garcia Aprea of ClariuS consulting talks about two of his favorite .NET development tools -- a code merging and comparing tool from Araxis and a free metadata browser developed by Lutz Roeder.  Continue Reading

• Visual Basic 2005 explained in free MS Press book

  Anyone used to Visual Basic 6 will find Microsoft's free book, 'Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers,' interesting if not downright compelling.  Continue Reading