.NET Tutorials & Articles
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Visual Studio 2003
by Mike JamesWith the official release of Visual Studio.NET 2003, has the technology behind .NET reached maturity?
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Native code without sacrificing .NET performance
by Peter VarholCalling native code from your .NET application has performance implications. We explain how to use the right method to call your native code, and how to measure its performance.
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Dynamic menus and the .NET Framework
by Jon VoteIn March we showed you how to create a dynamic menu with Visual Basic 6.0. Now we approach the same task using the .NET framework, covering basic OO on the way.
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Creating a Windows Service in VB.NET
by Jayesh JainLearn how to do the previously impossible - build a Windows Service with the help of Visual Basic.NET
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USB interfacing
by Harry FairheadA potential solution to the thorny problem of USB interfacing
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Certification choices
by Andy ThomsonHow can you decide between MCSD and MCAD certification?
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XP, Component Services and .NET
by John GodelLearn about the changes introduced by COM+, new features included in Windows XP for COM+, and how to use COM+ services from your .NET programs.
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Events and Delegates
by Faisal JawaidAn introduction to event driven programming in C#, through the use of Events and Delegates.
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Building a Web Service - The Beginning
by Bruce JohnsonTo create an intelligently designed web services, it is important to understand the architecture that is available to support them. This article lays out the foundation on which our sample web service will be based.
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Eocene: An OO Web Development Framework
by Deepak DuttaEocene is a simple and easy to use Object Oriented Web development framework for PHP. It is based on the Front Controller design pattern and the Model View Controller (MVC) architecture. It incorporates many proven software development practices to provide a foundation for building Web applications. It uses PHP for foundation classes and xml-based text files for application configurations. It is a simple and easy to use framework that can be used to solve a large number of Web development projec
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99 Bottles
by Paul ParksWho said programming was serious stuff? Here's a C# program that outputs the song "99 Bottles Of Beer On the Wall.".
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Building XML Web Services Using C# and ASP.NET
by James YangThe term web service has been used quite frequently lately: you hear people saying how good web services are and how they will dominate the future of software development, but what exactly are web services and how can we create them? In this article James shows us how to build two web services and also unravels all of the lingo surrounding web services.
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Searching XML using a DataSet & DataView
by Chris ScottSometimes you need the basic features of a database but don't want the hassle, and possibly cost, of creating one for a small application. With the .NET DataSet object and a simple XML document we can emulate the basic features of a database.
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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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Attributed Programming in .NET Using C#
by Deepak DuttaAn attribute is a new code level language construct in all major .NET languages. It provides integration of declarative information to assemblies, classes, interfaces, members, etc. at the code level. The information can then be used to change the runtime behavior or collect organizational information. In this article, I illustrate the power of attributed programming by examples that show a modular approach to issues that can crosscut many classes.
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A TCP/IP socket server object for Visual Basic
by Len HolgateAlthough socket based TCP/IP servers using IO Completion Ports are often written in C++ it's sometimes useful to write such a server in Visual Basic.
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API Programming Series #1
by Sreejath S. WarrierThis is the first part of a series of articles explaining how to access and use the Win32 API from within VB.
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Building Application Framework with C#
by Nauman LaghariThe Article introduces a C# developer to building framework. After reading, you'll get how the big names have performed most of the magic in Application Frameworks, like the Java Applet and Servlets Framework as well as the Microsoft Foundation Classes. This article is just an introduction to the complex topic. A short code sample is provided for practically demonstrating the purpose.
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A reusable Windows socket server class
by Len HolgateWriting a high performance server that runs on Windows NT and uses sockets to communicate with the outside world isn't that hard once you dig through the API references. What's more most of the code is common between all of the servers that you're likely to want to write. It should be possible to wrap all of the common code up in some easy to reuse classes.
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Creating Images on the Fly with ASP.NET
by Craig NavinBefore the advent of the .Net framework, creating images on the fly for a web browser was a tedious task. Now, thanks to the .Net framework, creating images on the fly is a simple task. This article will provide the reader with the fundamentals necessary to start developing dynamic images with the .Net framework.