.NET Tutorials & Articles
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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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Mythbusting SharePoint 2010
by David McMahonWhen someone mentions SharePoint to you, what do you do? For many people SharePoint is still somewhat of a mystery, they've heard of it, but don't really know what it is. For others it is a painful memory from a few years ago, when the promise of easy web development was not fulfilled. Dave looks at what SharePoint really is, and where it's at with the release of SharePoint 2010
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ADO.NET: an extensible framework for data access
by Cary JensenHow is ADO.NET affected by the .NET data provider interface, and how can extending its classes improve your projects?
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Flash programming
by David ConradDavid Conrad looks at the Flash development environment to see how it compares to Silverlight and .NET.
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Smarten up your UI with Task Dialogs, the Message Box 2.0
by Kevin GriffinPut your message boxes on steroids. Take advantage of the new-look dialogs in Windows Vista and Windows 7 in your applications and smarten up your UI.
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Tap into the power of the Windows 7 Taskbar
by Paul FosterThe task bar has some of the most visible improvements in Windows 7 - find out how to hugely increase the usability of your application by tapping into the taskbar functionality
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Getting started with Silverlight 4
by David ConradWith Silverlight 4's convergence with .NET becoming a reality, the scope for powerful development is broadened.
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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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Consoling thoughts…
by Harry FairheadHave you ever wanted to open a console in the middle of an application that doesn't usually support one? Harry Fairhead explains exactly how to master the console.
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The future is Azured?
by Harry FairheadAzure is Microsoft's new programming paradigm, and Harry Fairhead investigates how much cloud there is in cloud computing.
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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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Domain Driven Design: A Step by Step Guide - Part 2
by Casey CharltonGet to grips with the fundamental concepts of entityes, value objects, aggregate roots and domain services.
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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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C# 4.0 goes dynamic
by Mike JamesIs C# in danger of too much change? Mike James ponders the implications of dynamic types in C#.
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The Future of .NET Languages
by Damon ArmstrongWondered why Microsoft always seems to release different language features for each language? Discover how .NET 4.0 will reduce the disparity between C# and VB.NET with some great new features for both languages, plus a new dynamic language runtime and new functional and parallel programming languages.
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Using Adobe Flex in Visual Studio
by Matt WicksYou can now take advantage of the Flex framework from right within Visual Studio to build Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). We get you up to speed on what Flex is and a basic application talking to a web service.
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The Next Generation Of Web Development
by James CrowleyWhere is Web Development moving to in the future?
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The Advantages of Peer Networking
by James CrowleyForums have become a tremendous asset for all sorts of users, and especially for professionals that are looking to overcome issues that are unclear or new to them.
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Controller Patterns for ASP.NET
by Alex HomerDiscover how to use controllers and partial views within your web applications, allowing powerful web applications to dynamically choose correct views at runtime, and preserving your seperation of concerns.
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Rails: an introduction
by Kevin JonesYou've heard the hype - but not given it a shot yet? Kevin Jones explains the background of MVC, DRY and TDD and how to get started with your first Ruby on Rails web app!