RIA & Web Tutorials & Articles
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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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Visual Basic 6.0 - Exporting a DataReport to Microsoft Word
by conwayjdThis article is a simple yet effective way to export a DataReport to MIcrosoft Word using the DataEnvironment and DataReport. This walk-through starts with creating a simple database in Microsoft Access and then creating a User Interface in Visual Basic 6.0.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Improving Web Site Performance and Scalability while saving money
by Robert BoedigheimerLearn the tools and techniques that can dramatically improve performance for a web site, while saving money by reducing server load and bandwidth requirements.
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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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Introducing Python for .NET - IronPython
by Mike JamesIs it a dead parrot or does it fly? Mike James looks at IronPython and asks if it really is something completely different.
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LINQ-ing to XML
by Mike JamesXML, which is all about tree structures, and LINQ, which is all about querying collections, might not seem to fit together, but Mike James explains that they work together just fine.
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SWT and JFace, Part 1: A gentle introduction
by Barry FeigenbaumIn this first article of an SWT and JFace series, find out how to create a simple Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) application using Java™, Eclipse, and the SWT and JFace libraries. Also learn how to create simple SWT GUIs using basic controls and layouts.
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SLOBbing about with .NET
by Dave WheelerPersisting objects is all about SLOB (serialized large objects), or so says Dave Wheeler who explains how it's now all so much easier.
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First class functions in JavaScript
by Ian ElliotIan Elliot continues to mine for hidden information relating to JavaScript.
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The Future of the Web: HTML5
by Robert BoedigheimerLet’s get this one cleared up in the first sentence, no you don’t have to wait until 2022 to start using HTML 5! None of that really matters to web developers, what should matter to us is when our users’ browsers support a given feature we are interested in utilizing.
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Implementing AJAX in ASP.NET
by Karl SeguinAsynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) has recently become the craze thanks, in no small part, to Google’s usage of it in Google Suggest as well as Google Maps. Karl looks at how it works, and how we can implement it in ASP.NET using a free AJAX.NET wrapper.