RIA & Web Tutorials & Articles
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How to access Outlook and post to a blog using C#
by Simon SoanesAn article for all those like Robert Scoble who would like to be able to drag and drop an item to a folder in their Outlook and post it instantly to their Blog. We also briefly cover web services and talking to Outlook.
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Uploading Images to a Database
by Dave WantaLearn how to allow a user to upload an image to your server and store the binary data in a Microsoft SQL database.
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Game development using Silverlight 2
by Dave WheelerImplementing a game using Silverlight is a good way to learn its more advanced aspects. Dave Wheeler shows us how, and has some fun on the way.
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Rails MVC and routing
by Kevin JonesKevin Jones thinks that the key idea in Rails is routing. See how this fits in with the MVC pattern and find out more about Rails by reading on.
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Isolated Storage in .NET
by Graham ParkerKnowing how and where to store things is bread and butter stuff for an Application Developer. This article examines an area of storage known as ‘Isolated Storage’ that was introduced to the Windows environment alongside the introduction of the .NET Framework. We’ll discover, what it is and how and why to use it.
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Retrieving Images from a Database
by Dave WantaLearn how to retrieve binary data from a database, and stream it directly to a client via a browser.
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Using MySQL with .NET
by cardinals33Ever wanted to combine the power and ease of the .NET platform with a free database like MySQL? Well thanks to ODBC database functions in ADO.NET it's really easy. This article shows how.
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Manual File Downloads In ASP.NET
by Palo MrazFighting Response.End and the infamous ThreadAbortException while trying to implement manual file downloading in an ASP.NET application.
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Have you seen the Silverlight?
by Dave WheelerSo you want fancy, sexy streaming media in the UI? And you want cool animations, fancy glow-in-the-dark buttons and decent, scalable vector graphics? And you want to run your application in a browser on both Windows and Mac OSX? If you’re already reaching for your copy of How to Wow with Flash, stop. There’s a new kid muscling onto the somewhat crowded Rich Interactive Application (RIA) block, and it’s coming from Microsoft.
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.NET Applets
by M KenyonMark walks you through how you go about creating a ".NET Applet" - a Windows Forms control hosted within a web page.
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Creating a Master-detail page
by Thomas JohansenDemonstrates how to create a master-detail page in ASP.NET using nested repeaters.
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Inside ASP.NET AJAX back end services
by Dino EspositoMost of the emphasis with AJAX is on how to perform an asynchronous update at the client. Dino Esposito considers the other end of the connection – how exactly does the server provide the data that the client needs?
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Color Mixer
by James P. GuptaThis shows you how to create a pop-up color mixer which converts to hexadecimal format
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Custom SMTP in C#
by Randy Charles MorinLearn how to write a TCP/IP client that sends emails in C# without the built-in .NET smtp class.
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Registry In's and Out's Using C#
by Michael BrightA complete introduction to accessing the Windows registry from .NET
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Making skinned custom controls
by Thomas JohansenThis article will show you how you can easily make your custom controls skinned by deriving from a new control class that we will call SkinControl.
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Creating a Newsletter system
by Pablo VarandoThis tutorials will show you how to create a fully automated system to allow visitors to subscribe and unsubscribe to your newsletter, and for administrators to send out a newsletter to all the registered users.
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Understanding Open XML
by Matt NicholsonMatt Nicholson introduces a range of articles covering the new Ecma Office Open XML standard, as supported by 2007 Microsoft Office system. Find out how Open XML works, how to use it and what you can do with it.
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Moving from Tables to CSS
by Roan LaveryLearn how to migrate your existing sites from tables to CSS, and how to start including more CSS based design into your workflow. Why? Because I still think many people find learning to build CSS layout sites from scratch difficult. There's a steep learning curve associated with CSS design, much more so than tables, and getting consistent results across different browsers is tricky, even for the more experienced.
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Service-Oriented Architecture: What Is It and How Can It Help Your Business?
by Charlie FinkService-oriented architecture is a hot topic in today’s business world, and it can provide many key benefits. It is important to look at service-oriented architectures from both a real-world perspective as well as a technical perspective to gain a complete understanding of this new concept. Read more about service-oriented architecture and learn how it can add functionality to Web-based applications and save developers time over the long term.