https://www.developerfusion.com/t/xml/tutorials/sort/popularity/ 2011-02-02T18:35:00.00Z http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7633/introducing-visual-studio-net-2008-top-10-features/ 2008-03-26T20:59:00.00Z

After 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.

Mark Smith http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84436/documentation-made-easy-with-c-and-xml/ 2010-10-04T08:47:00.00Z

Of 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.

Mike James http://www.developerfusion.com/article/92338/sharepoint-2010-for-developers-whats-new/ 2011-01-14T12:31:00.00Z

ASP.NET 2.0 came to SharePoint in 2007 but the development story left us wanting more. Sahil reports on the improvements in SharePoint 2010.

Sahil Malik http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7556/new-c-30-language-features/ 2008-02-28T21:26:00.00Z

Learn about some of the new features in C# 3.0 including automatic properties, collection initializers, extension methods, lambda expressions and anonymous types.

Scott Guthrie http://www.developerfusion.com/article/94426/lessons-learned-writing-ajax-applications/ 2011-02-02T18:35:00.00Z

We’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.

Dino Esposito http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84438/isolated-storage/ 2010-11-22T12:24:00.00Z

Isolated 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.

Ian Stevenson http://www.developerfusion.com/article/81557/mythbusting-sharepoint-2010/ 2010-04-16T09:03:00.00Z

When 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

David McMahon http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84298/linqing-to-xml/ 2010-07-23T09:22:00.00Z

XML, 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.

Mike James http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84431/slobbing-about-with-net/ 2010-11-22T12:26:00.00Z

Persisting objects is all about SLOB (serialized large objects), or so says Dave Wheeler who explains how it's now all so much easier.

Dave Wheeler http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4704/implementing-ajax-in-aspnet/ 2005-06-27T10:29:00.00Z

Asynchronous 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.

Karl Seguin http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4667/how-to-access-outlook-and-post-to-a-blog-using-c/ 2005-02-11T13:52:00.00Z

An 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.

Simon Soanes http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84417/rails-mvc-and-routing/ 2010-11-02T11:33:00.00Z

Kevin 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.

Kevin Jones http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4636/isolated-storage-in-net/ 2004-12-06T15:08:00.00Z

Knowing 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.

Graham Parker http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4635/using-mysql-with-net/ 2004-09-09T08:34:00.00Z

Ever 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.

cardinals33 http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7087/have-you-seen-the-silverlight/ 2007-09-17T20:49:00.00Z

So 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.

Dave Wheeler http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7437/inside-aspnet-ajax-back-end-services/ 2008-01-26T13:30:00.00Z

Most 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?

Dino Esposito http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4640/registry-ins-and-outs-using-c/ 2004-12-19T04:58:00.00Z

A complete introduction to accessing the Windows registry from .NET

Michael Bright http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7570/understanding-open-xml/ 2008-03-04T22:20:00.00Z

Matt 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.

Matt Nicholson http://www.developerfusion.com/article/6639/serviceoriented-architecture-what-is-it-and-how-can-it-help-your-business/ 2007-04-29T13:36:00.00Z

Service-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.

Charlie Fink http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4508/introduction-to-custom-server-controls/ 2004-03-03T16:05:00.00Z

In this article I'll guide you through the creation of a guestbook, as an introduction to developing custom server controls

Thomas Johansen