Tutorials & Articles from Developer Fusion https://www.developerfusion.com/tutorials/sort/popularity/ Tutorials & Articles from Developer Fusion http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification en-GB Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:42:00 GMT Creating a database connection Creating connections and all your data objects are really easy Design-Time, but what if you need it for runtime? Here's how. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/2459/creating-a-database-connection/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/2459/creating-a-database-connection/ Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:17:00 GMT Tony Ho C# 4.0 goes dynamic - a step too far? Is C# in danger of too much change? Mike James ponders the implications of dynamic types in C http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9789/c-40-goes-dynamic-a-step-too-far/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9789/c-40-goes-dynamic-a-step-too-far/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:54:00 GMT Mike James Visual Basic 6.0 - Exporting a DataReport to Microsoft Word This 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. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/5371/visual-basic-60-exporting-a-datareport-to-microsoft-word/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/5371/visual-basic-60-exporting-a-datareport-to-microsoft-word/ Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:32:00 GMT conwayjd Introducing Visual Studio .NET 2008 - Top 10 Features 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. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7633/introducing-visual-studio-net-2008-top-10-features/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7633/introducing-visual-studio-net-2008-top-10-features/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:59:00 GMT Mark Smith Design for testing Testing should be an integral part of your design, and Kevin Jones explains just how to make it so. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84407/design-for-testing/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84407/design-for-testing/ Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:42:00 GMT Kevin Jones Documentation made easy with C# and XML 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. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84436/documentation-made-easy-with-c-and-xml/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84436/documentation-made-easy-with-c-and-xml/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:47:00 GMT Mike James Unit testing in Ruby Kevin Jones explores unit testing in Ruby, and shows how Rails offers extra features. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84444/unit-testing-in-ruby/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84444/unit-testing-in-ruby/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:48:00 GMT Kevin Jones Data Types Appendix of all the standard data types available in VB. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/32/data-types/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/32/data-types/ Sat, 14 Jul 2001 14:47:00 GMT James Crowley Enhancing your applications for Windows 7 Windows 7 brings new salvation for .NET developers, and it comes in the form of the Windows 7 API Code Pack for the.NET Framework. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/70531/enhancing-your-applications-for-windows-7/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/70531/enhancing-your-applications-for-windows-7/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT Kevin Griffin Creating Extensible Applications with MAF Learn how using MAF allows you to easily create extensible applications that allow new features to be added without jeopardizing the stability of the existing code base. MAF provides a higher-level service that allow you to dynamically discover, load, secure and interact with external assemblies used to provide features for your application. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9396/creating-extensible-applications-with-maf/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/9396/creating-extensible-applications-with-maf/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:27:00 GMT Mark Smith LINQ to log files Running LINQ queries over databases gets all the limelight, but Jon Skeet reminds us of it's possibilities over object graphs too. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84468/linq-to-log-files/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84468/linq-to-log-files/ Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:37:00 GMT Jon Skeet Top 5 Visual Studio 2010 Features Visual 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. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84618/new-visual-studio-2010-features/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84618/new-visual-studio-2010-features/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Scott Mitchell SharePoint 2010 for Developers - What’s New? 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. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/92338/sharepoint-2010-for-developers-whats-new/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/92338/sharepoint-2010-for-developers-whats-new/ Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:31:00 GMT Sahil Malik ActiveRecord for Ruby and Rails Kevin Jones explains how ActiveRecord works in Rails, and in a standalone Ruby application. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84435/activerecord-for-ruby-and-rails/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84435/activerecord-for-ruby-and-rails/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:07:00 GMT Kevin Jones New C# 3.0 Language Features Learn about some of the new features in C# 3.0 including automatic properties, collection initializers, extension methods, lambda expressions and anonymous types. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7556/new-c-30-language-features/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/7556/new-c-30-language-features/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:26:00 GMT Scott Guthrie Lessons learned writing AJAX applications 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. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/94426/lessons-learned-writing-ajax-applications/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/94426/lessons-learned-writing-ajax-applications/ Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:35:00 GMT Dino Esposito Concurrency handling techniques in ADO.NET Joydip Kanjilal looks at the problems caused by concurrency when accessing data, both online and offline, and how to overcome them. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84418/concurrency-handling-techniques-in-adonet/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84418/concurrency-handling-techniques-in-adonet/ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:54:00 GMT Joydip Kanjilal Creating Particle Effects in Silverlight Learn how to use a classic animation technique to create realistic special effects in Silverlight - offering visual effects including fire, water, smoke and fog. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/10824/creating-particle-effects-in-silverlight/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/10824/creating-particle-effects-in-silverlight/ Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:17:00 GMT John Mannix Regular expressions in C# - the director's cut If you think regular expressions are trivial and boring, Mike James reveals that in .NET they are amazing powerful and not to be missed. http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84524/deep-c-regular-expressions-8211-the-director8217s-cut/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84524/deep-c-regular-expressions-8211-the-director8217s-cut/ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:58:00 GMT Mike James VB 6 Tutorial Completely new to Visual Basic? Overwhelmed with the confusing instructions? Read this tutorial and get a head start - learn what VB is, what you can do with it, how much it costs, and how to get star http://www.developerfusion.com/article/30/visual-basic-tutorial/ http://www.developerfusion.com/article/30/visual-basic-tutorial/ Sat, 14 Jul 2001 23:00:00 GMT James Crowley