Newest Microsoft & .NET Articles Going Parallel with the Task Parallel Library and PLINQ By Jani Järvinen - Published 06/30/2009 With more and more computers using a multi-core processor, the free lunch of increased clock speeds and the inherent performance gains are over. Software developers must instead make sure their applications take use of all the cores available in an efficient manner. New features in .NET 4.0 mean that managed code developers too can join the party.
Performance Improvement: Understanding By Robert Bogue - Published 06/29/2009 The results you get out of any performance prediction exercise are bound to be wrong. The goal is to make them as least wrong as possible. Rob Bogue will help you understand how to avoid getting them too wrong.
Introducing the Entity Framework By Mark Strawmyer - Published 06/24/2009 The Entity Framework provides a .NET class-based model of a data store, letting you query the model with LINQ, while the model do the background grunt work of contacting the data store to add, update, or delete data.
Extend Your SharePoint Control with Custom Stsadm Commands By Gustavo Velez - Published 06/18/2009 Although stsadm comes with an extensive set of built-in commands, when those don't meet your needs, you can add custom commands that do.
Hardware’s Dirty Little Secret, or Why Software Can be Mass Produced By Paul Kimmel - Published 06/16/2009 OP-ED: Unlike the Illuminati, the IEEE exists, and they have a secret. This secret helps them turn out shiny MP3 players, phones, and computers with processing power than we programmers can figure out how to use. This is how they do it. When will developers learn the same truths?
Getting started with Apache NMS Framework and Apache ActiveMQ By Chris Bennett - Published 06/09/2009 Looking to incorporate ActiveMQ into your next project, but don't want to use Spring.NET? This article shows how to use the basics of the .NET Messaging Service Framework.
Create Quick Database Interfaces with ASP.NET Dynamic Data By Jani Järvinen - Published 06/08/2009 Very often web applications utilize a database, but creating a set of pages to view, edit, delete and insert data to the database seems like a repetitive task. Every application has the same set of basic features. To ease the process, Microsoft has recently developed a new technique for creating such applications. Enter ASP.NET Dynamic Data.
Microsoft Charts Overview By Matt Goebel - Published 06/04/2009 Learn how to use the Microsoft Chart Controls for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 by reviewing the most commonly used and required charting properties.
Native Parallel Programming for Visual C++: State Management By Nick Wienholt - Published 06/02/2009 Visual C++ 2010 includes a number of new features for preventing data inconsistencies due to simultaneous updates of memory locations—a key challenge in parallel development.
Highlighted Microsoft & .NET Tutorials Microsoft .NET Glossary By Bradley L. Jones -
There is a ton of jargon surrounding .NET. Developer.com's glossary of .NET terms is here to help! Latest edition is Istanbul.
Microsoft .NET Glossary By Developer.com Staff -
There is a ton of jargon surrounding .NET. Developer.com's glossary of .NET terms is here to help! Latest edition is Istanbul.
Discovering Visual Basic .NET By Bill Hatfield -
There is no need to put off learning Visual Basic .NET any longer. With this tutorial you will be on your way!
An Active Server Pages Tutorial, Part 1 By Anand Narayanaswamy -
In a two-part introduction to the basics of plain ASP, the author walks you through the steps needed to employ scripts for creating dynamic Web pages.
.NET Data Secrets, Part 1 By Karl Moore -
Among the top solutions being built today are database applications. Karl more teaches some time saving tricks to get the most out of database development for .NET.
IIS 6.0 and ASP.NET, Part 1 By Thiru Thangarathinam -
IIS 6.0 is a key component of Windows Server 2003. Learn about the request processing architecture of IIS 6.0, about the steps for installing IIS 6.0 , and about enabling ASP.NET applications using the Web Service Extensions. Included is a demonstration on configuring IIS that will help you to use the appropriate version of the .NET Framework.
Multithreading in .NET Applications By Mark Strawmyer -
Multithreading is a powerful tool for creating high performance applications, especially those that require user interaction. In this article, you will explore multithreading with the .NET Framework as well as learn how multiple threads can be used to improve an application's user interface.
.NET Remoting Versus Web Services By Thiru Thangarathinam -
.NET remoting and ASP.NET Web services are powerful technologies that provide a suitable framework for developing distributed applications. It is important to understand how both technologies work in order to choose the one that is right for your application.
Acronym Anarchy By Bradley L. Jones -
Acronyms are getting out of control. Do you have what it takes to be an Acronym Guru?
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