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Usability and Design
The Usability and design space brings together the latest information, research, tools, podcasts, and conference information related to usability and design. Content is pulled from IBM and non-IBM sites.
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Ajax Resource Center
This space is your one-stop shop for information on the Ajax programming model, including articles and tutorials, discussion forums, blogs, wikis, events, and news. If it's happening, it's covered here.
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Linux Security
The Linux security space gives an overview of security issues related to Linux and covers all aspects of securing a Linux distribution. It also links to Linux security-related news and articles.
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Ruby Programming
Take a closer look at Ruby, a dynamic programming language that is growing rapidly in popularity. Explore its intriguing features and learn what programmers are doing with it.
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Wiki: WebSphere, SOA, J2EE in Practice
This wiki discusses how to use J2EE and related technologies to develop business applications, including how to make best use of IBM J2EE products like WebSphere Application Server and Rational Application Developer, and IBM SOA products like WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer. While it occasionally delves into tangential topics and future trends, the primary focus is on how to make use of the products and technologies that we have today.
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Preparing for New SOA and BPM Development on the Microsoft Platform
Rating: none Jeffrey Juday - 11/02/2006 An attendee at Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference 2006 gives you the inside scoop on preparing your organization to utilize the new Microsoft SOA and BPM development products.
Administrate Indexing Server from Within Your Application
Rating: none Klaus Salchner - 07/13/2005 Learn to programmatically administrate Indexing Server; for example, create a new Indexing catalog and then add folders to be indexed by this catalog.
Writing Your Own COM Interop in C#
Rating: darwen - 01/24/2005 When trying to access functionality implemented inside of COM objects that use IUnknown-based interfaces, the automatic COM interop DLLs generated by TlbImp.exe aren't usually sufficient. Learn how to implement your own COM interfaces and examine a class library to simplify such tasks.
Extensible OLE Property Pages in .NET
Rating: Robert Simpson - 11/03/2004 Implementing and utilizing extensible property sheets in your .NET classes has never been easier.
Using .NET Class Libraries from VB6 Clients
Rating: none Andreas Wieberneit - 03/24/2004 How to expose a .NET class library, including methods, properties, and events to a VB6 client.
.NET Tip: Execute Commands From C#
Rating: none Jay Miller - 10/30/2007 Have you ever needed to execute a system command from your application? You can accomplish this easily with C#.
Creating and Using C# DLLs
Rating: none K. Balaji - 09/16/2002 Learn how Executables and DLLs are loaded into the process address space and how CLR is initialized. Included is a simple project that includes an example and explains how to create and use a DLL in C#.
Working with Menus in VB.NET
Rating: none Irina Medvinskaya - 05/31/2007 Menus are often necessary in applications and it is essential that developers have an ability to manipulate them in design-time. Learn how to use the new VB.NET MainMenu component to implement menus in your applications.
Changing Layout Dynamically in Windows Forms
Rating: none Bipin Joshi - 04/16/2007 The .NET Framework 2.0 provides many approaches to tackle the problem of dynamic form layout. Learn how to auto-size, anchor, and dock Windows and forms using several techniques.
SharePoint 2007 and Windows WorkFlow Foundation: Integrating Divergent Worlds
Rating: none Gustavo Velez - 01/18/2007 SharePoint 2007 has native support for the Windows WorkFlow Foundation. This integration enables you to attach business processes to items and control almost any aspect of a document's lifecycle and user interaction within SharePoint.
When BizTalk Is Just What Your Business Intelligence Solution Needs
Rating: none Jeffrey Juday - 12/04/2006 Many use an ETL tool to populate the reporting databases in their business intelligence (BI) solutions, but sometimes an integration tool such as BizTalk 2006 is a better choice. Find out when.
Testing with Mock Objects
Rating: none Dan Gartner - 10/24/2006 Mock objects can be created to act as stand-ins for actual implementations in order to isolate unit tests. This makes it easier to detect defects during development. Discover how to create your own mock objects using NMock 2.0.
Implementing Nested Functions in C#
Rating: Paul Kimmel - 10/18/2006 Want to test just how broad and expressive a language C# is? Learn how to implement nested functions for C#, which so closely models nested functions that nested behaviors practically exist already for the language.
One-Step Object Creation and Initialization in C# 3.0
Rating: none Vipul Patel - 05/10/2006 C# 3.0 introduced object initializers, which provide a new syntax to initialize the objects you create. This simple syntax combines object creation and initialization into a single step.
Understanding Generic Classes
Rating: none Tod Golding - 05/08/2006 As you start working with generics, you're likely to want to create a few. See how easy it is to make the transition to writing your own generic types.
The New Anonymous Types Feature in C# 3.0
Rating: none Vipul Patel - 03/08/2006 C# 3.0 provides a mechanism for declaring anonymous types in your code without explicitly declaring the class structure, and the C# compiler optimizes the creation of anonymous types if one with a similar structure already exists.
Understanding Access Modifiers in VB 2005
Rating: none Paul Kimmel - 02/06/2006 With access modifiers, you can determine who has access to certain information in your code and who doesn't. Learn some simple rules that will help you quickly determine which modifier to use and when.
Multilanguage in Plain English
Rating: PadexArt - 12/07/2005 Learn to have multiple, independent resources for your .NET projects. A straightforward approach.
Is the Internet Boom Over?
Rating: Paul Kimmel - 11/03/2005 Can the average programmer still make money on the Internet after the dotcom bubble burst? Paul Kimmel believes that history tells us yes.
Are You Confused Yet?
Rating: Bradley Jones - 10/27/2005 Editorial: In the ever rampant word of technology and changes, it is easy to get confused. Consider C# and what is being discussed in the market...
For Developers, Microsoft Has More in Store than Ever Before, Part 2
Rating: Patrick Gallucci - 10/10/2005 Microsoft announced so many new tools and technologies at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2005 that our "man on the scene" needed a second article to cover it all. Find out what else Redmond has planned for .NET developers.
Discover Dynamic Code Compilation
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 10/07/2005 Explore dynamic code compilation with a demonstration that creates new assemblies on the fly and compiles them in memory. This functionality has a number of potential uses and benefits.
Domain Objects Persistence Pattern for .NET
Rating: none Iqbal Khan - 09/14/2005 Learn about domain object mapping to the relational databases that decouples the domain objects from the persistence logic.
Coming Soon: Autonomous Nano Code Generators
Rating: Paul Kimmel - 08/29/2005 Imagine a day when tiny bits of code automatically generate code based on any factor a programmer desires. That day may be right around the corner.
[Updated] Creating Non-Rectangular Forms
Rating: Bradley Jones - 07/21/2005 It is amazingly easy to create forms of any shape within Visual C#. You can even do it with VB .NET!
[Updated] Migrating Visual Basic 6.0 Applications to .NET
Rating: Yogi Abhyankar - 06/22/2005 Microsoft is officially withdrawing support for Visual Basic 6.0 starting January 2006. Strategies and plans need to be outlined for migrating these applications to either VB.NET or C#.
[Updated] Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part I
Rating: Jon Person - 12/29/2004 What is it that GPS applications need to be good enough to handle in-car navigation? Also, how does the process of interpreting GPS data actually work? This two-part series will cover both topics and give you the skills you need to write a commercial-grade GPS application that works with a majority of GPS devices in the industry today.
Disposal at the End of Function Scope (not yet reviewed)
Rating: DaveR1000 - 08/27/2004 This sample will allow for automatically calling dispose on objects that were requested to be disposed at the end of function scope.
Using Application Configuration Files in .NET
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 08/17/2004 Learn about using application configuration files in Microsoft .NET and the concept of application configuration files and the native support the Microsoft .NET Framework provides.
Catch Me If You Can
Rating: Sonu Kapoor - 07/29/2004 This is a small game that I created just for fun.
.NET and XML: Part 2—XSD Schemas
Rating: Klaus Salchner - 07/28/2004 Second of a series of articles that evaluates how well .NET supports XML and its surrounding standards. This article provides a good overview of XSD schemas.
Build a Localized Form that Speaks the User's Language
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 07/22/2004 Learn how to build a multilingual application using Microsoft .NET. In this installment of the .NET Nuts & Bolts column, Mark Strawmyer outlines the construction and then demonstrates it with examples.
.NET and XML: Part 1—XPath Queries
Rating: Klaus Salchner - 07/19/2004 This is the first of a series of articles that evaluates how well .NET supports XML and its surrounding standards. This article provides a good overview of the power of XPath queries.
Implement Common Creational Design Patterns
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 07/07/2004 Explore some common creational design patterns and learn how to implement them using Microsoft .NET.
Databinding and the Avalon UI
Rating: none Jason Nadal - 03/30/2004 Graphics objects, those from the MSAvalon.Windows.Shapes namespace, can be manipulated through a number of different types of animations.
Blackjack--A Real-World OOD Example
Rating: none Dan Fontanesi - 10/21/2002 Learn about object-oriented design (OOD) by reviewing a C# Blackjack game.
E-Mail
Enterprise Powershell: Creating Mail-Enabled Contacts in Exchange 2003 11/16/2007 by Jon Shoberg - Learn how to perform advanced user and contact scripting on Exchange 2003 with Powershell. When finished, you'll have knowledge and insight on using Powershell to perform advanced management functions.
Microsoft Outlook Integration with C#.NET
Rating: none Rachel Wireman - 09/24/2007 Interacting with Office functionality in a .NET application can add a new level of functionality while providing the user with familiar methods of getting work done. In Part One of this series, explore a sample WinForms Outlook contact management application.
Enterprise Powershell: Creating Mailboxes in Exchange 2003
Rating: none Jon Shoberg and Eddie Willett - 07/23/2007 Don't wait for Exchange 2007 to use Powershell in your enterprise messaging environment. Learn how to create mailboxes in Exchange 2003 and take your management to the next level.
Send Mails from within a .NET 2.0 Application
Rating: none Thiru Thangarathinam - 06/13/2005 Through a set of intuitive classes, the release of .NET 2.0 provides excellent support for sending e-mails. Learn the new ways of sending mail through its System.Net.Mail namespace.
Using C# to Create Distribution Lists
Rating: muthuis - 05/17/2005 Learn how to access the exchange domain and create a distribution list programmatically by using C# and Active Directory.
Using Regular Expressions to Parse for E-Mail Addresses
Rating: none Tom Archer - MSFT - 04/12/2005 The final installment of Tom Archer's series on using the .NET regular expression classes from Managed C++ presents several complex patterns that allow you to locate almost any valid e-mail address from a body of text.
Hotmail Exposed
Rating: Wouter van Vugt - 10/14/2003 Accessing Hotmail from C# can be as easy as any other type of mail server.
Graphics and Images
A WebCam Class in Visual Basic
Rating: none Liam Bateman - 07/12/2007 Discover a simple class to control the settings in your Web Cam.
Can You Say "C# Xbox 360 Development?"
Rating: Bradley Jones - 08/15/2006 XNA Game Developer is coming from Microsoft, and the Express edition will be free!
Uploading Images to a Web Site Is Harder Than You Think
Rating: none Paul Kimmel - 08/22/2005 Uploading images in Web applications isn't nearly as simple as you may think. Learn the mechanics—and frustrations—of permitting image uploads, saving images, and rendering images.
Create a 3D Cube Structure for GDI+
Rating: Paul Kimmel - 09/15/2004 Three-dimensional primitive shapes are conspicuously absent from the .NET Framework and GDI+, but that didn't stop Paul Kimmel from implementing a 3D cube primitive. Read all about his results.
Getting Associated Icons Using C#
Rating: Parvez Ahmad Hakim - 10/22/2003 Learn how to use C# with the SHGetFileInfo function to get the icons that are associated with files.
Function Evaluator
Rating: Emad Barsoum - 12/04/2002 This program uses the transformation from infix notation to postfix notation to evaluate most mathematic expressions. It supports most operators (+,-,*,/,%,^), functions from 0 to any number of parameters, and also a user-defined function by using delegate. It also supports variables in the expression. It will generate a symbol table that can be updated at run time. Also. this program demonstrates the use of the DataGrid as a normal grid without any database connection.
Miscellaneous
Using Message Queues
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 01/12/2004 Mark not only explains queues, but he also demonstrates writing to and multiple ways for reading from a message queue.
TraceView'—A Debug View Utility
Rating: none Anurag Sharma - 11/18/2003 Capture debug messages from shared memory DBWIN_BUFFER, produced by the OutputDebugString() function.
Generated Access to .NET Resource Strings
Rating: none Corey Frost - 06/24/2003 Learn about an alternative method of accessing string resources in a C# project by generating access classes for each resource identifier. Include compile-time verification of resource identifiers.
An Introduction to Reflection in C#
Rating: none K Balaji - 10/29/2002 Learn how to use reflection classes to read at runtime the attribute and other information defined in your assemblies (.NET Programs).
[Updated] Asynchronous Socket Programming in C#: Part I
Rating: Jayan Nair - 10/06/2005 This is a simple Client-Server application developed to explain the concept of asynchronous sockets in C#. This extends the socket program to accept multiple clients. Because this example uses Asynchronous methods, threads are not necessary to communicate to multiple clients (though internally the asynchronous communication mechanism uses threads at the OS level).
Generic Code to Execute Stored Procedures
Rating: Sriram Surapureddy - 01/26/2005 Generic code to execute any stored procedure/batch of stored procedures with different number of parameters and data types
[Updated] MSMQ on Pocket PC 2003
Rating: none Klaus Salchner - 11/16/2004 Learn how to write MSMQ applications on mobile devices such as Pocket PC 2003 utilizing the .NET Compact Framework 2.0. Provides an overview of the different Windows brands for mobile devices and how to work with the Pocket PC 2003 emulator.
A Collection of C# .Net Sample Programs
Rating: none Bill Nolde - 02/24/2003 Check out this collection of C# programs that illustrate using C# and the .NET interface. They are all short, interactive examples that use .NET forms and various system features.
Security
Implementing a Custom ConnectionString Installer for Setup
Rating: none Paul Kimmel - 10/10/2007 See how a setup project with a custom action lets the user define the connection string using the Data Links dialog and encrypt that connection string using RSA encryption.
ASP.NET Tip: Using the LoginView Control
Rating: none Eric Smith - 01/12/2007 The LoginView control added to ASP.NET 2.0 can replace some of the tedious code you've probably got in your ASP.NET 1.x applications.
Who Connects to Your Computer?
Rating: akomarov - 05/03/2006 Learn about monitoring the Windows event log for user logon events.
Get to Know the VSTS Native C/C++ Code Analyzer
Rating: none Nick Wienholt - 03/01/2006 The Static Code Analyzer that ships with Visual Studio Team System, Developer Edition can detect common security issues in native C/C++ code.
Employ Secure CRT Functions in Your C/C++ Applications
Rating: Nick Wienholt - 01/06/2006 The C run-time libraries (CRT) make writing code with buffer overrun vulnerabilities much more likely, but thankfully Visual C++ 2005 provides extended CRT functions that offer the same functionality with a broader safety net.
Code Access Security with Microsoft .NET Framework, Part 2
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 03/10/2005 The Microsoft .NET Framework provides imperative and declarative ways to check for proper permissions prior to attempting an action. Learn how and when to use them.
Code Access Security with Microsoft .NET Framework
Rating: Mark Strawmyer - 02/17/2005 The .NET Framework uses an evidence-based security system. Learn how you can use the security policy to allow or deny actions to assemblies.
ASP.NET 2.0 Moves User Authentication One Step Forward
Rating: none Anand Narayanaswamy - 11/05/2004 ASP.NET 2.0 provides new classes, methods, and controls that make implementing authentication easy. Learn how to apply the authentication functionalities of the Membership class and its methods into ASP.NET applications.
How to Secure Your Assemblies
Rating: darwen - 09/30/2004 What is really stopping people from using any .NET assemblies you've created?
Introduction to Role-Based Security in .NET
Rating: Klaus Salchner - 06/18/2004 Learn how role-based security in .NET works. The sample code shows how to implement a database-driven security model for enterprise applications.
Implementing .NET Security in C#
Rating: none Simon Harris - 10/01/2002 Discover how to deny file i/o access if the user running the application does not have administrator privileges.
User Interface
FreeDOM (Programming)
Rating: none VectorX - 11/12/2007 Learn about FreeDOM (Free Document Object Model), a web development technique used to create event-driven web applications. FreeDOM is designed to overcome the limitations of stateless HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) transmissions.
The .NET Micro Framework: A First Look
Rating: Bradley Jones - 09/20/2007 Take a look at how you now can use your C# skills to create an embedded application. No hardware is required to get started!
[Updated] Developing For Windows Vista
Rating: none Bradley Jones - 04/03/2007 There's a lot more to Vista than the .NET 3.0 framework. The new OS offers interesting and useful new features for developers-and DevX has rounded them up for you.
Activity Binding in Windows Workflow Foundation
Rating: none Rachel Wireman - 01/31/2007 Dependency properties and activity binding allow a developer to create custom activities that are indistinguishable from the out-of-the-box activities provided by Windows Workflow Foundation.
WPF 2D Transformations
Rating: none Marius Bancila - 07/05/2006 Learn how to apply 2D transformations of Windows Presentations Foundation elements.
Creating a Simple Calculator with Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer
Rating: none Marius Bancila - 06/27/2006 Use the Expression Graphic Designer to create simple graphic elements used in the Expression Interactive Designer to create a richer user interface for a simple calculator application.
Getting Acquainted with the Microsoft Expression Family
Rating: Marius Bancila - 06/09/2006 See an overview presentation on the three tools from the Microsoft Expression family: Expression Graphic Designer, Expression Interactive Designer, and Expression Web Designer.
Back to the Future of Windows Applications
Rating: none Marius Bancila - 05/31/2006 Learn about the development of WinFX Windows applications with XAML and the separation between defining the user interface and implementing the business logic.
Product Overload: Microsoft
Rating: Bradley Jones - 09/16/2005 Are you missing Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC)? If so, you'll still want to make sure you keep up on all the announcements.
Registry Access in .NET
Rating: Harihara Madavan - 08/31/2005 Learn about Registry basics and how the Windows Registry can be accessed from .NET.
Avalon and Indigo Get Official Names with Windows Vista Beta Release
Rating: Bradley Jones - 07/27/2005 With the announcement of the release today of beta 1 for Windows Vista (formally codenamed "Longhorn"), Microsoft also announced the official names for Avalon and Indigo
[Updated] The Mists of Avalon
Rating: Guido Stercken-Sorrenti - 07/25/2005 Learn about "Avalon," the exciting new presentation subsystem of the upcoming Windows platforms. After an introduction to declarative drawing and XAML, you'll use XAMLPad to get a first taste of Avalon programming.
Form Fade In/Out Effect and Notification Window
Rating: Abhinaba Basu - 07/08/2005 Learn about a form that can be used to give a fade in/out effect to any form and especifically to notification/alert windows.
Implement UI Role Awareness in Your Applications
Rating: Jeffrey Juday - 05/03/2005 Learn an elegant and flexible solution for implementing UI changes based on the role changes for your applications.
Manipulating the System Menu Using C#
Rating: Florian Stinglmayr - 03/04/2005 How to change the System menu by using C# with some help by the native Windows API.
[Updated] Invoking Command Lines Programmatically
Rating: Thomas Weller - 12/28/2004 The CommandLineProcess class provides a handy way for executing a command line and receiving the resulting text output. No console window is needed.
Editorial: CTIA Mobile Development
Rating: none Bradley Jones - 11/08/2004 An expansion on the information I presented in the 11/2/2004 CodeGuru eNewsletter editorial on mobile development for cell phones.
Binding Business Objects to WinForms
Rating: none Eduard Liebenberger - 10/01/2004 Simplify the creation of a user interface for business objects while providing a consistent mechanism for handling IsDirty and IsValid in the UI.
Acronym Anarchy
Rating: Bradley Jones - 08/25/2004 Acronyms are getting out of control. Do you have what it takes to be an Acronym Guru?
Longhorn Coming Attractions - Part 2
Rating: Anand Narayanaswamy - 08/20/2004 Explore some interesting features in the Longhorn operating system and learn some of the facts that you have to know when working with the current build.
Dynamically Linked Comboboxes Set
Rating: none karench - 08/18/2004 Create the dynamically linked comboboxes range, binding with a database.
Mobile/PocketPC Development Jump Start
Rating: Bradley Jones - 06/22/2004 Learn to start developing for the PocketPC and other mobile devices using Visual Studio .NET 2003.
Persistence of Window State and Appearance for .NET Applications
Rating: none Alexander Fedorenko - 03/05/2004 The process of building professional desktop applications includes many hidden tasks, such as the persistence of the window state and appearance. This will introduce additional accessibility for such applications. Learn a simple approach to do so.
Maintaining a Responsive UI
Rating: Jason Clark - 08/05/2003 To the end-user and to the OS a frozen UI is hard to distinguish from a hung application. Learn how to address this problem in your Windows Forms Applications.
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