Dust off your serial port and find new uses for a nearly-forgotten data link.

Dust off your serial port and find new uses for a nearly-forgotten data link.
Even if you're a newbie, working with databases with VB.NET is a manageable task.
When is it appropriate to use a static construct? Learn about it here.
Create routines to make working with file lists much friendlier, and how to upload and download files from the account.
For a new programmer, the Server Explorer in Visual Studio might need some proper explanation.
Learn how to use OData support to call a Web API using a client-side script and how to implement Ajax-driven sorting and paging.
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
Dust off your serial port and find new uses for a nearly-forgotten data link.
Learn how to print with VB from inside your Windows 8.1 apps.
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.