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Book Review: "Microsoft .NET 2.0 Generics" .NET 2.0 Generics is my favorite book of 2005. Well, other than Harry Potter anyway. This book is not for new programmers. To understand this book, I would recommend that you have about a year of programming experience, and at lea... Feb. 6, 2006  Reads: 13,230  Replies: 1

DataWindow.NET How To: DataWindow Formatting In this article, we're going to look at how DataWindow.NET technology is a simpler but more powerful way of formatting data in the presentation layer. We'll be taking a sample application provided by Microsoft for .NET and impleme... Feb. 3, 2006  Reads: 24,870  Replies: 8

"Skinning" – When Design and Development First Met Did you know that the terminology known as skinning has been around for quite some time, but never in the hands of mainstream designers and Web developers in the content management space? Simple skinning or skin themes, which are mo... Jan. 28, 2006  Reads: 21,997  Replies: 1

Creating Composite Server Controls in ASP.NET 2.0 One underutilized technique for maximizing code reuse and increasing developer productivity is the creation and utilization of ASP.NET Server controls. Even when the problem domain is well known and understood, each new project ha... Jan. 25, 2006  Reads: 33,003  Replies: 3

The OO Database Advantage Here's a question: If you write your application's code in an OO language - such as C#, VB.NET, or managed C++ - why not write database query and update code in the same language? It would certainly make life simpler, wouldn't it? A... Jan. 22, 2006  Reads: 12,777  Replies: 2

Create XML Easily with FOR XML PATH Do you love XML? Have you been using XML with SQL Server? Many people have, starting way back when with SQL Server 7.0. Back then, there was no support for XML in the database, so we had to write external programs to convert the rel... Jan. 19, 2006  Reads: 17,232  Replies: 3

Five Microsoft .NET Development Tools I Wish I Had I've been doing a lot of coding lately. This has been a bit of a departure from my usual work as a technology evangelist or a development manager, but - as you might imagine - it has been quite a lot of fun! Having said this, the ... Jan. 13, 2006  Reads: 14,072  Replies: 4

Mono Releases Version 1.1.10 and New Roadmap Version 1.1.10 is another release packed with new code. The release notes can be found at www.go-mo no.com/archive/1.1.10/, and can be downloaded from www.mono-project.com /Downloads. Mod_mono, the ASP.NET module for the Apache Web Se... Feb. 9, 2006  Reads: 12,270  Replies: 1