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The wild wide web for mapping

Xun Ding, Jun 27, 2008

The road from web scraping, to geo-coded XML documents, to Google maps.

Making LINQ-to-SQL A Bit More Abstract

Dino Esposito, Jun 23, 2008

Dino Esposito explains how to customize the code generated by Linq-to-SQL.

Generating image thumbnails in ASP.NET

Bertrand Le Roy, Jun 18, 2008

Bertrand Le Roy explains how to generate thumbnails in ASP.NET

Custom Event Programming

Brent Stineman, Jun 16, 2008

A narrative on the definition, implementation, and consumption of custom events in Windows form applications.

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta – Part Five

Faisal Khan, Jun 13, 2008

In-Depth analysis of animation with Silverlight 2.0 Beta.

Book Review: Professional Visual Studio Extensibility

Brian Mains, Jun 11, 2008

Review of the book: Professional Visual Studio Extensibility.

3-Tier Architecture Examples

Brian Mains, Jun 06, 2008

Brian Mains provides some examples of 3-Tier architecture.

Using JSON with ASP.NET 3.5

Thiru Thangarathinam, Jun 04, 2008

Thiru Thangarathinam explains how to use JSON as the preferred data format for invoking Web Services from the client side.

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta – Part Four

Faisal Khan, May 30, 2008

In-Depth analysis of animation with Silverlight 2.0 Beta.

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta – Part Three

Faisal Khan, May 26, 2008

In-Depth analysis of animation with Silverlight 2.0 Beta.

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta – Part Two

Faisal Khan, May 16, 2008

In-Depth analysis of animation with Silverlight 2.0 Beta.

Objects and State Tracking in LINQ-to-SQL

Dino Esposito, May 14, 2008

Dino Esposito talks about the DataContext class in LINQ-to-SQL.

Animation in-depth with Silverlight 2.0 Beta – Part One

Faisal Khan, May 09, 2008

In-Depth analysis of animation with Silverlight 2.0 Beta.

JavaScript with ASP .NET server controls

Xun Ding, May 07, 2008

Leverage the power of ASP .NET server controls and the rich capacity of JavaScript.

ASP.NET AJAX meets Virtual Earth – Part Four

Alessandro Gallo, May 05, 2008

Get up to speed with ASP.NET AJAX by building a simple Virtual Earth mashup.

Review: SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005 – A Beginners Guide

Rich Dudley, May 02, 2008

Review of the book “Beginners Guide to SQL Server Integration Services Using Visual Studio 2005”.

Improve Web Application Performance

Adnan Aman, Apr 30, 2008

Adnan Aman shows some tricks and tips to improve the performance of web applications.

Introduction to 3-Tier Architecture

Brian Mains, Apr 28, 2008

Brian Mains explains the benefits of a 3-tier architecture.

The making of Blogo.NET – Part Three

Ferdy Christant, Apr 25, 2008

This article explains in detail how I developed Blogo.NET, a N-tiered blog application based upon the .NET 3.5 framework.

The making of Blogo.NET – Part Two

Ferdy Christant, Apr 23, 2008

This article explains in detail how I developed Blogo.NET, a N-tiered blog application based upon the .NET 3.5 framework.

With LINQ-to-SQL Every Application Can Have an O/RM

Dino Esposito, Apr 21, 2008

Dino Esposito talks about LINQ-To-SQL as an O/RM tool.

The making of Blogo.NET

Ferdy Christant, Apr 18, 2008

This article explains in detail how I developed Blogo.NET, a N-tiered blog application based upon the .NET 3.5 framework.

Book Review: Understanding Windows CardSpace

Tomas McGuinness, Apr 14, 2008

Review of the book “Understanding Windows CardSpace”.

Improve VFP data retrieval with WCF - Part Three

Josip Zohil, Apr 11, 2008

This article explains how to set up a WCF client to download the data from the server in asynchronous (non blocking) mode, much faster than with VFP functions or oledb data adapters.

Configuring and customizing the health monitoring system of ASP.NET

Xun Ding, Apr 09, 2008

This article illustrates how to configure and customize the health monitoring system of ASP.NET.