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File Management in .NET
Jul 7, 2006
File management tasks may be boring, but they're crucial to any program that needs to manipulate files and folders. Peter Aitken explores how the .NET Framework handles these important basics.
Five Phases of Disillusionment in Pre-Agile Waterfall Development
Aug 25, 2009
In an enterprise employing a waterfall development methodology, the product manager's mindset undergoes a predictable shift of perspective, says Dean Leffingwel. He describes the five stages of downward spiral.
Formatting Fields in an ASP.NET Gridview with Microsoft Expression Web 4
Sep 10, 2010
Kathleen Anderson shows you how to format number fields and telephone numbers, and make URLs and email addresses clickable in an ASP.NET Gridview using Expression Web 4.
Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries: Video Podcast Transcript
Feb 10, 2009
Brad Abrams and Krzysztof Cwalina discuss how they arrived at the changes in the second edition of their book Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries.
Framework Patterns: Exception Handling, Logging, and Tracing
Jan 30, 2004
Exception handling is more than just throwing and catching objects in .NET. There are many design elements in providing a robust system, and providing a sound exception handling, logging, and tracing schema are among the first steps. In this chapter from .NET Patterns: Architecture, Design, and Process, you'll learn best practices for determining when to throw, catch, and ultimately log your errors.
Frequently Asked Questions: Visual C++ .NET
Mar 15, 2002
Davis Chapman answers frequently asked questions about Visual C++ .NET, including how to change the title on the message box, how the debugger works, and how to customize toolbars.
Fun with Fractals in Visual Studio .NET
Aug 11, 2006
If you're old enough to remember the 1970s, the current popular fascination with fractals probably flashes you back to those halcyon days of big hair and wild imagery. Whatever your age, you'll enjoy Peter Aitken's explanation of how fractals work. You can even plug in his Visual Studio demo program and make some fractals of your own.
FxCop: Policing Code Correctness
Apr 16, 2004
In today's programming world it's not enough that your application works—it must work reliably and in a secure manner. John Mueller discusses how Microsoft created FxCop to help developers meet the best-practices requirements for application building.
Gaining Control Over the Visual Studio 2005 Toolbox
Sep 15, 2006
Microsoft keeps adding interesting new controls to the Visual Studio toolbox, but John Mueller regrets to report that many developers don't even know that those controls exist.
gasTix: A Sample .NET e-Business
Aug 20, 2001
In this chapter from .NET eBusiness Architecture, author G.A. Sullivan introduces the gasTix corporation. He covers the high-level vision and business goals of the planned development effort, a discussion of the high-level conceptual architecture ...
GDI+ Graphics Transformation
Feb 6, 2004
Learn the basics of transformation, coordinate systems, the role of coordinate systems in the transformation process, and transformation functionality using GDI+ with C#. Find out how to distinguish among global, local, and composite transformations, how to use the Graphics class transformations in applications, and how to translate, scale, shear, and rotate graphics objects.
Generating Images On-the-Fly with ASP.NET and GDI+
Feb 22, 2002
Want to dynamically build GIF, JPEG, and PNG images easily? In this article, Stephen Walther shows you the power and flexibility of the .NET Framework image classes.
Generic Classes in C# 2.0
Nov 11, 2005
Code once. Use many. That's what generics are about. Called templates in C++, C# generics support separating code by algorithm and data structure. For example, the generic list means that you'll never again have to write a strongly typed collection. Paul Kimmel shows just how easy it is to define and use generics, long considered one of the most advanced and difficult idioms. This article is adapted from Paul Kimmel's book C# Express (Addison-Wesley).
Get Started Using ASP.NET MVC for Your .NET Applications
Nov 17, 2011
Programming expert Jesse Smith shows you the easy way to get started with the popular ASP.NET MVC framework. Learn how to build a simple "Hello World" application with ASP.NET MVC in only a few steps.
Get the first "hands on" look at C#
Jul 24, 2000
Be among the first to learn Microsoft's newest programming language--C# (pronounced C Sharp) courtesy of Sams Publishing.
Getting and Displaying Images from SQL Server with C#
Jul 29, 2005
Now that Jesse Smith has taught you how to store those system-taxing images in your SQL Server database, you need to know how to get them back out again when the user accesses a page. C# comes to the rescue with easy scripts for grab-and-display.
Getting Started with .NET Development Using C#
May 30, 2013
Bart De Smet shows you how to install the .NET Framework, write a simple C# application, go through the process of building it using various tools, and debug code.
Getting Started with .NET Development Using C#
Feb 10, 2011
Bart De Smet shows you how to to install the .NET Framework and the necessary tools, namely Visual Studio 2010. Bart then explains how to write a simple C# application, highlights some of the important language elements, goes through the process of building it using various tools, and looks at how you can debug code.
Getting Started with ASP.NET
Aug 20, 2001
In this sample chapter from Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET in 24 Hours, authors Joe Martin and Brett Tomson discuss the system requirements for implementing an ASP.NET application, how to install the ASP.NET Framework on your system, what tools can ...
Getting Started with ASP.NET 3.5
Jun 18, 2008
Create your first web page in Visual Web Developer.

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