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Newest Articles Exploring Cool Features of Devexpress' ASPxGridView By Paul Kimmel - Published 01/06/2009 Devexpress has a commitment to providing amazing ASP.NET (and other controls), such as their latest revision of their ASPxGridView, version 8.3, which supports filtering, grouping, sorting, and much more, with little or no coding on your part.
Adding Standard Deviation to LINQ By Chris Bennett - Published 01/05/2009 Learn how to implement a simple Standard Deviation function for LINQ (Language Integrated Query).
Online Updates with VB.NET Published 12/31/2008
With custom applications getting bigger and more involved, there is very often a need to supply updates for them. There is also a need to provide them as quickly as possible. Learn how to do this.
The Five Stages of Highly Effective Datacenters By Art Sedighi - Published 12/24/2008 Discover the attributes of an effective datacenter and review a plan that can assist you in making the best use of these expensive assets.
Reading Excel Files with Apache POI HSSF By Scott Nelson - Published 12/22/2008 Learn how to create a pure Java class for reading Microsoft Excel with the help of the Apache POI projects' HSSF libraries.
The Axis2 Information Model By Deepal Jayasinghe - Published 12/19/2008 Gain a clear understanding of Axis2's static data hierarchy, how it's configured, and how to work with it.
Building Microsoft Oslo Models By Jeffrey Juday - Published 12/18/2008 Learn modeling and M development with the Oslo CTP SDK.
Newest Videos
Create Custom Task Lists By Garry Robinson - Published 01/05/2009
Create a Custom Task List in Microsoft SharePoint Designer
ADO.Net Entity Framework By Dan Rigsby - Published 12/11/2008
Utilize the "ADO.NET Entity Framework" to quickly and easilywork with your database, accessing your data in an objectoriented fashion.
Debugging using Visual C++ 2008 By Kiran Thonse - Published 12/01/2008
In this video offering Kiran Thonse covers basic debugging tasks like setting breakpoints, stepping through code and watching variables using the Visual Studio IDE.
WF SQL Tracking Service By Jeffrey Juday - Published 11/14/2008
Learn how to incorporate the SQL Tracking Service into your WF development.
Highlighted Tutorials Working with Images in Google's Android By Chunyen Liu -
Google's new mobile platform, Android, has become increasingly popular among developers even without hardware available on the market yet. Discover where to get the right software APIs and documentation as well as what technologies are supported. Then, you will focus on the technologies for images by working through an example.
Working With Design Patterns: Interpreter By Jeff Langr -
Many of the design patterns lead a double life—the structure of some patterns are exactly alike, but the intent differs. An interpreter is a composite whose purpose is to support interpretation of a simple grammar.
Jython Reborn By Chris McAvoy -
Jython is back! With recent investment from Sun Microsystems, Jython is poised to take the JVM by storm. Create apps with the agility of Python and the speed of Java with Jython.
Python Tutorial Index Page By Richard G. Baldwin -
Want to learn a new programming language and looking into Open Source for an option? Python may suit your needs.
Ten of the Biggest Mistakes Developers Make With Databases By Mike Gunderloy -
You are probably still pumping data in and out of a database, just as we all did a
decade or more ago. That makes it all the more surprising that mistakes are still being made that date back to the good old days of Windows 95 and before.
The 4C Architecture Blueprinting Process By Jeff Ryan -
City plans and zoning boards. Building codes and inspectors. These concepts are quite familiar in the field of urban planning. Do they really apply to enterprise architecture? Read on to learn about creating your own city plan using the 4C architecture blueprinting process.
Roles Within The Development Community By Robert Bogue -
This series of articles will help you understand where various positions and skill sets fit within the development industry. Each article describes a specific role, defines the skills that position uses, and outlines what to expect from the position: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
[Updated] Shutdown Manager Published 12/22/2008 By TT(n) - The Windows "Turn off" buttons are three or more steps away from the desktop work area, depending on your personal settings. This can be not only inconvenient, but downright bothersome at times. These programs can power down the computer, in just one or two steps.
Visual Basic 10 Is One Step Closer to Being C# Published 12/20/2008 By Bradley L. Jones - Visual Basic developers will be happy with the new simple feature coming to Visual Basic - a feature languages like C# have had all along....
KBSoft IP Locator Published 12/19/2008 By Anton Zlobin -
Explore various aspects of getting information by IP Address.
Oracle's commitment to the Windows developers includes integration with ADO.NET and Visual Studio. For Windows administrators, Oracle has closely integrated with many operating services, such as Active Directory, Internet Information Services (IIS), Windows security, and Microsoft Cluster Services.
