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.NET / Development Articles

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Improvements

March 19, 2008

Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 enhancements such as IntelliSense for JavaScript, an improved rendering engine, and LINQ make this programmer much more productive.

What’s Up with Internet Explorer 8?

March 19, 2008

After months of silence, the Internet Explorer team is starting to leak some details about what Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) will look like. And while most of what I’m seeing looks good, some developers are crying foul.

The ASP.NET Model View Controller, Part 2: A High-Level Look at Implementation and Benefits

March 7, 2008

The ASP.NET Model View Controller has enhanced implementation details and benefits, such as improved fine control over markup and better intrinsics, that developers need to be aware of.

Creating a Custom Data-Processing Extension

March 5, 2008

Learn how to create a data-processing extension that will wrap around the default SSRS data-process extension to prevent complex queries or queries with large estimated result sets from running.

New Model-View Controller

January 28, 2008

The new Model View Controller (MVC) due out from Microsoft later this year represents a paradigm shift in ASP.NET development that Web developers will want to know more about. This article critiques controls and notes a shift in thinking on object oriented programming.


Tips for the .NET Developer

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C# 3.5 - Productivity Enhancements

C# 3.5 provides a number of great new ways to improve developer productivity. Tell us about your favorites, or point out any 'tricksy' combinations you've...

Technoriver Barcode .Net Control Supports Rich Internet Applications

Technoriver is pleased to announce the release of  SmartCodeDeveloper 3.0, a robust control for adding barcodes to .Net applications. (Visual C++.Net,...

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Developer Blogs

Programmers on the Catwalk

You all know you're smart--and you're respected for your beautiful minds. But are you fashion-forward?  In "The Programmer Dress Code," Codethinked.com...

Say Goodbye to Netscape Navigator

We'd like to hear your thoughts on Netscape Navigator and AOL's decision to stop supporting it. Share your memories of the browser wars. Some background...

Are you planning to run Exchange on Windows 2008?

The Exchange development team has some tips for you at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/12/ExLonghorn/default.aspx

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Developer Community Forums

Ritual vs Understanding

As developers there's a ton of information that we need to keep straight in our heads in order to get our jobs done. I'm convinced that while most of us...

Video Cards and Development

 An Intel Dual Core E6600 Processor has about 8GFLOPS of processing power at it's disposal. That's a ton more than the 2GFLOPS of the Cray 'super-computers'...

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Meet the Mentors


Scott Swigert

Scott Swigart

I spend my time consulting, authoring, and speaking about the convergence of current and emerging technologies. I believe this is partially a result of having worked with a very wide range of technologies over my career. Beginning with Commodore 64 programming at the age of 12, then writing hardware diagnostics for UNIX systems in C++, moving into windows desktop, Web, and component development, and finally through XML, .NET, and Web service. I have seen how technology evolves over time. Today, I focus on helping organizations get the most out of today's technology, while preparing to leverage emerging technology as a way to be more competitive.


Sean Campbell

Throughout his career Sean has worked with numerous leading edge products, from their earliest stages of development, for Microsoft and Intel and the respective software and hardware ecosystems that surround those companies.
He also has been fortunate to have the opportunity to be the lead author of three books, 101 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Applications and Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers for Microsoft Press and Applied Virtualization Technology for Intel Press.
Sean spends much of his time learning emerging technologies and helping to evangelize them to IT Pro's and Developers.



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