For years, developers have wrestled with the tedious tasks of building data layers with Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) functionality to be consumed by the UI. I can personally remember a project from more than 10 years ago that required me to write code that automatically generated business and data layers from a Rational [...]
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ASP.NET Dynamic Data: Build a Data-Driven Enterprise Web Site in 5 Minutes
Posted by james on October 9, 2011
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Text Rendering: Build World-Ready Apps Using Complex Scripts In Windows Forms Controls
Posted by james on October 6, 2011
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Build World-Ready Apps Using Complex Scripts In Windows Forms ControlsThis article discusses:The TextRenderer and Graphics classesUsing IDeviceContextPrinting with TextRendererMigrating from Graphics to TextRendererThis article uses the following technologies:Windows Forms, .NET Framework 2.0, GDI+Code download available at:TextRendering.exe(154 KB)Browse the Code Online Developing world-ready software is one of the requirements software companies must meet if they want [...]
SQL Server: Build Apps that Provide Real-Time Information and Customized Content Using SQL Server Notification Services
Posted by james on October 2, 2011
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App Fundamentals: Build A Great User Experience With Windows Presentation Foundation
Posted by james on September 19, 2011
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Build A Great User Experience With Windows Presentation FoundationThis article is based on prerelease versions of WPF and the .NET Framework 3.0. All information herein is subject to change This article discusses: Elements of a user experience The Windows Presentation Foundation Resource model The Windows Presentation Foundation Application type Designing an XBAP application This article [...]
Multi-Targeting: Build Multi-Targeted Apps for the Desktop, Prism and Windows Phone 7
Posted by james on September 17, 2011
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Microsoft provides powerful frameworks for developing scalable, extensible applications. Some recent projects—Prism, the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) and Unity—provide multi-targeting capabilities. Multi-targeting permits you to have a single code base that can be shared across the desktop, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 platforms. These free tools have comprehensive documentation with quick starts, labs and plenty [...]
Cutting Edge: Build Providers for Windows Forms
Posted by james on August 18, 2011
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Build Providers for Windows FormsCode download available at:CuttingEdge0602.exe(185 KB)Browse the Code OnlineIn ASP.NET and Windows Forms projects, some file types are treated differently than others. For example, ASPX and ASCX files are dynamically parsed and compiled to an assembly on the fly. The contents of an XML Schema Definition (XSD) file are used to create [...]
Team System: Team Build 2008 Customization
Posted by james on August 15, 2011
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In my November 2008 column on Team Foundation Build 2008, I discussed what Team Build 2008 is, why you care, how to create a build, and how to use the new API to program the Team Build service. In this column, I’m going to cover how you can modify the default behavior of Team Build, [...]
Test: Build Quick and Easy UI Test Automation Suites with Visual Studio .NET
Posted by james on August 10, 2011
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Foundations: Build a Queued WCF Response Service
Posted by james on August 9, 2011
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Build a Queued WCF Response ServiceCode download available at: Foundations2007_02.exe (188 KB) Browse the Code Online Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) enables disconnected work between clients and services. The client posts messages to a queue and the service processes them later. Such interaction permits a different programming model from the default request/response pattern, enabling possibilities such [...]
IIS 7.0: Build Web Server Solutions with End-To-End Extensibility
Posted by james on August 1, 2011
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Build Web Server Solutions with End-To-End ExtensibilityThis article discusses: IIS extension points Building a Response Modification module Adding IIS Manager configuration Deploying the module This article uses the following technologies: IIS 7.0, .NET FrameworkThe IIS 7.0 Web platform supports more application framework technologies for hosting rich applications than any previous version of IIS, and it [...]