The biggest changes in this release come in SWF (System.Windows.Forms). This makes sense, as SWF is moving into debugging mode in anticipation of having full support for SWF in the major 1.2 release expected in early 2006 (possibly by the time you read this). The 'Nice' theme has been ...Feb. 28, 2006 Reads: 9,811
This article is devoted to my SPBU.NET educational project supported by Microsoft Research in 2004 and accomplished in 2004-2005. The goal of the project was to develop a complex of educational materials on Microsoft.NET, compilers, software engineering, and operating systems, based on...
If you are interested in writing computer games or simulations in .NET, then the Apress book 'Beginning .NET Game Programming' will prove to be a valuable resource. A trio of authors, notably David Weller, Alexandre Santos Laboa, and Ellen Hatton, wrote this book, which introduces the ...
This book bills itself as the only ADO.NET you will ever need. This is a bit boisterous, but mostly true. This book covers pretty much all facets of ADO.NET programming, and covers them well. This well-written book can take an ADO.NET novice, and advance him or her to being an ADO.NET ...
Sequential numbers. Sooner or later, you'll find a process that requires you to generate a series of sequential numbers. As a matter of fact, most database engines provide at least one method of producing such numbers. Microsoft Access, for example, has AutoNumber columns, while SQL Se...
Perhaps the most commonly asked questions regarding memory management in .NET are: 'How long does a garbage collection take,' and 'How can I control when the garbage collector runs?' Apprehensive that 'pauses' caused by garbage collections will be perceived by users, application develo...
Before there were Web parts, DotNetNuke created installable private assemblies nicknamed modules to encapsulate the functionality desired within a modular environment. It doesn't take much experience developing modules for DotNetNuke before you start asking the age-old questions: I kno...
I've been a big fan of boot loaders for the past decade; whether its lilo or grub or BootMagic, the ability to have multiple bootable copies of Windows has always been a necessity to anyone who works with beta software. The great thing is that with Windows XP Professional and Windows 2...
When I was a kid, I remember someone saying, 'If you like where you're sitting, you had better stay there!' They were referring to a prediction that the Earth's population was going to increase to the point that there wouldn't be enough room for everyone to sit, so we'd all have to sta...
