(Rand Morimoto) The term Microsoft security was long considered, whether fairly or unfairly, to be an oxymoron. High-profile vulnerabilities and viruses that were exploited in Windows NT and Windows 2000 often made organizations wary of the security, or lack of security, that was built into Microsof
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Code Documentation in .NET
(Steven Swafford) As a developer, I myself have a very strong opinion that all code that is written should be documented. Documentation should always be foremost in your thought process. Why, you may ask? Well, let me explain. Have you ever been in a position where you were hired for a project, and
Abolish XML namespaces?
(Parand Darugar) Experience shows XML namespaces can be a common cause of confusion and a major complicating factor in XML adoption. In this article, the author argues that XML namespaces do not offer a good solution for the problems they aim to solve, and are not needed for the majority of XML use
An interview with Shawn Wildermuth
(Douglas Reilly) Shawn Wildermuth is the “go-to guy” for information on ADO.NET. He is the author of Pragmatic ADO.NET: Data Access for the Internet World and numerous articles, is a Microsoft MVP, and works as an independent consultant in Atlanta.
T-SQL Coding Standards
(Brian Walker) Coding standards are often overlooked when it comes to T-SQL programming, but they’re a crucial component of a smoothly operating development team. The coding standards I espouse here are ones that I’ve developed over the years. No, they’re not universally accepted, and, admittedly, s
N-Tier Web Applications using ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 – Part 1
(Thiru Thangarathinam) When .NET Framework was first introduced, it provided excellent features that made the construction of ASP.NET applications a breezy experience. Now the next version of .NET Framework (version 2.0) along with SQL Server 2005 builds on the foundation of the previous versions an
The Mists of Avalon
(Guido Stercken-Sorrenti) This article introduces “Avalon,” the exciting new presentation layer of the upcoming Windows version (codenamed Longhorn). I’ll first point out what’s so fundamentally new and advantageous about the way Avalon deals with graphics, and then show you how to use XAMLPad,
17 useful PHP array functions complete with examples
Like arrays in other programming languages, PHP arrays allow you to store multiple values in a single variable and operate on them as a set. With over 60 functions, PHP offers an extensive array manipulation toolkit that lets you process arrays in almost any way imaginable including: –reversing
XBRL Offers a Faster Route to Intelligence
(Doug Henschen) Big banks, brokerages and consumer packaged goods companies put millions of dollars and months of effort into normalizing, cleansing and analyzing competitive data as quarterly and annual corporate earnings reports are released. Extensible business reporting language (XBRL) and a
MySQL Tutorial – Introduction
(Gez Lemon) Released in January 1998, MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS). It’s based around the Structured Query Language (SQL), and is best for managing the content of the database as opposed to transactions, as MySQL does not support COMMIT or ROLLBACK. One of th