(Mark Strawmyer) Welcome to this installment of the .NET Nuts & Bolts column. A few the recent .NET Nuts & Bolts columns have been about LINQ. Articles such as an Introduction to Language Integrated Query (LINQ), LINQ to XML, and LINQ to SQL have explained what LINQ is and how to use it with XML and
Tag: Development
Analyzing data to best customers using Crystal Reports
(John Charles Olamendy) In the sales analysis, there is a principle named the Pareto principle also known as the 80-20 rule. The 80-20 rule states that 80% of the effects come from the 20% of the causes and then the remaining 20% effects come from 80% of the causes. Pareto observed that 80% of the l
Microsoft Chart with ASP.NET 3.5 – Part 1
(Jayaram Krishnaswamy) This Part 1 of the two part article shows how you may use the new MS Chart control in an ASP.NET web application.
WPF-WinForms Interop: A Highlighted TextBox
(Ged Mead) A recent forum post on VBCity asked for a way to highlight an important TextBox in a Windows Form. Assuming that the plan is to highlight the TextBox if the user is about to leave the Form without entering any text into it, there are of course several ways this can be done using Windows F
Getting started with the .NET RIA Services
(Maurice de Beijer) As was to be expected there were lots of announcements around Silverlight at the last MIX conference in Las Vegas. One particular product announcement is very interesting for Line Of Business (LOB) application developers. This big announcement is all about the .NET RIA Services.
Tip #86: Did you know… Visual Studio has several different search options?
(Ben Byrd) The standard methods for searching can be found under the Edit –> Find and Replace menu.
Using the Task Parallel Library and PLINQ to Go Parallel
(Jani Järvinen) When developing applications, most developers tend to think linearly through the logical steps needed to complete a task. While sequential thinking leads to working applications that are relatively easy to understand, such single-threaded applications are not able to benefit from the
3D Capabilities in Silverlight 3
(Sergey Zwezdin) Silverlight platform (WPF/E) emerged as a branch of Windows Presentation Foundation platform. While WPF was essential to create well-established user interfaces of desktop applications, Silverlight was focused on Internet applications. A special feature of Silverlight technology is
N-Tier Code Generator for ASP.NET
(Nesreen Maged) The attached application helps developers to save time and effort in creating N-tier applications.
AJAX Features in ASP.NET MVC
(Dino Esposito) For a few moments when I first approached ASP.NET MVC I really thought it was the negation of AJAX. With a programming model heavily based on REST principles, I thought all that one could do is invoke a URL. And when you get, or post to, a URL, you inevitably involve the browser and
