(Jim Mischel) C# is a strongly typed language–more so than C or C++, or even Pascal. All things considered, strong typing is a good thing. But sometimes the strong typing gets in the way of doing things that seem perfectly reasonable. This is especially true if you come from a background in C and C

(Michael Sorens) Few areas in .NET are seemingly as simple yet deceptively challenging as processing keyboard inputs. This situation is exacerbated because neither the MSDN documentation nor any of the excellent .NET support websites provide comprehensive, practical details about handling keystrokes

(Paul Kimmel) Programmers have a lot of problems to manage. Programmers have to manage their time by getting the most out of the least amount of code. Programmers also have to write code that appeals to users in terms of its responsiveness, correctness, and utility. Balancing writing reusable genera

(AzamSharp) ASP.NET validation works in mysterious ways especially when you want to validate a group of controls on the page. In this article we are going to dig deep into the ValidationGroup property and see how to validate a group of controls.

(Scott Mitchell) ASP.NET’s forms-based authentication system in tandem with the Membership API and Login Web controls make it a cinch to create a user store, create user accounts, and allow visitors to log into the site. What’s more, with little effort it’s possible to define roles, associate user a

(Viet Yen Nguyen) Many computer systems nowadays have their correctness checked using sample testing: an engineer programs a scenario and runs the test system against it. The systems actual output is captured and measured against the expected output, and if these match up, then the test is passed. B

(Ged Mead) For some time now, I’ve been promising myself that one day I will create a list of what I like to think of as “WPF MIA” – those basic elements that I am totally familiar with in WindowsForms, but which somehow seem to have disappeared into thin air in WPF.

(Mahesh Chand) This tutorial discusses how to create and use custom controls in Silverlight 2.0 and Visual Studio 2008. The first part of the tutorial creates an ImageViewer user control and second part shows how to use this control in a Silverlight Web application.

(Cal Schrotenboer) Even though Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is now almost two years old and its younger sibling Microsoft Silverlight a little over half that, many of my developer friends and colleagues still express confusion when it comes to the capabilities of each. I often see questions

(Stephen Walther) In this blog entry, I list the essential tips and tricks that every developer who uses Visual Studio 2008 should know. I wanted to keep this list brief. I also wanted to focus on only those tips and tricks that I use on a daily basis. Almost all of these tips and tricks are just as