(Michael Klaene) Code written in a .NET language like C# is referred to as managed code. That is, it is not compiled into machine-specific instructions. Instead, .NET compiles into MSIL (Microsoft intermediate language). MSIL is a machine-independent instruction set that is compiled at runtime by th

(Mahesh Chand) This step by step tutorial shows how to build a class library (DLL) for Silverlight 2.0 using Visual Studio 2008 and C# and how to use it in a client application. First part of this tutorial creates a class library and second part creates a Silverlight Web application that consumes th

(Tom) ASP.NET site running under .NET 2.0 has the following setting in web.config:

(Kenneth Downs) A foreign key can be used to implement table design patterns that span multiple tables. By choosing how a foreign key handles a DELETE attempt on the parent table, you can structure your table designs to follow two standard patterns.

(Kenneth Downs) So you know 37 different programming languages, you’ve programmed moon landers, missiles and toasters, and how could Javascript be any problem? Then you start trying to code up some Javascript and find that it just does not feel right, nothing seems to flow naturally or easily. Your

(Brian Mains) In my previous two articles, we talked about the use of layers, and the many different options that can be used to develop layered architecture. Layered architectures are essentially objects and work in object-oriented environments, such as ASP.NET. ASP.NET supports layered architect

(Bipin Joshi) In the Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we discussed how to use LINQ to SQL features to query and manipulate data. We also learnt to call stored procedures via LINQ to SQL. In the previous examples our approach was manual in that we ourselves created the custom data context and entity

(Matt Perdeck) Silverlight 2 is a great idea, but there are some gaping holes. One of the things I missed was support for ordered and unordered lists – a counterpart for the HTML and tags. This library fills that gap.

(Neil Knobbe) I don’t think I will ever get over just how much easier it is to do some things in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application than it is in a Windows application.

(Mahesh Chand) Each control in WPF has a Tooltip property that can be accessed through XAML or code behind. The Tooltip property can host any kind of controls such as a rectangle, text block, or a panel. In other words, we can display another window with any number of controls as a tooltip of a cont