(Calvin Luttrell) As the evolution of software development continues, the concept of component and service based frameworks becomes a bigger part of our development process and our lives. In the Classic ASP days, we might have used a component such as ASPImage, or a custom COM + component, but with

(Tony Patton) Unless you are working with legacy code or systems, most application development is done in a multiple tier or layered environment. This may include a database layer along with the business rules and presentation layers. A key part of every n-tiered environment is the database tier. In

(Brett Burridge) This short article describes how to use the AcceptChanges method of the DataRow class. The method is invaluable if you need to change data in an ADO.NET DataTable object before displaying it in the web browser. The procedure described here works regardless of where the data in the

(Daniel Cazzulino) The reality of mobile development (especially if you’re creating a product) is not so different to that of Web development: the clients that will be using the application may not be under your control, and they may support different sets of features and capabilities. In the ASP.NE

(Eric Smith) I’m a bit of an HTML purist, so I love the Repeater control. It allows me to specify exactly which HTML ASP.NET uses to create a table, list, etc. without it adding a bunch of extra junk. The Repeater, like other data-bound controls, contains some events to help you respond to the actio

(Irina Medvinskaya) Combining strings in VB.NET is a simple operation. You can utilize the & operator to add a string to the end of another string, or use the Insert method of a String object to insert a string within another string. While both & and + operators allow you to combine the strings, it’

(VGirish) When handling a project with hundreds of tables, it takes some time to understand the flow within the database. Especially so if there is no document available. A possible scenario is legacy code up for maintenance or migration. After going through just a few tables, it starts to become to

(Jeff Brand) CSV files are still found all over, and developer’s often are faced with situations for parsing and manipulating that data. Often times, we want to take the CSV data and use it to initialize objects. In this article, we’ll take a look at one approach to mapping incoming CSV data to our

(Tim Stevens) Google didn’t waste any time giving developers a chance to dig right into their new appointment-tracking service. Google Calendar, a tie-in to Google’s GMail service, was launched in mid-April. Within a week, Java and .NET APIs were released to enable developers to write applications t

(Rob Howard) At just about every talk I give I always try to make several consistent statements. One of which is: ‘Whenever possible use stored procedures to access your data’.