(Daniel Winter) In the first part of this series we are going to look at a range of possible modules, such as contact and document management functions, and construct the SQL Server database for the application.

(Joe Duffy) Application hangs are one of the most frustrating situations a user can experience. They’re terribly difficult to find before shipping, and even more difficult to debug after an application has been deployed. Unlike a crash, an application hang may not produce a crash dump or trigger cus

(Sushmita Kumari) The Internet is an international network consisting of individual computers and computer networks that are all interconnected by many paths. Unlike Local Area Networks where access is physically restricted to authorized users, the Internet is a public network and can be accessed by

(Steve Orr) If you’ve ever tried to find classes in the .NET Framework that allow you to play audio and video, you may have noticed the gaping hole where this functionality should be.

(Scott Mitchell) The site navigation features in ASP.NET 2.0 make it easy to define a site map and implement common navigation UI elements, such as a breadcrumb, treeview, and menu. Due to its use of the provide model, you can dictate how to serialize the site map. ASP.NET 2.0 ships with a default i

(Jean-Paul S. Boodhoo) I am a big fan of objects. It’s so convenient to work with programming entities that you can ask to do something and they just do it. The shift that we developers have made from procedural style to OO style allows us to express ideas in much richer ways than were possible usin

(Tony Patton) The time has finally arrived. The coding is finished and everything has been tested as thoroughly as possible, so the next step is rollout, right? Well, you may want to take a step back and evaluate the application’s performance under expected conditions before the unveiling.

Metadata is any information that describes the data managed by an organization and the processes that affect that data. In other words metadata is organized documentation. (pdf)

(Alejandro Gervasio) Design Patterns are, in my humble opinion, a very large and complex topic within the universe of software engineering, and certainly when applied particularly to PHP programming, they’re not the exception to the rule. If you’re making your first leaps into the theory and practic

(Yves de Montcheuil) The process for selecting an ETL (extract, transform and load) software solution is typically a complex one requiring the evaluation of many features. However, one of the most critical factors to consider when assessing ETL products is determining how well the product will perfo