(Duncan Mackenzie) I set out to write this article about Visual Basic 2005, but that left too many things to choose from. I could wander through the entire feature list, giving you a bit of information on cool IDE features like Edit and Continue, IntelliSense Code Snippets, or the Exception Assistan

(Juval Lowy) Fans of the C# language will find much to like in Visual C# 2005. Visual Studio 2005 brings a wealth of exciting new features to C#, such as generics, iterators, partial classes, and anonymous methods. While generics is the most talked-about feature, especially among C++ developers who

(Teo Lachev) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS) provides open protocols for integrating reporting clients regardless of the targeted programming language and platform. A noticeable missing piece in its integration strategy was a presentation layer to deliver the generated reports to

(Manoj Agarwal) Part 1 of this series was more about introducing master pages and how to get started with creating a Web application that uses it. In this article, you will be diving deeper and covering a lot more about master pages. You might also get solutions to some of the issues you might face

(Alejandro Gervasio) Welcome to part two of the series “Abstract classes in PHP.” In three tutorials, this series introduces the key concepts of abstract classes in PHP 4-PHP 5, and explores their application and use in different object-oriented development environments. Whether you’re an experi

(Jason Clark) Generics are a shipping feature of the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, and managed code is faster, more maintainable, and more robust because of it.

(Tony Patton) Most .NET developers are familiar with the often overused DataSet objects. The DataTable object receives much less attention, which is unfortunate since DataTable objects provide plenty of features that are more appropriate in many development scenarios—especially when performance is a

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(Brian Mains) With ASP.NET 2.0, the Profile component can be an important tool in capturing browser information for accessing your web sites, though the functionality is not directly available. However, using the profile option can catalog the information, then display it in an administrative page,

(Chris Sells and Michael Weinhardt) Windows Forms 2.0 is far richer than any Windows application development platform that preceded it. You’ll find improvements across the board, with a more dense and fully featured Microsoft .NET Framework, tighter Visual Studio integration with many new additional