(Peter Zeidman) In this series we’ve been working through the construction of a Content Management System, for use with an Intranet or Web site. The foundation has been laid in the form of a PHP class for accessing the database (‘DbConnector’), and to kick off this month we’ll set up the database it

To this point, I’ve tried hard to stick with examples and code that can be run as a Console Application so you could use a simple and free text editor to create your VB.NET programs and compile them with the free compiler in the .NET Framework SDK. It’s a great way to learn .NET. But after a while,

(Alexander Prohorenko) Nowadays, basic information security at any level should include an intrusion detection system (IDS) that gathers and later analyzes intrusion data. The primary goal of IDS software is monitoring hostile operations of all types, whether human (hackers and crackers) or programm

In this episode of MSDN TV, Tim and Shawn discuss the buzz around the .NET Smart Client Application Revolution. They discuss what a smart client application is by defining its attributes, business & ROI impacts, and Tim shows some powerful tools and technologies that are used to build them.

(Bill Wagner) In this article, I’ll discuss one other option: the Application Updater Starter Block from the Practices and Guidance Group at Microsoft. The Application Updater block provides one implementation you can use to automatically update your applications. Unlike some other solutions, the Ap

(David T. Anderson) Visual FoxPro 9.0 contains more functional enhancements to the data engine than any release since 3.0. From the new and extended functionality in SQL to new data types and a binary index, this release demonstrates the power of a mature development platform for data-centric soluti

(Scott) Metadata is the life blood of the .NET platform. Many of the features we use everyday during design time, during compile time, and during execution time, rely on the presence of metadata. Metadata allows an assembly, and the types inside an assembly, to be self-describing. In this article, w

(Pierre Couzy) Code generators are part of your everyday life, even if you don’t realize it. This article shows you how you can leverage them in your projects.

(Dan Fishman) In today’s hyper competitive business environment, business success hinges on the ready availability of accurate and timely information derived from corporate information assets. The mission-critical data from which that information is derived predominately resides in relational datab

(Peter Zeidman) Last month I laid out the structure of a content management system (CMS), to be written in PHP for use on a Web site or intranet. This month we’ll get going on writing the most basic code on which it will rely.