(Bob Beauchemin) Learn how to use the new notification technologies in ADO.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 to handle ad-hoc data refreshes.

(Stanley B. Lippman) This article discusses issues that developers should be aware of when porting applications to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

(Jon Shemitz) When you write .NET code that takes callback parameters, your first instinct may be to use delegates, but it may not occur to you that you can use an interface instead. Learn why and when an interface may be a better answer.

(Jonathan Schafer) Using .NET reflection and external metadata makes it easy to add data validation to your objects. Nearly every application that collects data, whether from a Windows- or Web-based form or from a file, needs to validate that the data is in the correct format.

(Ibrahim Haddad and David Gordon) The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the Internet’s fundamental building blocks. It is responsible of locating and translating Internet domain names into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. A domain name is a meaningful and easy-to-remember “handle” for an Internet

(Michael Singer) Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, or J2EE, is a platform-independent standard designed for Web-based enterprise applications. It is also a standard with an uncertain future, according to some analysts.

(Emmett Dulaney) The Linux operating system is a cup that overflows with files. There are files for configuration settings, text files, documentation files, log files—the list goes on and on. Quite often, those files contain information you need to access to find important data. Although you can eas

(Christophe Nasarre) Interested in debugging techniques? You’ve come to the right place. In this article, you’ll discover how to write a utility called AssemblyBrowser, which is similar to the Unix ps tool. AssemblyBrowser allows you to browse managed processes, AppDomains, assemblies, modules,

(Darryl K. Taft) IBM announced that it will ship the latest version of its Rational tools suite, the new IBM Software Development Platform code-named Atlantic, by the end of this quarter. Having previewed the Atlantic tool set at its Rational User Conference in July in Dallas, IBM has now unveil

(Alan Zeichick) It’s been two years since the introduction of .NET, and Microsoft Corp.’s new platform is well on the way toward dominating the Windows environment. Even so, there’s a tough road ahead of it—especially since Java usage also is expanding.