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SQL Prompt - Intellisense for SQL Server

Tue, 23 May 2006 08:05:01 GMT

Code completion and intellisense for SQL Server Query Analyzer free until September 1st 2006. No time bombs and no restrictions.

Flexible and Plug-in-based .NET Application using Provider Pattern

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 08:01:00 GMT

This paper demonstrates creating a flexible, extensible, plug-in-based .NET application (JOM - Smart Job Manager). JOM is an asynchronous job processing engine built using the MS Provider design pattern and the .NET technology available today.

VB.NET and C# - Duplication of Effort

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:01:00 GMT

Scott Hansleman wonders if the duplication of effort in VB .NET and C# mean that we actually need both langauges.

Data Tutorial #2: Building our Master Page and Site Navigation Structu

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:31:00 GMT

Havind done the ground workd with the DAL, Scott Guthrie carries on his data tutorial with a look at the Master Page and Site Navigation Structure.

Channel 9 Video: Microsoft Max

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:01:00 GMT

Robert Scoble sits down with project Max Group Program Manager Piero Sierra and friends to find out more about Max.

ViewStateAnalyzer for ASP.NET 2.0

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:01:00 GMT

ViewStateAnalyzer is a tool for ASP.NET 2.0 developers. It's an Internet Explorer toolband that allows you to analyze local ASP.NET pages. By pressing the "Analyze" button, you will retrieve page controls graph and for each element you can check the handled event, read the viewstate saved by the control and HTML rendered, easily focusing it into IE.

DotNetRocks TV

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:31:00 GMT

Carl Franklin has released a great new site which he explains as... "dnrTv is a fusion of a training video and an interview show. Training videos are typically sterile and one-way. Let's face it, you can only take so much. But you need to see the code! In this format, you get the spontaneity of an interview talk show, and the detail of a webcast or training video." The first episode shows how to build a composite web-control in Visual Studio 2005. Highly recommended.

Atlas tutorial in ASP.NET without the template.

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:01:00 GMT

I tried to get Atlas running without the templates which wasn't a problem and gave me better understanding of the workings of Atlas. With Altas you can call a webmethod in a webservice class from within Javascript at the browser. In this example I use an aspx page which has just plain HTML controls (no ASP.NET controls, no runat ="server") firing the javascript that calls the webmethod. The webservice is in the same webapplication as the page.

Quick tour of December Atlas CTP

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:31:00 GMT

What's in the December CTP of Atlas by Nikhil Kothari.

New ASP .NET 2.0 SQL Site Map Provider

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:31:00 GMT

Scott Guthrie talks about Jeff Prosise' new SQL-based SiteMap Provider (article in the February MSDN Magazine) and also points out a few other useful Site Navigation pieces that he's blogged about.

Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:31:00 GMT

This is a must read for anyone concerned about scalability. Topics are a bit redundant but overall very thorough.

Web Applications: N-Tier vs. N-Layer

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:01:00 GMT

One of the best posts presenting the pro's AND con's of layers and tiers in an application. Additionally gives some solid references to external resources.

Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Data Source Control Basics

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:01:00 GMT

This is a nice article on the declarative use of the data source controls to access your data in .NET. I prefer getting my hands dirty with a SqlConnection and SqlDataReader but find these control useful for rapid prototyping.

What's in Visual Basic 2005 for the Visual Basic 6.0 Developer

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:31:00 GMT

A nice article outlining the many reasons to move from VB6 (we know you are out there!!) to VB.NET 2.0. It also has video demonstrations of various features.

Best and Worst Practices for Mock Objects

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:31:00 GMT

Mock objects are like any other tool. Used one way they're a huge time saver. In other cases they can easily create more work and degrade the quality of the testing code. In this post, Jeremy Miller presents some best and worst practices for utilising mock objects.

Building a DAL using Strongly Typed TableAdapters and DataTables

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:31:00 GMT

Scott Guthrie walks us through using Visual Studio 2005 to build a data access layer for the Northwind database. He will be using the resulting DAL in soon to be published tutorials including master details, filtering, sorting, paging, 2-way data-binding, editing, insertion, deletion, hierarchical data browsing, hierarchical drill-down and optimistic concurrency.

Data Paging with the ASP.NET 2.0 DataList Control and ObjectDataSource

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:01:00 GMT

A hands on walk through by Scott Guthrie on how to implement efficient data-paging using an ASP.NET DataList or Repeater control