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 Feb 2, 2006 - A Quick Tour of Visual Studio 2005
While some of you have been playing with Visual Studio 2005 for a while now, many of you probably either haven't found the time or are a little worried about messing up your current development environment. This article will give you a quick look at Microsoft's latest development environment and highlight some of the new features you can expect when you do get around to installing it.
Jan 26, 2006 - Checking and Enforcing Business Rules for SQL Data
In many applications, data enters the database in a number of ways -- from Windows and Web-based applications to Web services. It is no longer good enough to put business rules at the application level and assume the rules will be implemented correctly and consistently across all data entry points. This article focuses on a methodology for ensuring data integrity by enforcing business rules at the database level.
Jan 19, 2006 - Using Apache-Style HTTP Authentication on IIS
Have you ever wished you could easily set up password protected areas of your web site without creating system user accounts? What about moving a password protected website from Apache to IIS? This article examines a free product that makes both of these tasks amazingly simple.
Jan 12, 2006 - Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, & BizTalk Server 2006 Launch Event
When I first heard that Microsoft was planning a series of events to celebrate the launch of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006, I was all excited. It was late October and I knew that the products were due to ship any day. I'd be one of the first people to see all this great new technology and I'd finally get my hands on the actual release versions... or so I thought.
Jan 5, 2006 - Mask Your Web Server for Enhanced Security
Masking or anonymizing a Web server involves removing identifying details that intruders could use to detect your OS and Web server vendor and version. This information, while providing little or no utility to legitimate users, is often the starting place for hackers. This article explores some ways you can minimize the risk of such detection.
Microsoft's FAT Patent Upheld
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) completed a reexamination of two Microsoft patents and decided to let them stand.
Critical Patches Follow Windows WMF Trouble
A day Microsoft intended for normally-scheduled security updates turned into a fire-dousing exercise after last week's patch of an exploit in its Windows Metafile (WMF) image processor.
Microsoft Patches WMF Flaw Early
If enough people complain, even software giants like Microsoft will heed their call.
Gates And The Digital Lifestyle
If it hasn't already been made abundantly clear, Microsoft expects to be at the center of your daily life.
Microsoft Readies WMF Patch
The Windows Metafile Format (WMF) flaw is not quite a zero-day exploit anymore, but it's not quite patched yet, either.
Caching Oracle Data for ASP.NET Applications
Narayan Veeramani shows how ASP.NET developers can improve application performance by caching data stored in an Oracle database and keeping the cached data in sync with the data in the Oracle database.
The Perfect Service - Part 1
The first article in this two-part series shows how to get Ambrose Little's .NET Service Manager running and then how to add plug-n-play services to it using drag-n-drop or XCOPY. Advanced UI Design Using XML and XSL
Joe Slovinski explains how to use XML and XSL to create a Web-based folder tree. Using XML and XSL makes this tree low maintenance and when transformed on the client can reduce load on your server. Using Open Source .NET Tools for Sophisticated Builds
Building an application can be more than pressing F5. With an increasing number of quality packages being released, developers for the .NET platform now have options to create a very sophisticated build process. Aaron Junod describes a sample build environment and shows how a number of tools can work together to make reliable, predictable, and value-added builds. Tracing in .NET and Implementing Your Own Trace Listeners
Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui explains debugging and tracing and shows how to create custom trace listeners to help ensure hassle-free development. Mailing List
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