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	93 Articles found and displayed in this view. Visual Basic 2012 Unleashed, 2nd Edition - Chapter 2 - Getting Started with the Visual Studio 2012 IDE Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, Book Excerpts Release Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Quick ID: 1304063 By Alessandro Del Sole, Published Jan 18, 2013 by Sams. Part of the Unleashed series. Copyright 2013, ISBN-10: 0-672-33631-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33631-7. http://www.informit.com/store/visual-basic-2012-unleashed-9780672336317 Chapter 7 from Murach’s JavaScript and jQuery. Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, Book Excerpts Release Date: Monday, February 04, 2013 Quick ID: 1301013 Now that you have the JavaScript skills that you need for using jQuery, you’re ready to learn jQuery. So, in chapter 7, you’ll learn a working subset of jQuery that will get you off to a fast start. And in chapter 8, you’ll learn how to use the jQuery effects and animations that can bring a web page to life. Debugging Hard to Reproduce Issues Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2012 Jul/Aug Release Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Quick ID: 1208091 Software developers live and breathe debugging. It’s an essential and integral part of our day-to-day job. Whenever we are confronted with any bug in code, our typical first question is, “How can I reproduce this issue?” Any problems that cannot be reproduced are generally considered tricky to resolve. In order to really understand the challenges with debugging hard to reproduce issues, let’s walk through a few scenarios here. The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Transact SQL Programming Tips Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2011 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 21, 2011 Quick ID: 1112061 Even with all the new features in the Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (BI), sometimes the only way to accomplish a task is with good old fashioned T-SQL code. (Fortunately, “code” is the acronym for this great magazine!) In this latest installment of The Baker’s Dozen, I’ll present 13 T-SQL programming tips that could help you accomplish different database tasks. Using the Visual Studio New Project Dialog Box Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2011 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 14, 2011 Quick ID: 1112071 Continuing on our odyssey exploring the features of Visual Studio 2010, we turn our attention to the New Project dialog box. You noticed a difference no doubt, but may not be aware of just how much it has changed. Sit back, relax, open up Visual Studio 2010 and follow along as we dive into the details. 101 Windows Phone 7 Apps, Volume I: Developing Apps 1-50- Chapter 2 Flashlight - Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, Book Excerpts Release Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Quick ID: 1109113 This excerpt is from the new book, ‘101 Windows Phone 7 Apps, Volume I: Developing Apps 1-50’, authored by Adam Nathan, published April 2011, ISBN 0672335522, Copyright 2011. For more info, please visit the publisher site http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672335522 Using Visual Studio 2010 New IntelliSense Features Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2011 Jul/Aug Release Date: Sunday, July 03, 2011 Quick ID: 1108111 The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Using Microsoft PowerPivot and DAX Formulas Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2011 Jan/Feb Release Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 Quick ID: 112111 I know what you’re thinking: an article in CODE Magazine about Excel and PowerPivot? Yes, that’s correct; this installment of the “Baker’s Dozen” covers an important new tool to come out of Redmond: Microsoft PowerPivot. In a nutshell, PowerPivot provides some of the business intelligence capabilities that developers are accustomed to seeing in OLAP tools like Microsoft Analysis Services. So why should you and I care? Because these “end-user” tools still require some programming and configuration. So in this article, I’ll cover the installation of PowerPivot, a brief example of how to use it in Excel - and of course, since this IS CODE Magazine, I’ll show some DAX formula expressions to get the most out of PowerPivot. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2011 Jan/Feb Release Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 Quick ID: 112131 Jan/Feb 2011 Doc Detective The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Examples of Functionality in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2010 Jul/Aug Release Date: Monday, June 28, 2010 Quick ID: 1008061 A skilled database developer might find it difficult to accept that other tools can increase productivity. When Microsoft released SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS 2005), I did not think that any tool could possibly make me more productive than the C# and T-SQL code I was writing by hand. After some reconsideration (and subtle persuasion from peers), I discovered that SSIS 2005 contained many features that indeed reduced my development time - WITHOUT sacrificing flexibility. Microsoft added new functionality in SSIS 2008 to make a strong product even better. In this article, I’ll present 13 different examples that demonstrate the power of Integration Services. Time to Clean Up! Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2009 Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 Quick ID: 0907031 Why is it that over time, any machine you buy just seems to get slower and slower?Why is it that over time, any machine you buy just seems to get slower and slower? Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2009 Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 26, 2009 Quick ID: 0907141 July/August 09 Doc Detective Column Successful Software Development Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2009 Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 27, 2009 Quick ID: 0903021 Software development is a lot more than just writing lines of code.You need to think about project management, prototyping, database design, software architecture, framework usage and a whole host of other factors. In this article you will learn one approach to developing software applications from start to finish.This approach has been used successfully to develop hundreds of applications by a software development company that has been around since 1991. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2009 Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 27, 2009 Quick ID: 0903121 Mar/Apr 09 Doc Detective Column. Speed Up Project Delivery with Repeatability Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Quick ID: 0811051 Automate high-friction, unpredictable tasks in your environment to regain sanity and achieve a rapid, sustainable pace.Every environment has them: The dreaded manual tasks that drain productivity from the team and adds instability to the processes. We usually only dedicate half our brain power and never enough time to deal with them, which only compounds the problem. What if you could easily automate out the most painful tasks and gain a huge boost in productivity and speed of delivery? Have It Your Way Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Quick ID: 0811101 Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Quick ID: 0811111 Nov/Dec 08 Doc Detective column SQL Server 2008 Under the Hood: Compression Technologies Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, SQL Server Observer Release Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Quick ID: 080103 SharePoint Applied: 10 Things You Wish they Told You-Part 2 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Sep/Oct Release Date: Friday, August 22, 2008 Quick ID: 0809031 In my previous article, I talked about 10 things you wish you knew before you started your SharePoint project.The first five things were focused more towards the architecture and management of the project. In this article, I will follow up with five things targeted specifically for the SharePoint developer. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Sep/Oct Release Date: Friday, August 22, 2008 Quick ID: 0809121 Finding what you need in the Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 documentation, which has over 200,000 topics, can be a daunting task. The Doc Detective is here to help, utilizing his investigative skills to probe the depths of the documentation.Can’t find what you’re looking for? Just ask-if it’s in there, I’ll find it for you; if it isn’t, I’ll let you know that as well (and tell you where else you might go to find it). Have a question for the Doc? Send your questions for future columns to me at docdetec@microsoft.com. Visual Studio Platform and Extensibility Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, Publisher's Point Release Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Quick ID: 080043 As a .NET architect and developer I cannot imagine my everyday work without Visual Studio. I was always in a strange excitement when waiting for a new CTP, Beta or RTM of Visual Studio because I always expected some great new features with every release. During the years I have bought a few third-party add-ins and utilities for Visual Studio to make my development tasks easier and even created small add-ins to produce some useful piece of code. I knew that Visual Studio was extensible; I downloaded the SDKs and tried to get familiar with those hundreds of extensibility interfaces. However, due to lack of good documentation I often got frustrated. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 06, 2008 Quick ID: 0807101 July/August 08 Doc Detective Column. Individuagility Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 May/Jun Release Date: Friday, April 18, 2008 Quick ID: 0805021 May/June 2008 MVP Corner by Jean-Paul S. BoodhooSo you have researched agile development techniques, and are all fired up to put them into practice.Armed with this drive and passion to learn, what are some steps that you as an individual can take to incrementally grow your knowledge and practice of agile development techniques? The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Building Database Web Applications Using ASP.NET 3.5, LINQ, and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 May/Jun Release Date: Friday, April 18, 2008 Quick ID: 0805071 Are you moving a Windows desktop application to the browser, and sweating bullets, or perhaps just not quite sure about how all the new Web and data tools work together?With each passing year, Microsoft offers newer and more powerful tools for building rich database applications on the Web. So many and so frequently, in fact, that it can be hard to keep up with the new tools and still meet the requirements of your job! This article will show you how to get the most out of the new features in ASP.NET 3.5. The article will also show how you can use features in LINQ, even if you only use stored procedures for data access. And finally, since most applications use reporting, I’ll throw in a few nuggets on using SQL Server Reporting Services. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 May/Jun Release Date: Friday, April 18, 2008 Quick ID: 0805121 May/June 2008 Doc Detective Column REST-Based Ajax Services with WCF in .NET 3.5 Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, The Web View Release Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Quick ID: 080014 Rick Strahl discusses Rest-Based Ajax Services. Implementing Drag and Drop in Your Windows Application Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 Quick ID: 0803041 One of the important features of Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) is drag and drop.Using a mouse you can drag and drop a file from one location to another or you may drag a file and drop it onto an application to launch it. The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Tips for Building Dashboards with Microsoft BI Tools Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 Quick ID: 0803051 Scorecards, test results, report cards, summaries-nearly everyone wants to skip past the details and see the bottom line. Whether it is “pass or fail”, “go or no go”, managers evaluate professional efforts based on performance. Microsoft’s Business Intelligence tools provide developers and power users with the tools and methodologies to produce scorecards and other summaries that graphically represent performance. This article will create a Web-based Dashboard using several Microsoft products, including the newest product in the BI stack, PerformancePoint Server. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 Quick ID: 0803091 March/April 08 Doc Detective Harnessing the Sun Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 Quick ID: 0803101 March/April 08 Finalize() article by Ken Getz Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2008 Jan/Feb Release Date: Friday, December 28, 2007 Quick ID: 0801101 Jan/Feb 2008 Doc Detective COlumn. The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Comparisons Between Crystal Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 26, 2007 Quick ID: 0711041 Recent polls show that nearly fifty percent of applications with reporting functionality use Crystal Reports, and about twenty percent use SQL Server Reporting Services. This article will cover some of the major reporting tasks that developers face, and how the two reporting tools (Crystal and SQL Server Reporting Services) handle the tasks. Finally, I’ll provide a sneak preview at the next scheduled releases of both products (the next version of Crystal Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services 2008). Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 26, 2007 Quick ID: 0711091 Nov/Dec 2007 Doc Detective Column Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 Sep/Oct Release Date: Sunday, August 12, 2007 Quick ID: 0709091 Doc Detective Article for Sept/Oct 2007 The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Using LINQ Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 - Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 29, 2007 Quick ID: 0707051 How many software tasks DON’T involve reading through data? Answer: very few. Developers work all the time with database data, XML data, DataSets, collections, lists, and arrays-all with different syntax and functionality for each one. Developers who write T-SQL code often covet set-based language statements when they work against other types of data. Additionally, developers who have coded against strongly-typed custom collections wish they could write SQL database queries with IntelliSense. Language Integrated Query (LINQ), a set of extensions to the .NET Framework for the next version of Visual Studio codename “Orcas”, brings the promise of integrated and uniform query capabilities to increase developer productivity when working with different types of data. While LINQ is a large topic worthy of books, this edition of The Baker’s Dozen will provide a crash course to learn what’s under the LINQ hood. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 - Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 29, 2007 Quick ID: 0707111 July/August 2007 Doc Detective Column. The Baker’s Dozen: A 13-Step Crash Course for Learning Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 - May/Jun Release Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007 Quick ID: 0705041 This article will present a crash-course in the basics of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). WCF is one of the exciting new capabilities in the .NET 3.0 Framework. It provides a unified and uniform programming model for building distributed applications. Those who previously built multiple code bases to deal with Web services and .NET remoting will surely come to appreciate the power standardization that WCF offers. WCF, like any other new technology, requires research and experimentation to become productive. This article will assume no prior experience with WCF, and will walk you through some basic exercises and steps to show WCF’s capabilities. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2007 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, March 02, 2007 Quick ID: 0703111 Mar/Apr 07 Doc Detective column. MVP Corner: A Baker’s Dozen of Reflections Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 20, 2006 Quick ID: 0611021 November/December 06 MVP Corner Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Sep/Oct Release Date: Friday, August 18, 2006 Quick ID: 0609111 Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 23, 2006 Quick ID: 0607101 July/August 06 Doc Detective .Finalize(): Losing Weight, Again Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 23, 2006 Quick ID: 0607111 Ken Getz finalize column - July/Aug 06 Retaining Multiple Sets of User Settings Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jul/Aug Release Date: Friday, June 16, 2006 Quick ID: 0607031 Retaining a single set of user settings for your application is easy.Retaining multiple sets of user settings is much more challenging. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - May/Jun Release Date: Friday, April 21, 2006 Quick ID: 0605101 The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Remoting in Visual Studio 2005 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - May/Jun Release Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Quick ID: 0605071 This installment of the Baker’s Dozen presents an introduction to remoting and remoting interfaces. Object Binding Tips and Tricks Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 17, 2006 Quick ID: 0603011 Gaining the full potential of object binding requires more than just dragging and dropping your properties onto forms. In this article I’ll present a few tricks you need to know to get the most from your object binding. Having Fun with Code Snippets Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jan/Feb Release Date: Sunday, January 01, 2006 Quick ID: 0601081 Using code snippets can make it quick to add common code pieces to your application. Creating your own snippets allows you to create a library of custom code pieces and share them with other developers. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jan/Feb Release Date: Sunday, January 01, 2006 Quick ID: 0601111 Doc Detective 2006 Jan/Feb .Finalize() - My Not-So-Evil Twin Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jan/Feb Release Date: Sunday, January 01, 2006 Quick ID: 0601121 Ken Getz Finalize Column Jan/Feb 2006 The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for ADO.NET 2.0 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2006 - Jan/Feb Release Date: Saturday, December 31, 2005 Quick ID: 0601031 This installment of “The Baker’s Dozen” presents a variety of tips and techniques to become productive with data handling techniques using ADO.NET 2.0 in Visual Studio 2005. ADO.NET 2.0 is faster than the first version of ADO.NET; in some instances, significantly faster. While many view ADO.NET 2.0 as more evolutionary than revolutionary, it provides many functions to give developers greater control over data access and data manipulation. It also leverages the new database capabilities in SQL Server 2005. In addition, ADO.NET 2.0 simplifies the creation of multiple-database solutions. .Finalize(): What Does That Beep Mean? Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 28, 2005 Quick ID: 0511091 Ken Getz Nov/Dec 05 Finalize Column Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Nov/Dec Release Date: Friday, October 28, 2005 Quick ID: 0511081 Doc Detective Nov/Dec 05 issue eXtreme.NET Iteration One: Refactoring with Resharper Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Sep/Oct Release Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005 Quick ID: 0509071 In my book “eXtreme .NET” I introduce a team of developers who are learning how to improve their ability to deliver great software. They’re learn how to use XP (eXtreme Programming) techniques to improve the way they deliver software. In this article, we’ll continue to follow this team as they learn about Resharper, a tool they are considering using to help with refactoring their code. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Sep/Oct Release Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005 Quick ID: 0509101 Doc Detective Sept/Oct 2005 Heard on .NET Rocks!: Virtual PC and Virtual Server Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Sep/Oct Release Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005 Quick ID: 0509091 .NET Rocks Carl Franklin Column Sep/Oct 05 Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Jul/Aug Release Date: Monday, June 20, 2005 Quick ID: 0507101 Doc Detective - July/August 05 Am I a Mad Scientist? Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - May/Jun Release Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Quick ID: 0505021 Do you want to save keystrokes?Do you want to ease maintenance? Do you want inline information about the code structures that you're working with? How about statement completion? Are you interested in increasing the potential for code reuse? Do you want your applications to run faster and require less memory? Do you prefer to have users find bugs or do you prefer to find them yourself? Two Dozen of My Favorite System Stored Procedures Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - May/Jun Release Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Quick ID: 0505041 SQL Server 2000 is packed full of useful system stored procedures there for its own use that you can use as well.This article will explore a couple dozen of the most useful hidden gems you can use to more easily manage your databases, improve the applications that use the data, and provide new ways to impress potential mates at parties. You'll learn when to use these system stored procedures, explore when to use them, and see lots of code. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - May/Jun Release Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Quick ID: 0505121 Doc Detective - May/June 2005 .Finalize(): Are We There Yet? Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - May/Jun Release Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Quick ID: 0505131 Ken Getz - May/June 2005 Finalize column Inheritance 101 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - May/Jun Release Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 Quick ID: 0505031 Extend your knowledge of inheritance to more easily extend your applications. What's New in Visual Basic 2005? Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - May/Jun Release Date: Friday, April 15, 2005 Quick ID: 0505051 If you have been a hardcore VB6 programmer and you've hesitated about switching to Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic 2005 will change your mind and you'll want to take the leap forward to move to .NET.The common complaint that people who have made this leap already often hear from programmers who are reluctant to move to VB .NET is that it is not VB-like, and moving to .NET means you have to unlearn many of the things you have painstakingly mastered in VB6. The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Database Development Using Transact-SQL Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 Quick ID: 0503071 Many application developers face the challenges of working with SQL Server 2000.These challenges include retrieving and grouping large amounts of data, building result sets, and tracking changes to data. All require professional strategies that hold water against a seemingly endless number of possibilities. This installment of "The Baker's Dozen" presents a variety of real-world database situations and how you can use Transact-SQL and SQL-92 to tackle these issues. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 Quick ID: 0503111 Doc Detective Column March April/05 .Finalize(): Stay Put. Understand Your Space Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 Quick ID: 0503121 Ken Getz Mar/Apr 05 Finalize COlumn What You Need to Know about Web Controls Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 Quick ID: 0503041 Knowing the flaws in Web server controls and how to work around them before you use them can save you hours of time. Creating Debugger Visualizers with Visual Studio 2005 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 Quick ID: 0503061 One of the very many cool new features in Visual Studio 2005 is the debugger visualizer.With debugger visualizers, developers are able to define what information they would like to see about a particular .NET class or even one of their own classes during debug mode. And as the name suggests, you can also choose how you would like to visualize these details. Localizing ASP.NET 2.0 Applications Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2005 - Mar/Apr Release Date: Friday, February 18, 2005 Quick ID: 0503081 As we compete in the global economy, companies are increasingly developing applications for the world audience. Part of the challenges in globalizing is in understanding the language and culture of the local audience. An application written for the American market may not be useable in the Asian market. Hence, special considerations must be factored in when designing your application for the world market; in essence-you need to localize your application.As we compete in the global economy, companies are increasingly developing applications for the world audience.Part of the challenges in globalizing is in understanding the language and culture of the local audience. An application written for the American market may not be useable in the Asian market. Hence, special considerations must be factored in when designing your application for the world market; in essence?you need to localize your application. Free ASP.NET Goodies! Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411041 Free. Marketing professionals have known for years the positive results that this word produces. They use the word free to lure you in so that they can sell you something else. Luckily for you, that will not be the case in this article. All of the goodies, resources, tools, and utilities I mention are all free. They won't cost you a dime.In this article, I will share with you the results of my search for zero-cost resources for the ASP.NET developer. Space restrictions limit the depth to which I can discuss each item that I've found, but my descriptions should be enough for you decide if you would like to research the material further. Drag Once DataBinding with Custom Controls Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411071 Visual Studio 2005 will ship some great new controls, but suppose you want your own control to play in the Data Sources Window?In this article, I'll explain how the Data Sources Window in Visual Studio 2005 will enable you to extend the list of controls supported for Drag Once Databinding. I'll show you how to create a PhoneBox control and an AddressBlock UserControl. .Finalize() - Making Sausages Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411121 Ken Getz' .Finalize() column. Best Practices Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411011 Rod Paddock Editorial Article November December 04 Issue Maximize Your Productivity with Project Item Templates Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411091 You can create your own Windows Forms, Web Forms, or class templates to reuse code and maximize your productivity in Visual Studio 2003. The Baker's Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for the Windows Forms DataGrid Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411081 New developers often struggle with the .NET DataGrid when trying to replicate grid functionality from other platforms.More experienced developers lament the deficiencies of the .NET DataGrid to address end user requirements. Consequently, many developers seek sophisticated third-party alternatives. In this article, I'll present a set of classes for the DataGrid to help address some of the more common struggles. Although third-party tools always offer more capabilities than a native control, this article also demonstrates how it's possible for you to implement some of the functions found in these third-party tools. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - November/December Release Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0411111 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - September/October Release Date: Friday, August 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0409121 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - July/August Release Date: Sunday, June 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0407101 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Finish Your Week with .NET Rocks! Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - May/June Release Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0405091 This is the first in a series of what I hope will be one of your favorite columns for years to come! I am the host of a talk show on the Internet called .NET Rocks! (see advert), in which I interview the movers and shakers in the .NET community. Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - May/June Release Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0405101 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Doc Detective - March/April 2004 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - March/April Release Date: Friday, February 20, 2004 Quick ID: 0403101 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Doc Detective - Jan/Feb 2004 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - January/February Release Date: Monday, January 05, 2004 Quick ID: 0401081 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective ADO.NET Best Practices - Part II Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2004 - January/February Release Date: Monday, January 05, 2004 Quick ID: 0401061 ADO.NET has a strong and powerful disconnected model.It allows programmers to build a web of in-memory objects and relate contents coming from different tables and even from different data sources. When inter-related tables are involved with the process of query and update, code strategies are important to preserve scalability and maintain high performance. Sometimes compound queries can be more effectively accomplished splitting queries; sometimes not. Submitting changes in batch mode, exploiting the DataSet and its disconnected model, often appears as the perfect solution. However, what if you need to move dozens of MB? The serialization mechanism of the DataSet would increase that by a factor. Tradeoffs is the magic word. Doc Detective - Sept/Oct 2003 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2003 - September/October Release Date: Friday, August 15, 2003 Quick ID: 0309111 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Doc Detective - July/August 2003 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2003 - July/August Release Date: Sunday, June 15, 2003 Quick ID: 0307121 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective VFP 8 Tips and Tricks Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 1 - Visual FoxPro 8.0 Release Date: Sunday, June 01, 2003 Quick ID: 0301112 Some of the early adopters of VFP 8 have contributed tips for some of the new features of this exciting release.Check out their ideas, then jump into the product and try some of the new stuff. You'll find that there is much more than meets the eye, with hundreds of additions, changes, and improvements. Doc Detective - May/June 2003 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2003 - May/June Release Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 Quick ID: 0305121 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Doc Detective - March/April 2003 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2003 - March/April Release Date: Saturday, February 15, 2003 Quick ID: 0303161 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Doc Detective - Nov/Dec 2002 Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2002 - Nov/Dec Release Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 Quick ID: 0211171 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective Ask the Doc Detective Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2002 - Sept/Oct Release Date: Thursday, August 15, 2002 Quick ID: 0209101 Tips and Tricks from the Doc Detective .NET Tools Round-Up Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2002 - May/June Release Date: Monday, April 15, 2002 Quick ID: 0205021 Since the first announcements of Microsoft's new .NET platform, ActiveX control developers and tool vendors have been scrambling to adjust their products and their marketing strategies. This article reports on the changing component market and points you to many of the newly announced .NET Developer Tools.Since the first announcements of Microsoft's new .NET platform, ActiveX control developers and tool vendors have been scrambling to adjust their products and their marketing strategies. This article reports on the changing component market and points you to many of the newly announced .NET Developer Tools.Since the first announcements of Microsoft's new .NET platform, ActiveX control developers and tool vendors have been scrambling to adjust their products and their marketing strategies.This article reports on the changing component market and points you to many of the newly announced .NET Developer Tools.Since the first announcements of Microsoft's new .NET platform, ActiveX control developers and tool vendors have been scrambling to adjust their products and their marketing strategies.This article reports on the changing component market and points you to many of the newly announced .NET Developer Tools. Top 10 .NET Framework Classes Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2002 - March/April Release Date: Friday, February 15, 2002 Quick ID: 0203061 Microsoft .NET brings many important advances to the software engineering world.We believe that Windows developers everywhere have reason to celebrate the arrival of .NET, but Visual Basic developers should be the most ecstatic. We get true inheritance, structured exception handling, and a state-of-the-art IDE?but, perhaps the coolest thing .NET provides us as VB developers is the Framework Class Library (FCL). To commemorate the release of .NET, we thought we would present what we consider to be the top ten most useful, utterly awesome (and coolest) classes bundled inside the .NET FCL. A developer's life... Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2002 - Jan/Feb Release Date: Saturday, December 15, 2001 Quick ID: 0201121 This page is dedicated to non-technical aspects of our lives as developers.Look here in each issue for commentary and insight into the struggles and joys of balancing life and logic. Effective Testing Strategies Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2001 - Nov/Dec Release Date: Monday, October 15, 2001 Quick ID: 0111071 Do you test your software before you release it? Of course you do, but are you testing it as effectively as you could be? When do you start testing? How do you know when you have tested it enough? Who does the testing? This article will explore the various strategies of creating a comprehensive testing process for your software development project.