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Download all the code for the February 2006 issue. [Download]
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Sponsored Spotlights |
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Visit Visual Studio Magazine's Spotlights on Tools for performance and testing, graphics and imaging, security, and more. [Read more]
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Talk to the Editors |
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Featured Articles |
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Delve Into VSTS
Visual Studio Team System provides a wealth of tools in one place. Explore all aspects of this integrated suite of tools.
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Integrate SOA Portals With WSE
Use ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts framework and Web Services Enhancements 3.0 to create a successful service-oriented architecture portal. Learn how to apply the portal integration pattern to aggregating Web services.
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Lock Down Your Files
A single barrier is not as good as multiple layers of security. Improve your security by taking advantage of file-access control with the .AccessControl namespace in .NET 2.0.
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Robust Databinding Apps
Take control of databinding in .NET 2.0 with test-driven development, and learn how to utilize Visual Studio's new automated testing and refactoring features.
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Negotiate Between Web Parts
Learn how to create a dynamic application where Web Parts negotiate what data they share with each other.
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Unit Tests with VSTS
Vistual Studio Team System has introduced unit testing. Learn how it works and how to take advantage of it in your latest applications.
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Opinions |
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VS & SQL Server 2005 - What's new?
Roger Jennings, VB and XML expert, discusses what's new with data in Visual Studio 2005. Roger tells VSM's Patrick Meader he especially likes the integration of the SQL Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer tools into SSMS with the VS 2005 IDE.
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Productivity Reigns Supreme in VS 2005
Bill McCarthy is a member of Microsoft's software design review team for Visual Studio. In this chat with VSM's Patrick Meader, Bill discusses VS 2005 and says the new release is going to save you a ton of effort.
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Microsoft Explores Collaboration - At Last
Senior Analyst Peter O'Kelly previews major advances in SharePoint V3, Office 12, and related tools and frameworks that may, perhaps, silence some critics of Microsoft's long-overdue collaboration strategy. Peter says organizations can expect to reap real benefits.
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Editor's Note |
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Microsoft Brews Cider
VSM Editor in Chief Patrick Meader previews three new features in Microsoft's CTP for Windows Vista that includes the Cider Visual Designer. He predicts the new features will change the way you work.
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Reviews |
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Build .NET 2.0 Apps
ComponentOne's Studio Enterprise for Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0 includes 25 of the company's development products. VSM Contributor Don Kiely says the product has everything, even the kitchen sink.
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Manage Your Web Site
Macromedia Studio 8 is a suite of professional tools for creating, organizing, and managing everthing that goes into a Web site. VSM contributor Ken Cox reviews the product, and says it's well documented and accessible to all levels of users.
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Responsive Web Pages
Dart Communications' PowerWEB LiveControls from ASAP.NET 1.3 can help users have a positive experience with your Web pages. VSM contributor Andy Clark says the tool provides the kind of environement that WinForms users take for granted.
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Develop Correct Code
Compuware's DevPartner Studio 8.0 is a complete suite of tools you can use to analyze and debug complex managed and unmanaged applications. Don Kiely likes what he sees.
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Products |
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From Security to Control
Check out recently released security, caching, and control tools to enhance your ASP.NET applications. Also explore several course offerings designed to help you master powerful new features in .NET 2.0.
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