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Developing Flex 4 Components Chapter Excerpt: Understanding Flex
Updated: 15 Feb 2011
This chapter gives you a better understanding of what Flex is, both as a technology and as a development environment (Flash Builder).
J2EE, Dev, RIA
 
Addison-Wesley 5.00
iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook: Building Your First Project
Updated: 8 Dec 2011
This is a chapter excerpt from iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook, The: Core Concepts and Essential Recipes for iOS Programmers, 3rd Edition
All-Topics, Dev, iOS
 
Addison-Wesley 5.00
Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET
Updated: 14 Feb 2006
Chapter 6: Presenting Data with the DataGridView Control.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, ADO.NET, Dev, WinForm
 
Addison-Wesley 4.84
Windows Forms 2.0 Programming, 2nd Edition: Chapter 14: Applications
Updated: 7 Sep 2006
The seemingly simple application architecture in Windows Forms and .NET provides some useful capabilities, including tailored lifetime support and support for building SDI and MDI applications, whether multiple or single-instance.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.77
.NET Internationalization: The Developer's Guide to Building Global Windows and Web Applications: Chapter 11 - Custom Cultures
Updated: 14 Aug 2006
Custom cultures in the .NET Framework represent a great leap forward and open new and exciting possibilities to developers. The new cultures are recognized by the .NET Framework as first-class citizens and, once registered, are as valid as any other culture.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.77
Essential C# 2.0: Chapter 11: Generics
Updated: 30 Aug 2006
Generics will significantly transform C# 1.0 coding style. In virtually all cases in which programmers used object within C# 1.0 code, generics would be a better choice in C# 2.0 to the extent that object should act as a flag for a possible generics implementation.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, Visual-Studio, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Addison-Wesley 4.67
ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated - Chapter 2: Is It Really This Easy?
Updated: 20 Jul 2006
This chapter presents a scenario-based demonstration focused on a day in the life of a developer who is in the process of fulfilling the requirements of a fictional customer.
C#, XML, SQL, Windows, .NET2.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, DBA, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.65
Programming in the .NET Environment - Damien Watkins, Mark Hammond, Brad Abrams
Updated: 18 Sep 2003
Sample Chapter from Programming in the .NET Environment
C#, Windows, .NET1.1, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.63
Essential ASP.NET 2.0, 2nd Edition: Chapter 4: State Management
Updated: 7 Dec 2006
ASP.NET 2.0 does not offer a penultimate solution for storing client state, but it does introduce three new features that should be considered any time you are looking for a place to store state on behalf of individual users.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.61
Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005: Chapter 1 - Introducing .NET
Updated: 27 Oct 2006
An introduction to .NET.
VB, MSIL, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.60
Effective Java
Updated: 31 Oct 2008
This chapter concerns creating and destroying objects: when and how to create them, when and how to avoid creating them, how to ensure they are destroyed in a timely manner, and how to manage any cleanup actions that must precede their destruction.
Java, Java SE, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Addison-Wesley 4.43
Getting Started with the BlackBerry Java Development Tools
Updated: 6 Oct 2011
Chapter Exerpt: BlackBerry Development Fundamentals
Blackberry, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.33
Excerpt from Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Updated: 5 Sep 2007
This chapter will lay out some of the basic principles of WPF and walk through a quick overview of the entire platform. You can think of this chapter as a preview of the rest of the book.
C++, C#, Windows, .NET3.0, Visual-Studio, XAML, WPF, Dev, WinForm
 
Chris_Anderson 4.15
Chapter 2: Hints Toward a Solution
Updated: 30 Jan 2008
Excerpt from Understanding Windows CardSpace: An Introduction to the Concepts and Challenges of Digital Identities.
 
Addison-Wesley 4.00
Developing Hybrid Applications for the iPhone: Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Build Dynamic Apps for the iPhone
Updated: 29 Oct 2009
It is also possible to write debug messages to the Xcode console when you write your application. Accessing these capabilities is not limited to Objective-C applications. Your hybrid applications can do these things from within JavaScript.
Objective-C, iPhone, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.00
Chapter 3: Basic Concepts: C# Programming Language, The, 2nd Edition
Updated: 9 Jun 2006
The C# Programming Language, Second Edition, is the definitive reference for programmers who want to acquire an in-depth knowledge of C#.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 3.90
Applied .NET: Developing People-Oriented Software Using C#
Updated: 3 Nov 2001
Applied.NET illustrates development of several .NET applications using C#.
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Chanda Leary-Coutu 2.50
Chapter 2: Understanding General Interface Architecture
Updated: 9 Mar 2009
This chapter provides a high-level architecture of TIBCO General Interface and its framework components and describes how General Interface applications work in the browser.
Javascript, Ajax
 
Addison-Wesley  
Windows Phone 7 for iPhone Developers - Chapter Excerpt: Object-Oriented Programming
Updated: 9 Sep 2011
This chapter will cover some of the core concepts of object-oriented programming (OOP) and how they apply to both iPhone and Windows Phone 7 programming
Objective-C, iPhone, Windows-Phone-7, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley  

Book Chapters - Apress 

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The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics For An Imperfect World - Chapter 5
Updated: 4 Apr 2002
Getting Your Requirements Etched in Stone
All-Topics
 
Christopher Duncan 4.91
Beginning C# - Chapter 13: Using Windows Form Controls
Updated: 15 Oct 2001
An introduction to using Windows Forms in your C# applications.
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 4.79
The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics For An Imperfect World
Updated: 23 Mar 2002
The Career Programmer explains how the individual programmer or project manager can work within the existing system to solve deadline problems and regain control of the development process.
 
Christopher Duncan 4.76
Professional C# - Graphics with GDI+
Updated: 5 Sep 2001
An explanation and demonstration of the concepts behind GDI+.
Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 4.74
Professional .NET Framework - Chapter 10 - Working with Data in .NET
Updated: 13 Nov 2001
This chapter explains what is involved in working with data in the .NET framework.
Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 4.64
Beginning XML - Chapter 2: Well-Formed XML
Updated: 27 Nov 2000
XML syntax and writing well formed XML
XML, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 4.62
A Preview of Active Server Pages+ - Chapter 1: Introducing ASP+
Updated: 27 Nov 2000
An introduction to ASP.NET
Windows, .NET1.0, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 4.59
XSLT Programmer's Reference 2nd Edition
Updated: 3 Sep 2001
This chapter is about the purpose of XSLT and the task it was designed to perform.
XML, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Wrox 4.58
Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail - Chapters 7, 8
Updated: 8 Feb 2006
Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail offers a new path to success in the software industry. This book reaches out to managers, developers, and customers who use industry-standard methodologies, but whose projects still struggle to succeed.
Windows, Visual-Studio, Architect, Dev
 
stepang 4.54
Cross-Platform .NET Development: Using Mono, Portable.NET, and Microsoft .NET - By Mark Easton, Jason King
Updated: 2 Nov 2004
Sample from the book - Chapter 5
.NET1.0, Dev
 
Profox Jase 4.48
ADO.NET Programmer's Reference - Chapter 16 - COM Interoperability
Updated: 13 Nov 2001
This chapter explains how to use Interop to incorporate the features from our existing unmanaged components and other classic ADO objects.
Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 4.45
A Programmer's Introduction to C# - Chapter 21
Updated: 21 Nov 2000
Erik Gunnerson writes about Attributes in C#
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Eric Gunnerson (msft) 4.43
Beginning ASP.NET using VB.NET
Updated: 3 Sep 2001
This chapter will provide you with a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET using VB.NET.
Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Wrox 4.39
C# and the .NET Platform - Chapter 6
Updated: 23 Nov 2001
Assemblies, Threads, and AppDomains
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Stephanie Rodriguez 4.29
Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail - Chapter 2
Updated: 8 Feb 2006
This chapter identifies twelve key characteristics of software development that makes it unique.
Architect, Dev
 
stepang 4.07
HTML 4.01 Programmer's Reference - Chapter 1: Introduction
Updated: 3 Sep 2001
Using the tag to embed functionality into your web pages.
HTML, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Wrox 3.85
Professional XML - Chapter 15: Data Binding
Updated: 25 Jun 2001
This chapter explains what data binding is and how it can be used to simplify programming applications that need to interact with XML data
XML, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Louise Barr 3.83
A Preview of C# - Chapter 7: Namespaces and the Base Classes
Updated: 27 Nov 2000
An introduction to Namespaces and the Base Classes
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 3.77
Professional ASP XML - Chapter 10: Data Driven XSL
Updated: 27 Nov 2000
A case study which develops a real word application using ASP and XML
XML, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wrox 3.00
Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail - Chapters 1, 4
Updated: 30 Dec 2005
Software Project Secrets: Why Software Projects Fail offers a new path to success in the software industry. This book reaches out to managers, developers, and customers who use industry-standard methodologies, but whose projects still struggle to succeed.
Windows, Visual-Studio, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA
 
stepang 2.09

Book Chapters - General 

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BizTalk The Practical Course Code
Updated: 24 Apr 2009
Code Sample and a sample chapter from Book BizTalk The Practical Course
Visual-Studio, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Moustafar 5.00
Multisite Commerce: Proven Principles for Overcoming the Business, Organizational, and Technical Challenges
Updated: 2 Oct 2009
Multisite Commerce Scenarios
All-Topics, CEO, PayPal
 
Prentice_Hall 5.00
Pro PHP: Chapter 9: Introduction to the Standard PHP Library
Updated: 28 Apr 2008
The Standard PHP Library provides support for advanced OOP concepts in PHP. This sample chapter introduces SPL features such as indexers and iterators, the observer/reporter pattern, array overloading, and more.
PHP, Dev
 
Stephanie Rodriguez 5.00
HTML5 in Action: Changing the Face of Web Forms with New Input Types
Updated: 9 Dec 2011
A chapter excerpt from HTML5 in Action
All-Topics, Dev, HTML5
 
Manning 5.00
Learn SVG: The Web Graphics Standard
Updated: 14 Dec 2003
Learn SVG: The Web Graphics Standard - Chapter 7
 
Jon Frost 4.92
Excerpt from Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Unleashed
Updated: 22 Sep 2010
This chapter covers the core make-up and capabilities of Visual Studio 2010.
VS2010, EF
 
Sams Publishing 4.91
Windows Forms Programming with C# - Chapter 10: List Controls
Updated: 15 Jun 2002
This chapter covers List Control handling in C#
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Brown 4.91
Excerpt from Designing the iPhone User Experience: A User-Centered Approach to Sketching and Prototyping iPhone Apps
Updated: 22 Sep 2010
This chapter looks at various iPhone prototyping approaches—paper, software, and video—and suggests how to choose the best approach for your app.
iPhone
 
Addison-Wesley 4.86
Hour 21: Building Background-Aware Applications
Updated: 2 Nov 2010
In this chapter excerpt from Sams Teach Yourself iPhone Application Development in 24 Hours we'll look at: How iOS 4 supports background tasks, what types of background tasks are supported, how to disable backgrounding, how to suspend applications, and how to execute code in the background.
Objective-C, iPhone, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 4.86
Chapter 5: Creating Web Widget with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Updated: 16 May 2010
Free chapter from the book: Developing Web Widget with HTML, CSS, JSON and AJAX
Javascript, HTML, Ajax, Dev
 
Raj Lal 4.82
Practical .NET2 and C#2: An introduction to MSBuild
Updated: 7 Feb 2006
An introduction to the MSBuild technology.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 4.80
Generative Art - Autonomy: Cellular Automata
Updated: 30 Jun 2011
A chapter excerpt from Generative Art
C++, Dev, Design
 
Manning 4.80
ASP.NET 4 in Practice - Composite Controls
Updated: 17 May 2011
A Chapter excerpt from ASP.NET 4 in Practice
C#, VB, Dev
 
Manning 4.80
A Beginner's Guide to Silverlight
Updated: 11 Dec 2011
Chapter 11 of "Fun with Silverlight 4" More information at http://silverlightfun.com
C#, .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WCF, XAML, Silverlight, C#3.5, Web-Development, GUI
 
Raj Lal 4.79
C#2 Anonymous Methods
Updated: 15 Jun 2006
This article presents a new feature named anonymous methods added to the 2.0 version of the C# language. Unlike generics, this feature does not involve new IL instructions. All the magic happens at the level of the compiler.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 4.75
Teach Yourself Django in 24 Hours: Hour 2: Creating Your First Website
Updated: 23 Apr 2008
Learn to implement and configure a functional database-driven website using the Django framework and MySQL.
MySQL, DBA, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 4.75
Excerpt from JavaFX Developer's Guide
Updated: 21 Sep 2010
This chapter provides a high-level overview of JavaFX, from the core JavaFX platform to the tools that you can use to build and deploy JavaFX applications.
Java, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Addison-Wesley 4.75
Chapter 7 - Programming with XML
Updated: 12 Oct 2002
Sample chapter from Learn XML In A Weekend by Erik Westermann
C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, ASP, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Westermann 4.74
An Overview of Core Data on iOS Devices
Updated: 9 Aug 2011
A chapter excerpt for Core Data for iOS: Developing Data-Driven Applications for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
iPhone, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley 4.73
Load Testing in 10 Steps
Updated: 14 Jul 2010
Most of the software companies are running Load Testing on their products. Load testing is one of the most important testing types today....
Windows, Java SE, .NET, Mobile, Linux, Architect, Dev, QA, SysAdmin, General
 
Shai Raiten 4.70
List of .NET 2.0 and C# 2.0 new features
Updated: 24 Feb 2006
A list of .NET 2.0 and C# 2.0 new features.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 4.69
Excerpt from the book World of Movable Objects
Updated: 10 Nov 2010
Overlapping Prevention
C#, Dev
 
SergeyAndreyev 4.67
AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications - Chapter 1: AJAX and the Future of Web Applications
Updated: 26 Apr 2006
A quick introduction to the world of AJAX.
Javascript, XML, HTML, Windows, Visual-Studio, PHP, Ajax, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 4.61
AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications: Chapter 5: AJAX chat and JSON
Updated: 27 Jun 2006
In this chapter, we'll implement our own online chat application. We'll use this occasion to learn about JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), which represents an alternative to XML for representing data exchanged between the web browser and the web server.
Javascript, XML, HTML, Windows, Visual-Studio, PHP, Ajax, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 4.61
Design Patterns: Command Pattern
Updated: 16 May 2007
Commands are useful tools when dealing with behaviors in objects. By making the request to an object, a Command object, and storing the command in an Invoker object, we can modify and keep historical records of different actions performed on an object.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Architect, Dev
 
Christopher G. Lasater 4.59
Advanced Microsoft Content Management Server Development: Chapter 5: Searching MCMS with SharePoint
Updated: 14 Dec 2005
In this chapter, we discuss a few of the options available to MCMS developers for adding search functionality to their sites. We also take an in-depth look at the searching features built into SharePoint Portal Server and how they can be leveraged as a back-end search workhorse for an MCMS site.
C#, XML, SQL, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, DBA, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 4.58
What is jQuery and How to Start using jQuery?
Updated: 22 Feb 2011
An introduction to jQuery and how to use it
Javascript, .NET, jQuery
 
Sheo Narayan 4.50
iOS 4 in Action - Using Location Monitoring Service
Updated: 20 May 2011
A Chapter excerpt from iOS 4 in Action
iPhone
 
Manning 4.50
ODP.NET Developer’s Guide: Oracle Database 10g Development with Visual Studio 2005 and the Oracle Data Provider for .NET - Chapter 2: Connecting to Oracle
Updated: 10 Aug 2007
A practical guide for developers working with the Oracle Data Provider for .NET and the Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2005
Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, ADO.NET, DBA, Dev, Design
 
Packt Publishing 4.50
Writing Readable SQL
Updated: 10 Nov 2010
Chapter 1 excerpt of Guide to Exploring Database Schema
SQL, Dev
 
Red Gate Books 4.50
Getting started with SQL Server Reporting Services
Updated: 7 Apr 2006
This tutorial provides a starter to the SQL Server reporting services
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Soshan Fernandes 4.40
Building Websites with VB.NET - Chapter 7: Creating Custom Modules
Updated: 3 May 2006
In this chapter, we are going to walk you through creating a custom module for the CoffeeConnections portal.
VB, XML, SQL, HTML, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, DBA, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 4.32
Practical .NET2 and C#2 - ASP.NET 2.0: Handling a page request on several threads
Updated: 28 Apr 2006
ASP.NET 2.0: Handling a page request on several threads.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 4.26
Excerpt from Sams Teach Yourself iPad Application Development in 24 Hours
Updated: 23 Sep 2010
An chapter excerpt designed to help you prepared for iPad development.
Objective-C, iPhone, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 4.20
Agile ALM - Data-driven Tests with XStream
Updated: 24 Jun 2011
A chapter excerpt from Agile ALM
All-Topics, Dev, ALM
 
Manning 4.20
RSS and Atom: Understanding and Implementing Content Feeds and Syndication - Chapter 1: "What are Newsfeeds?"
Updated: 23 Nov 2005
An introduction to newsfeeds and syndication formats.
XML, Architect, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 4.20
Chapter Excerpt - LINQ Quickly
Updated: 7 Dec 2007
This article will see how to create typed XML, the features supported by typed XML, and how it helps in development.
VB, XML, .NET, Dev
 
Packt Publishing 4.17
Rails 3 in Action - Test-Driven Development
Updated: 26 Sep 2011
A Chapter excerpt from Rails 3 in Action
C++, Ruby, Dev
 
Manning 4.00
iOS 4 in Action - Fetching Events with Grand Central Dispatch (GCD)
Updated: 26 May 2011
A chapter excerpt from iOS 4 in Action- Fetching events with Grand Central Dispatch (GCD)
iPhone, Dev
 
Manning 4.00
Upgrading to Lotus Notes and Domino 7 - Chapter 3 : Domino Domain Monitoring
Updated: 26 Jan 2006
Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM) allows you to monitor the status of multiple servers in one or more domains, all from a single location.
VB, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 3.82
Building Websites with the ASP.NET Community Starter Kit - Chapter 8
Updated: 28 Jun 2004
Sample chapter from the book
C#, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Scott Allen 3.80
Practical .NET2 and C#2: Event programming with C#
Updated: 7 Feb 2006
An article on the keyword event in C#
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 3.75
The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book - Chapter 4: Whole Solutions
Updated: 5 Apr 2006
A sample solution for Our Company, integrating various Outlook and Office components, and another 'whole solution', a School‑based example that haven't yet been introduced.
VBScript, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 3.64
Practical .NET2 and C#2: Chapter 5
Updated: 16 Mar 2006
This chapter describes the System.Threading.Monitor class and the lock C# keyword.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 3.62
Getting published
Updated: 27 Jun 2001
Ever wanted to write or review a book? Karen Wachs of Sams Publishing gives some valuable tips.
VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 3.53
Business Process Execution Language for Web Services - Chapter 5: Oracle BPEL Process Manager and BPEL Designer: Overview
Updated: 18 Jan 2006
In this chapter, we will get familiar with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10g Release 2, a server for deployment, execution, and management of business processes defined in BPEL.
Architect, DBA, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 3.53
Getting starting with SQL Server Reporting services without using the Wizard
Updated: 8 Apr 2006
This article helps you create a report without use of the reporting wizard.
.NET, Dev
 
Soshan Fernandes 3.15
Adding input parameters to the SQL Report
Updated: 8 Apr 2006
This article helps to add input paramters to the SQL Report
.NET, Dev
 
Soshan Fernandes 3.13
Thread_Resource affinity
Updated: 24 Mar 2006
How to simplify the synchronization of acces to your resources by using the notion of affinity between threads and resources.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 3.08
Working with the DataList Control
Updated: 11 Feb 2008
In this article, we will cover the ASP.NET DataList control. We will learn about: using the DataList control, binding images to a DataList control dynamically, displaying data using the DataList control, selecting, editing and delete data using this control, and handling the DataList control events.
C#, ASP.NET, Dev
 
Packt Publishing 2.67
User Training for Busy Programmers: Chapter 4: Develop Lectures
Updated: 11 Dec 2005
If you are a busy programmer or software professional who is lumbered with the job of training users, then this article is for you.
Windows, .NET, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev
 
Mohan Raphel 2.62
An Introduction to VoiceXML
Updated: 19 Apr 2007
This simple article introduces a person to VoiceXML, its existence and applications
 
Keshav V. Kamat 2.31
A brief discussion about Logic: Part 1
Updated: 10 Sep 2007
This article gives a brief discussion about Proposition, Proposition operator and Logical Equivalence.
 
Nasif M. 1.50
Practical .NET2 and C#2
Updated: 3 Mar 2006
Exception management guidelines for use in C#.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Patrick Smacchia MVP.NET 1.50
The ASP.NET Repeater Control
Updated: 5 Feb 2008
This is a data-bound container control that can be used to automate the display of a collection of repeated list items.
ASP.NET
 
Packt Publishing 1.14
The State Machine
Updated: 1 Apr 2006
The State Machine as in a connection tracking machine
C, Dev
 
Soshan Fernandes 1.00
Chapter Exerpt - SQL Server Integration Services
Updated: 27 Feb 2008
This tutorial describes the details of copying a Table from Oracle 10G XE to an SQL Server 2005 database using a SSIS
SQL-Server, Dev
 
Packt Publishing 1.00
Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects: Chapter 6: Java Integration
Updated: 13 May 2008
JRuby provides access to the Java ecosystem from within Ruby and vice versa. This chapter explores a variety of strategies for integration with Java classes, primitives, arrays, and more. It also points out some gotchas to watch out for along the Ruby way to Java.
Dev
 
Stephanie Rodriguez  
Building Spring 2 Enterprise Applications: Chapter 4: Spring AOP 2.0
Updated: 19 May 2008
The open-source Spring Framework has become a popular application framework for building enterprise Java apps. This chapter explores the newest features in Spring AOP (Aspect-Oriented Programming), including @AspectJ-style annotations, the AspectJ pointcut language, Spring AOP XML tags and more.
Dev, Design, RIA
 
Stephanie Rodriguez  
Google Web Toolkit Solutions: Chapter 6: Drag and Drop
Updated: 19 May 2008
The Google Web Toolkit is a development framework for creating Ajax-enabled web applications in Java. This chapter implements drag-and-drop capabilities for a web UI using the GWT.
Dev
 
Prentice Hall  
Excerpt from Learning Objective-C 2.0: A Hands-On Guide to Objective-C for Mac and iOS Developers
Updated: 22 Sep 2010
This chapter covers only the basic parts of the C language
Objective-C
 
Addison-Wesley  
Excerpt from Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2010 in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit
Updated: 23 Sep 2010
A quick tour of Visual Basic that takes you step by step through creating a complete, albeit small, Visual Basic program
VB, Dev
 
Sams Publishing  
Objective-C Fundamentals - NSXMLParser
Updated: 2 Sep 2011
A Chapter excerpt from Objective-C Fundamentals
XML, Objective-C, Dev
 
Manning  
Configuring Robot Peripherals
Updated: 27 Apr 2012
A chapter excerpt from Programming Robots
Hardware, Dev
 
Manning  
GWT in Action, 2nd Edition - Using GWT Properties to Drive Deferred Binding
Updated: 26 May 2011
A Chapter excerpt from GWT in Action, 2nd Edition - Using GWT Properties to Drive Deferred Binding
Javascript, HTML, Dev
 
Manning  
Software Testing with Visual Studio 2010
Updated: 11 Mar 2011
A chapter excerpt from planning your testing
VS2010, Dev
 
Addison-Wesley  

Book Chapters - Manning Publications 

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Tracking Dependencies and Side-Effects Using Immutability
Updated: 7 Jul 2009
The Functional Programming for the Real World book explains essential concepts of the functional programming paradigm using examples in C# 3.0 and F#. In this article we look at one very important advantage of using one of the core functional concepts - immutability.
C#, F#, .NET3.5, LINQ, Dev
 
Tomas Petricek 5.00
C++/CLI in Action - Instantiating CLI classes
Updated: 26 Feb 2007
This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 that covers how CLI classes are instantiated, and discusses constructors and assignment operators
C++/CLI, VC8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Nish Sivakumar 4.98
C++/CLI in Action - Declaring CLR types
Updated: 24 Feb 2007
Excerpts from Chapter 1. Topics are (1) Declaring CLR types and (2) Handles: The CLI equivalent to pointers
C++/CLI, VC8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Nish Sivakumar 4.95
C++/CLI in Action - Using interior and pinning pointers
Updated: 28 Feb 2007
Excerpt from Chapter 4 on interior and pinning pointers
C++/CLI, VC8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev
 
Nish Sivakumar 4.94
Immutable Data Structures in C# and F#
Updated: 6 Feb 2009
The Real World Functional Programming book explains essential concepts of this paradigm using examples in C# 3.0 and F#. In this article we look at immutability, which stands behind the clarity of functional programs.
C#, F#, .NET3.5
 
Tomas Petricek 4.71
Generative Art - Case Study: Sutcliffe Pentagons
Updated: 21 Jun 2011
A chapter excerpt from Generative Art
C++, Dev
 
Manning 4.65
Microsoft Reporting Services in Action
Updated: 5 Jan 2005
Introducing Microsoft Reporting Services.
C#, VB, XML, SQL, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, SQL2000, SQL2005, IIS5.1, IIS6, VS.NET2003, DBA, Dev
 
Teo Lachev 4.64
Windows Forms Programming with C# - Chapter 3: Menus
Updated: 15 Jun 2002
This chapter covers menu creation and handling in C#
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Erik Brown 4.37
Explorer's Guide to the Semantic Web - Chapter 5: Searching
Updated: 6 Jan 2005
Semantic web and searching.
Architect, Dev
 
Helen Trimes 4.36
Quick & Easy HTML5 & CSS3 - New Features for Background Images
Updated: 14 Jun 2011
A Chapter excerpt from Quick & Easy HTML5 & CSS3
CSS, Dev, HTML5
 
Manning 4.29
Microsoft .NET for Programmers - Chapter 3
Updated: 25 Jan 2002
Case study: a video poker machine
.NET1.0, Dev
 
Helen Trimes 3.95
Explorer's Guide to the Semantic Web - Chapter 1: The Semantic Web
Updated: 5 Jan 2005
The Semantic Web.
Architect, Dev
 
Helen Trimes 1.80

Book Chapters - Microsoft Press 

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Inside C#, Second Edition: String Handling and Regular Expressions Part 1
Updated: 14 May 2002
This article will examine the String class, some of its simple methods, and its range of formatting specifiers.
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Dev
 
Tom Archer 4.94
Data Types in Microsoft® Dynamics™ NAV
Updated: 12 Nov 2007
Excerpt from a chapter that focuses on NAV data types - they are financially and business oriented, and make it easier to design and develop typical business applications
Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Packt Publishing  

Book Chapters - New Riders 

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Windows NT Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions - Chapter 7: Data Access
Updated: 12 Mar 2001
This chapter provides an overview on using the Win32::ODBC extension using Perl
Dev
 
New Riders 4.50
Windows NT Shell Scripting - Chapter 5: A Scripting Toolkit
Updated: 12 Feb 2001
An introduction to the native Windows NT scripting language, including shell command syntax
Visual-Studio, Dev
 
New Riders 4.25
Applying COM+ - Chapter 9: Compensating Resource Managers
Updated: 19 Mar 2001
COM+ holds the promise of greater efficiency and more diverse capabilities for developers who are creating applications - either enterprise or commercial software - to run on a Windows 2000 system.
Windows, Visual-Studio, COM+, Dev
 
New Riders 3.92
Windows Script Host. Chapter 7 - Built-In WSHand VBScript Objects
Updated: 12 Mar 2001
This chapter details some objects that are supplied as part of either VBScript or Windows Script Host, and that are, therefore, available to system script authors.
VBScript, Win2K, Dev
 
New Riders 3.90
Win32 Perl Programming: The Administrator's Handbook. Chapter 3 - Tools
Updated: 12 Mar 2001
This chapter covers an assortment of scripts simplify and lessen the workload of an administrator.
Dev
 
New Riders 3.80

Book Chapters - Prentice Hall 

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Chapter 10: Object-Oriented Programming: Polymorphism
Updated: 13 Mar 2009
A study of object-oriented programming by explaining and demonstrating polymorphism with inheritance hierarchies.
C#
 
Prentice_Hall 5.00
Creating Pure CSS Templates
Updated: 22 Jun 2009
This chapter walks through the steps of creating a Joomla template. Specifically, you will create a template that uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to produce a layout—without using tables.
CSS, HTML, Dev
 
Prentice_Hall 5.00
Excerpt from: JavaScript for Programmers
Updated: 12 Aug 2009
This book is bundled with video training on a two-part DVD, titled JavaScript Fundamentals I and II livelessons (video instruction from technology experts)
Javascript, Dev
 
Prentice_Hall 5.00
Chapter 4: The Drupal Page
Updated: 22 Apr 2009
n this chapter you will learn how to connect the dots and build context-sensitive page templates.
PHP, Dev
 
Prentice_Hall 4.63
An Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4: Chapter 9: QObject
Updated: 11 Oct 2006
QObject: An important class to become familiar with, the one from which all Qt Widgets are derived.
C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Prentice Hall 4.19
Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C#: Chapter 38: The Payroll User Interface: Model View Presenter
Updated: 31 Aug 2006
A Model View presenter: the payroll user interface.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Prentice Hall 4.00
Chapter 10: Document Object Model (DOM): Objects and Collections
Updated: 22 Apr 2009
In this chapter you'll learn Use JavaScript and the W3C Document Object Model to create dynamic web pages, the concepts of DOM nodes and DOM trees, to traverse, edit and modify elements in an XHTML document, to change CSS styles dynamically, and to create JavaScript animations.
Javascript, CSS, XHTML, Dev
 
Prentice_Hall 4.00
Under Certain Conditions
Updated: 28 Oct 2010
This chapter is an excerpt from the new 2nd Ed. of ‘JavaScript by Example’
Javascript
 
Prentice_Hall 4.00
Chapter 2: A Taste of JavaFX
Updated: 2 Jun 2009
As the preface hints, JavaFX has a combination of features that makes it unique. This chapter gives you a taste of the language and some of these features.
Java, Java SE, Dev
 
Prentice_Hall  
Chapter 3: JavaFX Primer3
Updated: 20 Jun 2009
JavaFX Script blends declarative programming concepts with object orientation. This provides a highly productive, yet flexible and robust, foundation for applications. However, with this flexibility comes responsibility from the developer.
Java, Java SE, Dev
 
Prentice_Hall  

Book Chapters - Sams 

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Selling Your Gadget: Chapter 4 Creating Vista Gadgets (Sidebar)
Updated: 9 Jun 2008
The chapter discuss the Sidebar Gadget revenue model.
VBScript, Javascript, CSS, HTML, XHTML, Windows (Vista), Ajax
 
Raj Lal 4.86
Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook
Updated: 3 Mar 2004
Chapter 3: Strings and Regular Expressions
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson 4.62
ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook Chapter 3: Custom Controls
Updated: 17 Feb 2004
The most common techniques in building custom controls in ASP.NET.
VB, Windows, .NET1.0, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 4.33
Excerpt from Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed - Chapter 1
Updated: 22 Nov 2007
An introduction to Silverlight, the promising alternative to Flash, which enables the creation of rich web content and applications using a lightweight add-on that is friendly to both designers and developers.
Javascript, HTML, Windows, XAML, Dev
 
AdamNathan 4.25
Overview of the ASP.NET Framework
Updated: 1 Nov 2010
Excerpt from ASP.NET 4 Unleashed
ASP.NET, Ajax
 
Sams Publishing 4.00
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit Chapter 3: Understanding Objects and Collections
Updated: 17 Feb 2004
Understanding Objects and Collections in VB.NET.
VB, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 4.00
Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 Kick Start Chapter 3: The .NET Base Class Libraries
Updated: 17 Feb 2004
An introduction to the .NET base class libraries.
VC7, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 4.00
Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 Kick Start Chapter 3: Building Windows Applications
Updated: 2 Mar 2004
An introduction to building Windows applications using Visual Basic .NET.
VB, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 3.30
Microsoft .NET Kick Start Chapter 3: Programming with .NET
Updated: 2 Mar 2004
An introduction to programming with .NET.
C++/CLI, C#, VB, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev, Virtualization, virtual-machine
 
Sams Publishing 3.29
Excerpt from Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF)
Updated: 7 Sep 2007
This article introduces some of the main concepts that WPF introduces above and beyond what .NET programmers are already familiar with.
C#, Windows, .NET3.0, XAML, WPF, Dev
 
AdamNathan 3.22
ASP .NET Kick Start Chapter 3: Creating Basic Web Form Pages
Updated: 26 Apr 2003
In this chapter, you learn how to build Web Form Pages.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET1.0, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Sams Publishing 2.75
Excerpt from ASP.NET MVC Framework
Updated: 30 Jul 2009
This chapter provides you with an overview and introduction to the Microsoft ASP.NET MVC framework. The goal of this chapter is to explain why you should build web applications using ASP.NET MVC
C#, VB, ASP.NET, Dev, EF
 
Sams Publishing 2.71
Chapter 1: Overview of the ASP.NET Framework
Updated: 28 Jan 2008
Excerpt from ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed - a comprehensive book available on the Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 Framework, covering all aspects of the ASP.NET 3.5 Framework--no matter how advanced.
C#, ASP.NET, Dev
 
Stephen Walther 1.80
Excerpt from Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed (WCF)
Updated: 10 Sep 2007
This article introduces the .NET 2.0 Framework facilities — partial types, generics, nullable value types, the Lightweight Transaction Manager, and Role Providers — to better understand how to work with Windows Presentation Foundation.
C#, Windows, .NET2.0, WCF, XAML, VS2005, Dev
 
Craig McMurtry 1.67

Book Chapters - Wiley 

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Component-Based Development with Visual C#
Updated: 20 Nov 2002
Chapter 8: Creating Front Ends with the WebBrowser Component
C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev
 
Wiley Technology Publishing 4.97
ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpload Server Control
Updated: 15 Aug 2007
Wrox author Bill Evjen explains ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpload Server Control
C#2.0, VB8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS2005, Dev
 
Wrox Publishing 4.68

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