Aaron Reed

Since their conception, Web services have evolved into a core component of software architectures worldwide. The ability to easily distribute processing, allow access via the Internet, and componentize architectures makes Web services a compelling choice for interoperability among systems. Another convincing argument for the implementation of Web services is the fact that with the current development tools available, they are easy to create and they integrate virtually seamlessly into most systems. However, the fact that Web services are easy to create, coupled with the reality that .NET essentially walks you through the process of including Web services in a Windows or Web application is, in a way, both a positive as well as a negative. The positive is, obviously, that m... (more)

Secrets of the .NET DataGrid

If you're like many of us, the first time you played around with .NET's DataGrid component, you were wowed by its painless, yet powerful data-binding abilities and impressed with its overall simplicity and efficiency. But once you delved a little deeper into its functionality, you may have been surprised by the lack of features beyond dynamic data binding. Most applications require somet... (more)

Summing Up the New ASP.NET Controls

On the eve of the official release of .NET 2.0, developers around the world were anxiously waiting and priming their PCs for a speedy download from MSDN. And who could blame them? Microsoft's .NET development platform has been a hit with the developer community ever since the first betas came out years ago. Upon loading Visual Studio .NET 2.0 for the first time, many of us were like kid... (more)