Aaron Reed

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 kids in a candy store. So much to play with and so little time! Microsoft has really hit a home run with the suite of new controls they've added to the toolkit, which are bound to make your life a lot easier. So, without teasing you too much further, here's a rundown of the new controls you now have at your disposal with ASP.NET 2.0. MultiView Control The MultiView control is essentially a c... (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)

Asynchronous Web Services

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... (more)