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)
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)
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)