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New .NET Links Since the Last Update
Here is a summary of updated sections in our master list of links to Microsoft .NET & ASP.NET developer resources and information.
Top-10 .NET Sites
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.NET E-mail Newsletters
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SAL Central Web Services Mailing List
SAL Central offers members of the WSDL/SOAP and Web Services development community a centralized location to share information on the whereabouts of XML schema defined Web Services. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Web Services Newsletter
Yasser Shohoud's monthly newsletter "focuses on distributed applications development using Web Services and related technologies. Coverage includes Web services architecture and design, developing .NET Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, and XSD." (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Beta/Pre-Release Preview News
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.NET Newsgroups/Discussion Forums
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Yahoo! Clubs "Visual Studio.NET Add-ins"
This group discusses how to write Visual Studio.NET add-ins, wizards, and macros using the IDE automation model. Founded July 19, 2001. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Mailing Lists
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DevelopMentor hosts several .NET-related discussion forums. Here are links to their archives:
.NET QuickStart Tutorials from Microsoft
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.NET and ASP.NET Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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.NET Conferences and Training
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Conferences
ASP.NET Tech Summit premieres at Web Builder 2001 in New Orleans. The leading independent "how-to" event specifically for developers building high-performance Web sites with Microsoft's .NET Framework, ASP.NET Tech summit provides pragmatic, no-nonsense tips, tricks, and techniques to help you maximize your use of .NET. Intensive sessions will drill deep into .NET's core, providing hard core information you can't get from any other conference. (added 8/8/2001)
Training
Finite States .NET Training
This organization offers hands-on training in C#.NET, ASP.NET, and VB.NET. "Our developers and architects drive the course. We offer placement assistance. Sponsorship for right candidates. Custom built course structure for Beginners and Experts." (added 8/8/2001)
Wise Owl
Brent Rector provides speaking, training and consulting services in .NET, ASP, XML, ATL and COM+. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Books
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.NET Essentials Book List
Teri Kieffer, an editor at Amazon.com, has compiled this list of "essential" .NET books for readers to choose from (14 so far). While you're there, check out other people's lists on the right. (added 8/8/2001)
A Programmer's Introduction to C#, Second Edition
By Eric Gunnerson (Apress). This book "is designed as a comprehensive reference to the C# language and is designed to help experienced programmers get up-to-speed on C#. Author Eric Gunnerson is a developer on Microsoft's C# design team and has logged many hours writing and testing C# code. As such, he is uniquely poised to teach developers the effective use of this new language. Gunnerson also explains to readers how C# fits into Microsoft's new .NET framework." (added 8/8/2001)
A Programmer's Introduction to Visual Basic.NET
Craig Utley's book for Sams Publishing is a first resource for Visual Basic developers to quickly and efficiently make the change to Visual Basic.NET. Available for free download as a PDF, too. (added 8/8/2001)
ASP.NET Tips, Tutorials, and Code
By Scott Mitchell et al. (Sams). This 900-page developer's guide gives experienced Active Server Pages developers and programmers the rich tools needed to understand and master the Beta 2 version of ASP.NET quickly and thoroughly. Conceived by Scott Mitchell and the founding members of ASP.NET at Microsoft as a high-quality, information-saturated book on the most useful ASP.NET features, tips and tricks, ASP.NET Tips, Tutorials and Code covers all the major concepts in ASP.NET in a practical and example rich tutorial framework. (added 8/8/2001)
C# and the .Net Platform
By Andrew Troelsen (Apress). "This book starts with a brief overview of the C# language but then directly moves to applying C# for essentially every possible kind of .NET application. From Windows based to Web based applications it's all here. There are comprehensive discussions of such important issues as the .Net Framework, threading, ASP.Net and ADO.NET." (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Framework Essentials
By Thuan Thai and Hoang Lam (June 2001). Covers all the topics .NET developers need to understand, from the underlying Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Base Class Libraries to the specialized packages for ASP.NET, Web Forms, Windows Forms, XML, and data access (ADO.NET). (added 8/8/2001)
Moving to VB.NET: Strategies, Concepts and Code
By Dan Appleman (Apress). "This book is divided into three parts, Strategies, Concepts and Code. In Strategies, you'll learn how VB.Net is perfect for new development of Web and other server side applications—but that porting existing code may be disastrous—and how economics and human nature will play as strong a role as technology in how .NET is deployed. In Concepts, you'll learn key concepts such as inheritance and multithreading, and why they are over-hyped. You'll learn why Microsoft is killing COM. And you'll learn other important concepts that are unfamiliar to most VB6 programmers but crucial to VB.Net programmers. In Code, you'll learn the VB.Net language and many of its features—all based on your current knowledge of VB6." (added 8/8/2001)
Professional ASP.NET
By Richard Anderson et al (Wrox Press). "This comprehensive compendium combines plenty of practical code examples and a comprehensive case study with the information you need to master ASP.NET and build dynamic, successful, enterprise Web applications." (added 8/8/2001)
Professional C#
By Ollie Cornes et al. (Wrox Press). This book introduce "all the key concepts of the C# language and the .NET Framework. As well as full coverage of C# syntax, there are examples of building all types of applications using C#: Windows applications and Windows services, Web applications and Web services with ASP.NET, and Windows and Web controls. There is also full discussion of the most common .NET class libraries, such as data access using ADO.NET, and accessing Active Directory using the DirectoryServices classes." (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Magazines
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.NET Magazine
From Fawcette Technical Publications comes the first and only .NET authority for solution architects, devoted to helping you build, deploy, and maintain .NET-based applications and systems. Subscriptions to .NET Magazine are free. Click here to subscribe. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Independent Technical Articles/Overviews
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Coping with a New Beta: Connecting to Databases
Doug Seven's beginner-level tutorial shows you how to connect to both a SQL Server 7.0/2000 database and an Access 2000 database using the SQL Managed Provider, and the ADO.NET Managed Provider. He also shows you how the code has changed from Beta 1 to Beta 2. (added 8/8/2001)
Coping with a New Beta: DataSetCommand to DataAdapter
Doug Seven's beginner-level tutorial shows you how to use the DataAdapter, the Beta 2 equivalent of the DataSetCommand. The downloadable source code is in both C# and Visual Basic.NET. (added 8/8/2001)
Changes in C# from Beta 1.0.2204 to Beta 2 1.0.2914
Kunal S. Cheda's article describes the C# beta changes that might require source code modification. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Beta 2 and Navigation in XML Documents
Manesh describes the changes to the XmlNavigator class as a result of the .NET Beta 2 that was released at Tech-Ed in Atlanta. (added 8/8/2001)
API Changes from Beta 1 to Beta 2
Check out 123aspx.com's list of API changes introduced into the .NET Framework since Beta 1 was released in October, 2000. (added 8/8/2001)
Beta 1 to Beta 2 Changes
123aspx.com has posted a 1.6MB list of beta changes. (added 8/8/2001)
What's New in Beta 2
.NET Beta 2 comes with some significant changes in the area of Web services. Yasser Shohoud's article distills the changes from Beta 1 to Beta 2 in the area of Web services and offers a few pointers that can save you research time and lots of frustration. (added 8/8/2001)
Viewing Assembly Permissions
Chris Rausch shows you how to view the Code Groups that an assembly belongs to and what permissions belong to the assembly. He demonstrates with the Caspol command-line utility supplied with the .NET runtime SDK. (from C# Corner) (added 8/8/2001)
Building Client Interfaces for .NET Web Services
Chris Peiris shows you how to create clients to consume them and learn about the importance of proxy objects and how to create a Web browser, Windows console, and WAP clients using Visual Studio.NET. (from 15 Seconds) (added 8/8/2001)
Taking Advantage of .NET Framework Classes, Parts I and II
The .NET Framework is a key component of the .NET initiative. In Part I, Paul Litwin introduces the .NET Framework classes and discusses how to take advantage of the System.Math and System.Random classes in ASP.NET applications. In Part II, he discusses additional classes that may be useful in ASP.NET applications: the System.String, System.Array, and System.DateTime classes. (from 15 Seconds) (added 8/8/2001)
Creating a File-Upload User Control with ASP.NET
Mike Amundsen builds multipart MIME upload forms using the InputFile HTML Server Control and shows you how to take advantage of the file-upload services built into the HTTP runtime for ASP.NET. Add file upload capabilities to almost any Web page quickly and easily. (from 15 Seconds) (added 8/8/2001)
XML Data Manipulation in C# Using DataSet Class
With the help of few lines of C# code, Saurabh Nandu shows you how to use the DataSet class to read and write XML data. (added 8/8/2001)
XML and .NET
In this short article, Saurabh Nandu explains how .NET natively supports and utilizes XML. (added 8/8/2001)
XML for C# Programmers
.NET Framework XML classes really simplify XML programming, without sacrificing performance. At the same time their design is scalable and extensible. In this series of articles, Darshan Singh looks at each and every class and writes small examples for each. (added 8/8/2001)
XML & C#: Web Browsing Made Easier
Use C# and .NET to create XML hierarchical menus, enabling surfers to access nested pages directly. (from IT Times) (added 8/8/2001)
Writing ASP.NET Web Forms with C#
Web Forms are a programming model in ASP.NET. Budi Kurniawan's article discusses Web Forms by first comparing ASP.NET and the classic ASP. It then presents server controls and paints a big picture of how separation between business logic and presentation layer is achieved in Web Forms. In addition, this article presents the new session-management strategy and offers some programming experience in building Web Forms using the C# language. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET in 2001—What to Expect
Paul Thurrott talks about specific .NET products to present a clearer picture of Microsoft's .NET strategy. (from Windows 2000 Magazine) (added 8/8/2001)
SmartNetButton Control
The first thing Andrés Pons noticed when he first opened the Microsoft .NET Beta was its new flat buttons. This article focuses on how you can add the '.Net' special effects to a flat button; he also describes the properties, methods, and events that are available on his free control, 'SmartNetButton'. (added 8/8/2001)
Introduction to Win Forms Part I
Saurabh Nandu's article describes what Win Forms are and build a basic example. Written against Beta 2. (added 8/8/2001)
BookStock v2- Samples to Show Simple OLEDB.NET Connectivity
Saurabh Nandu's article shows you how to perform basic ADO.NET connectivity with a Microsoft Access 2000 database and how to add, view, edit, and delete records from it. (added 8/8/2001)
Microsoft .NET Timeline
When can you start seeing parts of the Microsoft .NET platform? Many pieces are available now. Many more will be introduced over the next two years. Here is the official word from Microsoft as to when specific aspects should appear and how they relate to the .NET platform. (added 8/8/2001)
Implications of the Coming HailStorm
Bill Sempf of TechRepublic thought he'd look into HailStorm with a developer's perspective and see how best to outrun the storm. (added 8/8/2001)
The .NET Initiative: Microsoft Puts the 'e' in NT
According to Tim Landgrave of TechRepublic, the technical underpinnings of Microsoft's strategy have moved from OLE to COM to Windows DNA and now Microsoft .NET. He explains what's different about this new platform and why you should care. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET, C#, and Solving a New Scientist Problem
Jason Bock has been doing more and more research into the .NET framework with every passing day. Recently an odd challenge of sorts motivated him to actually create assemblies and use them. In this article, he talks about the "challenge" and how he used C# and .NET to solve it. (added 8/8/2001)
New Windows Forms Capabilities in Visual Basic.NET
In this article, Paul Kimmel looks at a couple of the new features supported by Windows Forms, including the new stay-on-top and Opacity capabilities implemented as properties. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET News and Editorials/Opinions
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Sams .NET Publishing Plan
Paul Boger, Publisher at Sams Publishing, describes his company's plan to cover the .NET technology. See their complete lineup of .NET books here. (added 8/8/2001)
'Time Bomb' Found in Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net Beta 2
Microsoft sent attendees of its recent TechEd developer conference a notice yesterday stating that a 'time-bomb' bug has been found in Visual Studio.Net. The memo, sent by Yuval Neeman, a vice president at Microsoft's developer division, said the bug "will cause the product to expire July 31, 2001." (by Tom Sullivan of InfoWorld) (added 8/8/2001)
Sams ASP.NET Videos
Sams Publishing's top ASP.NET authors were assembled in New Orleans in early April, 2001 for ASP Connections. Bob Lair, Mike Amundsen, Paul Litwin, Scott Mitchell, Michael Kaplan, Doug Seven and Donny Mack spent some time in the Sams Publishing booth to answer questions and talk about their upcoming Sams books with conference attendees. (added 8/8/2001)
Microsoft Refocuses .NET Strategy
The software giant said it is building two higher-end versions of the next release of its development tools, called Visual Studio.NET. (from ZDNet) (added 8/8/2001)
Microsoft Plans Shared Source .NET
Microsoft has announced plans to release what amounts to a shared-source version of its .NET infrastructure for Windows and FreeBSD. The day before the announcement, O'Reilly & Associates CEO Tim O'Reilly, Editor John Osborne, and O'Reilly Network's Rael Dornfest talked to Dave Stutz about Microsoft's first dip into the waters of public source. (added 8/8/2001)
Microsoft Expands Commitment to Open Standards and Interoperability
This Microsoft press release states that Microsoft teams with Corel to develop shared source implementation of ECMA standards C# and CLI for FreeBSD and Windows. (from Yahoo! News) (added 8/8/2001)
Microsoft Casts .NET for Wireless Intranets
The .NET Internet server strategy means porting its IIS Web server software to a mobile phone intranet server environment. (by Steve Gold for NewsFactor Network) (added 8/8/2001)
VBITS 2001 .NET Survey
What do your fellow developers think of .NET? Check out the results of the VBITS New York 2001 .NET Survey! (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Gets Close to Fruition
Peter Galli and Roberta Holland of eWEEK write that it's unclear whether Microsoft can deliver the platform by its self-imposed year-end deadline. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET to Support Linux?
Peter Galli of eWEEK relates the curious tale of beta testers and developers who think there is growing evidence that Microsoft may ship a smaller version of its .NET common language runtime on operating systems other than Windows, including Linux and Unix. Read John Montgomery's comment on this article in DevelopMentor's dotnet.discuss.develop discussion group. (added 8/8/2001)
Remarks by Bill Gates at TechEd
Read what Microsoft's Chairman said to the sell-out crowd at TechEd on June 19, 2001. "I think the opportunities for developers in this next decade will be phenomenal, not only taking the existing applications and doing them in a much better way with Web Services, but enabling new applications, business efficiency, business communications, notifications when you need them, dealing in rich media types, taking knowledge workers and their efficiency to a whole new level." (added 8/8/2001)
Java and .NET: What Does the Future Hold?
TechRepublic polled its readers on what development platform will dominate in the next several years. Find out what they said. (added 8/8/2001)
What .NET Will Mean for Java
Jerry Loza of TechRepublic notes that Microsoft's transition to its .NET framework has touched off much discussion concerning how this move will affect object-oriented Web development. Given Java's prominent role in this arena, it's not surprising that the discussion has focused primarily on the battle between .NET and Java. According to him, if only one out of every three VB developers switches to VB.NET, there will still be twice as many VB.NET developers as Java developers. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Blogs
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.NET Technical Articles from DevX and FTP
Check out the DevX .NET Zone, where you'll find all the .NET coverage on DevX and in Fawcette Technical Publications magazines: overviews, technical articles, editorials, and discussions.
.NET Technical Articles from Microsoft
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What Are XML Web Services?
This intro to XML Web services explains how they allow applications to share data, and how they can be called across platforms and operating systems, regardless of programming language. (added 8/8/2001)
Microsoft's Vision: Overview
Microsoft believes there are compelling reasons to choose Microsoft products. Read about the company's vision for information technologies, how they're realizing that vision in-house, and what they're researching for the future. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Sites and Links Lists
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Superexpert ASP.NET
Stephen Walther has been steadily adding tutorials and articles to his site. "I'll be adding many more code samples when my book ASP.NET Unleashed is released." (added 8/8/2001)
Master C#
Saurabh Nandu's site is an excellent collection of articles and commentary about .NET, Visual Studio, Web Services, etc. Best thing is, he's updated his content for Beta 2. (added 8/8/2001)
Universal Thread .NET Sites
The Universal Thread is a technical support engine serves many different software and technologies, including Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, SQL Server, Windows, IIS, Oracle, ASP, .NET, Linux, and more. It contains threaded messages, news, links, articles, consulting and training companies, FAQs, downloads, and more. Check out their specific .NET-related pages:
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The Mono Project
Ximian's Mono Project is an open-source implementation of the .NET development framework. It "aims to bring the Common Language Infrastructure platform to free systems... The .NET development platform is a very rich, powerful, and well designed platform that would help improve the free software development platform. Just like the GNU project began to clone Unix sixteen years ago, we will be cloning the .NET development platform because it is a great platform to build on." Read their press release: "Ximian Announces Open Source Initiative to Develop a Linux Platform for .NET." (added 8/8/2001)
Learn-c-sharp.com
Michael Bartlett's site is for C# programmers, by C# programmers. "This site aims to explore the language with ready made courses and articles. As time goes by, we hope to implement self-test systems so that, as a programmer, you may judge your level realistically and refer potential employers to your strengths via the site. Our tutorials are of the highest quality and have been bundled with the world's first C# editor, 'Antechinus'. Whether you are a C# expert looking for somewhere to place your articles, or a novice looking to learn the C# language, this site should be on your bookmarks, and may very well serve as a useful reference guide at some point in your career." (added 8/8/2001)
.NET and ASP.NET International Sites
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DotNetISP
This French .NET portal covers many aspects of .NET: forums, links to resources, apps, tools, and news items. "Un portail français des technologies Microsoft .NET." (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Samples and Services
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C# HTTP Server Sample
C# sample code to implement an HTTP server. Sam Pullara tells us this code has been updated recently. The changes include enhanced security, better fault handling, and generally cleaner, more understandable code. (updated 8/8/2001)
CapeConnect Web Services Platform
Cape Clear's CapeConnect Web Services Platform dynamically generates SOAP XML from any J2EE, EJB, or CORBA component. The generated XML can be exposed as a Web Service. CapeConnect also enables the resulting Web Service to be easily customized and composed with other Web Services. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Tools, Products, and Vendors
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Visual MainWin for .NET
Mainsoft's Visual MainWin is an application porting platform that enables Internet infrastructure and application software developers to write on Windows and deploy simultaneously on Windows and UNIX. (added 8/8/2001)
SoftArtisans .NET Controls
In anticipation of their own transition to the .NET platform, many developers are eager to see samples and try out the technology for themselves. SoftArtisans have released SoftArtisans POP3 and SoftArtisans TreeView as freeware. (added 8/8/2001)
DotNetBar
Written entirely in C#, DevComponents' DotNetBar is an "extensible framework/component for Visual Studio.NET that provides menus and toolbars that completely emulate Office 97 and Office XP menus and toolbars. DotNetBar provides complete runtime customization and object-oriented framework that you can use to extend its functionality." (added 8/8/2001)
Salcentral Web Services Search Engine
This centralized Web Service location brokerage helps customers find Web Services based on a standardized number of selection criteria, such as service location, speed, price, availability, company verification, etc. (added 8/8/2001)
SalCentralDotNet
This search engine allows you to search for Web services from within Visual Studio .NET and add them straight into your .NET project. (added 8/8/2001)
.NET Hosts
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