Developing peer-to-peer applications with Jabber

Find out how to make use of the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol to P2P-enable your applications.

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Employ refactoring to write better code

Discover Visual Studio add-ins that bring refactoring--the practice of making code cleaner and clearer without affecting the functionality--to the Visual Basic community.

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ROI for dev projects: What not to forget

When measuring your development project’s ROI, it’s important to go beyond the basic calculation.

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Do Web developers have to know HTML?

TechRepublic's Tony Patton says he can't accept a so-called Web developer who doesn't fully understand the technology used to create his applications.

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Integrate apps with eBay's Windows SDK

eBay's Windows SDK allows you to easily access eBay data within your .Net application, and is a useful starting point to learn more about eBay APIs.

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Easily test Web services with soapUI

The soapUI tool is also useful for interacting with third-party Web services to gauge what to include in the response.

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CodeGear extends the Borland legacy

Discover what the CodeGear developers are working on.

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Using Google as an application platform

Learn why Google Apps and the Google App Engine, may be the right collaboration tool for your organization.

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How do I Make C# or .NET Framework applications accessible in the system tray?

Learn to use the system tray with C# and the .NET Framework, to incorporate icons for easy access to these applications.

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Alpha Five: Data-driven app dev done right

Learn the ropes on the latest version of the Alpha Five development package.

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AJAX should not mandate HTTP

An increasing number of Web developers are assuming the user will not want to save the Web page or lose network connectivity. This is a mistake.

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The challenges of maintenance programming

Learn about some tools that can make code maintenance more efficient, and hence reduce the cost of programming.

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Can Microsoft win over enough developers?

Microsoft is trying very hard to be the cause and beneficiary of reflexivity, but only time will tell if it can create enough demand in the minds of developers.

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Put these Firefox add-ons in your toolbox

Use the "View formatted source" and "View Source Chart" for viewing and working with the source code for pages viewed within Firefox.

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Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift

Silverlight 2.0 rovides a platform for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to build dynamic user interfaces that are platform and browser agnostic.

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Develop secure software with the SDL

Formerly for internal use, the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle is now available to the public as a set of principles for mitigating security risks during software development.

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Parallel Extensions Library: Making multithreading easier

Find out what advantages Microsoft's Parallel Extensions Library has over traditional .NET multithreading techniques.

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Manipulate Web pages with Greasemonkey

Discover how you can use Greasemonkey to tweak a page to make it more accessible, fix errors, or pull data from another Web site--to enhance the browsing experience.

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Include CSS media type support in your apps

Adapt applications for different Web audience by using cascading style sheets for different media types.

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Create Web site privacy policies

Since Web site visitors are (understandably) wary of providing personal data, a common practice for Internet sites is to provide a privacy policy.

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