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Using SQL Compare in database-driven website development

7 Jan 2007 by Richard Mitchell

Richard Mitchell and Steven Davidson, the developers on the project, describe how they used Red Gate's database schema-comparison tool, SQL Compare, as an integral part of their project environment when overhauling Red Gate's ASP.NET based website

Code .NET 2.0; Build Java; Run Linux

5 Jul 2007 by Philippe_Cohen, RoyOsherove

We all know and love Microsoft Visual Studio, but did you know that you can use it to build server and Web applications that run on Linux and other Java EE-enabled platforms? Here’s how…

Connecting SharePoint to Windows Azure with Silverlight Web Parts

12 Jan 2011 by Steve_Fox

How to integrate SharePoint apps with cloud-based technologies.

Silently Installing a Service on a Virtual Machine Using Libguestfs

18 Jan 2019 by Apriorit Inc

This article allows you to save valuable time

Building a Windows Phone 7 Puzzle Game

23 Jul 2010 by Daniel Vaughan

Get a head start with the new Windows Phone 7 developer tools. Learn how to create a Sokoban game in Silverlight for the WP7 platform.

TOOL

23 Oct 2006 by RedZenBird

TOOL (Tiny Object Oriented Language) is an easily-embedded, object-oriented, C++-like-language interpreter. The purpose of this article is to introduce the TOOL interpreter and language from the perspective of a person who has a desire to include a scripting solution as part of his project.

Bypassing PatchGuard 3

20 Aug 2008 by Christoph Husse

This article shows how to bypass PatchGuard 3 on the latest windows versions.

Conscript: An embeddable, compiled scripting language for .NET

5 Sep 2008 by Colin Vella

An API for enhancing any .NET application with a scripting language

Windows Azure Drives: Part 1: Configure and Mounting at Startup of Web Role Lifecycle

28 May 2010 by jeff00seattle

An approach for providing Windows Azure Drives (a.k.a. XDrive) to any cloud-based web applications through RoleEntryPoint callback methods and exposing successful mounting results within an environment variable through Global.asax callback method derived from the HttpApplication base class.

The Basics of The Palm Pre Linux

21 Sep 2009 by Apriorit Inc, Oleksandr Dodatko

This article describes the process of initial configuration and basic work with Palm Web OS on the lower level than it's described in Palm SDK docs.

An Anti-Reverse Engineering Guide

9 Nov 2008 by Joshua Tully

A look into what goes into the area of preventing reverse engineering, and gives developers some functions and ideas about preventing reversing engineering of their programs.

Observable property pattern, memory leaks, and weak delegates for .NET

4 Dec 2006 by Alexey A. Popov

This article is dedicated to the observable property design pattern, a very nice pattern used in the Microsoft .NET Framework, a possible memory leak problem with it, and gives a couple of ways to solve it.

Parsing Expression Grammar Support for C# 3.0 Part 1 - PEG Lib and Parser Generator

7 Oct 2008 by Martin.Holzherr

Introduction to the parsing method PEG with library and parser generator

Moving to Windows Vista x64

3 Aug 2009 by Daniel Pistelli

An article about x64 and Windows Vista

Injective Code inside Import Table

29 Mar 2007 by Ashkbiz Danehkar

An introduction to injection the code into Import Table of Portable Executable file format, which is called API redirection technique.

Statistical parsing of English sentences

13 Dec 2006 by Richard Northedge

Shows how to generate parse trees for English language sentences, using a C# port of OpenNLP, a statistical natural language parsing library.

The Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

12 Feb 2002 by Kashif Manzoor

The article discusses interpreters, compilers, the JVM and the CLR

Beginning Operating System Development, Part One

4 Sep 2009 by 0x3c0

Introduction and environment setup

Enumerating processes on NT/Win9x

9 Sep 2002 by moliate

A simple class encapsulating tlhelp32 and PSAPI

Case study of the technology setup used by a small charity

26 Sep 2016 by doonhamer

A real world example of the IT setup used by a small UK based charity. It is high level and provides a brief but complete overview.

.NET Internals and Native Compiling

30 May 2008 by Daniel Pistelli

An article about .NET internals and native compiling.

Microsoft Visual C++ Static and Dynamic Libraries

26 Jul 2010 by ShaneMcDonald

A simple introduction to static and dynamic libraries with Microsoft Visual C++.

Securing WCF Services with Certificates

30 Jul 2008 by Jason Hodges

An article that describes how to secure WCF services using X.509 certificates issued from a certificate authority.

Virtualization for System Programmers

31 Dec 2018 by Michael Chourdakis

Curious on how you create a hypervisor app? Read mode!

Ela, functional programming language

5 Jul 2012 by Basil Voronkov

Description of an interpreted functional programming language implemented solely in .NET/C#.

Windows Azure Storage

3 Jan 2011 by Not Active

A simple look at what Windows Azure Storage is and how it can be used

Home Made Java Virtual Machine

16 Mar 2008 by Maruf Maniruzzaman

Functional java virtual machine - can run java applications for most of the instructions.

Automating VMWare Tasks in C# with the VIX API

13 Feb 2009 by dB.

A VMWare C# tasks library.

FUSE(file system in userspace) for Microsoft-SQL using C#

19 Aug 2010 by martin.nedopil

Map your database table as network disk

Using V8 - Google's Chrome JavaScript Virtual Machine

5 Sep 2008 by GabrielWF

Tutorial and sample explaining how to use the V8 virtual machine inside your application.

Conscript IDE: An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) implementation for the Conscript scripting language

4 Sep 2008 by Colin Vella

The third and final article in the Conscript .NET scripting engine article series.

Using Memory Mapped Files and JNI to communicate between Java and C++ programs

18 Jun 2002 by Stanley Wang

An article on inter-process communication between Java and Java, Java and C++ programs.

Detect Internet Network Availability

12 Mar 2010 by stevenmcohn

Detect network availability, specifically to the Internet, and monitor status changes

Integrating Visual C++, Java and Assembly

10 Dec 2002 by Zeeshan Amjad

This article shows a way of integrating Java, C++ and Assembler

I/O port sniffer

22 Jul 2010 by cyb70289

An I/O port sniffer using hardware debug registers.

XSLT Programmer's Reference 2nd Edition

3 Sep 2001 by Wrox

This chapter is about the purpose of XSLT and the task it was designed to perform.

Application architecture research

24 Feb 2010 by Apriorit Inc, Dmitriy Mihailik

This article is a brief description of some tools and methods of application architecture research. Premilinary research, sniffers, hooks.

Java to JavaScript Communication

25 May 2000 by Jeremiah Talkar

Give Java applets a second chance (as COM style binary components)

Myotragus Tuples - Automatizing NHibernate Composite Keys

17 Jan 2013 by Erich Ledesma

Automatic creation of equality members (Equals and GetHashCode).

Essential C# 2.0: Chapter 11: Generics

30 Aug 2006 by Addison-Wesley

Generics will significantly transform C# 1.0 coding style. In virtually all cases in which programmers used object within C# 1.0 code, generics would be a better choice in C# 2.0 to the extent that object should act as a flag for a possible generics implementation.

Twiggery Scripting Language

12 Aug 2010 by paladin_t

Twiggery Scripting Language

Integrating Lua into C++

2 Sep 2005 by RichardS

An article about embedding the Lua scripting language with C++ objects.

Using Java Classes in your .NET Application

23 Mar 2006 by Chayan

IKVM.NET is an open source implementation of Java for Mono /Microsoft .NET Framework and makes it possible both to develop .NET applications in Java, and to use existing Java APIs and libraries in applications written in any .NET language.

Excerpt from JavaFX Developer's Guide

21 Sep 2010 by Addison-Wesley

This chapter provides a high-level overview of JavaFX, from the core JavaFX platform to the tools that you can use to build and deploy JavaFX applications.

A simple Switch Framework for the Visual Studio prompt and the devenv command

20 Apr 2007 by jonnynolimits

A library for creating custom switches for the devenv command prompt (extensibility example).

Writing a Parental Control Software for Windows

8 Jul 2010 by Pascal Ganaye

Writing a parental control software: The beginning of the adventure

BizTalk The Practical Course Code

24 Apr 2009 by Moustafa Refaat

Code Sample and a sample chapter from Book BizTalk The Practical Course

Introduction to .NET

13 Feb 2002 by Kashif Manzoor

The article introduces Microsoft's .NET framework and compares it to Sun's J2EE

Building a Programming Language: Part II (Adding Conditions, Loop and Blocks to BrainLess)

11 Oct 2013 by BrainlessLabs.com

In this article, we will discuss implementing conditional statements, loops and blocks.

Build a Linux-based communication server for Windows clients using C#

23 Jan 2006 by Laurence Moroney

You can build Java console applications that will run on any Java-enabled platform. Using this, and the power of the System.Net namespace, inlcuding the TcpClient class, you can create distributed applications that use a Linux server and Windows Forms clients that interoperate, thanks to Grasshopper

.NET/Java Interoperability using Service Interface and DTO Architecture Patterns

7 Feb 2011 by asheesh goja

This article shows you how to build a simple cross-platform interoperation solution between .NET and Java using the Service Interface and Data Transfer Object (DTO) architecture patterns

An Introduction to Java GUI Programming

19 Feb 2009 by logicchild

An article to launch the beginner into the world of Java GUI programming

Type casting impact over execution performance in C#

21 Aug 2004 by Emilio Guijarro

This article analyzes the most common type casting situations in C# and the compiler behaviour in them.

How to create your own virtual machine -- Part 2

27 Feb 2010 by icemanind

This article takes you through a step-by-step process of creating your own virtual machine.

Setting up an Open Source tool chain

12 Jun 2009 by metcarob

This article shares my experiences setting up an Open Source tool chain for developing C++ applications.

Debatching Large Messages and Extending Flatfile Pipeline Disassembler Component in Biztalk 2006

13 Jan 2007 by Selvan

This article aims at explaining the basics of custom flatfile disassembler

Browsing XML/XSL/XSD with HTA/Scripting Runtime

7 Jun 2006 by Dmitry Khudorozhkov

This article presents an XML/XSL/XSD browsing and validation tool, a shining example of how various technologies like Shell scripting, Scripting Runtime, or HTA can be put together to aid programmers in rapid development of powerful script-based applications.

A Complete Scriptable ActiveX Web Control Tutorial Using ATL

17 Dec 2007 by Arif Zaman

An article on a Scriptable ActiveX Web Control using ATL.

Performance Testing of ASP.NET Website

2 Dec 2010 by Ravi Karia

This article explains performance testing of ASP.NET website using VSTS 2008

Parallel programming on PlayStation 3 (Cell architecture) by example: Puzzle solving

14 Jul 2008 by Dragos Sbirlea

A bird's eye view of the programming model for the new PlayStation 3 console and an interesting example of useful concurrency.

Software Architecture Review Guidelines

12 Sep 2007 by Alexander Nowak

This text tries to bring together elements a reviewer can use in his/her software architecture review.

Embedding a JavaBean in a MFC-Dialog

5 Mar 2004 by Doga Arinir

Embedding a JavaBean without using Sun's ActiveX-Bridge.

Kport Part 2: Direct Access I/O Ports under Win NT/2000/XP

2 May 2005 by Guerino Palacios

Now, with full code in VC++ 6 and more explication.

How to access SmartCards simply and effectively

12 Apr 2008 by dotnfc

Using a set of classes to access SmartCard readers, to test SmartCards via scripts - even to transmit APDUs one by one.

Espresso- Java & .NET Native Interoperability - Part I

7 Jun 2006 by Guy Balteriski

This article describes a high-performing interoperability solution between the Java platform and the .NET Framework. The suggested solution does not replace the Java Virtual Machine or the .NET Framework runtime, instead, your JVM or .NET are each hosted within the opposing runtime environment

Effective Java

31 Oct 2008 by Addison-Wesley

This chapter concerns creating and destroying objects: when and how to create them, when and how to avoid creating them, how to ensure they are destroyed in a timely manner, and how to manage any cleanup actions that must precede their destruction.

BSOD Saver - Blue Screen of Death Screen Saver

20 Jul 2010 by nbugalia

A screen saver simulating blue screen of death and Windows XP restart

Optimizing a High-Performance Computing Tool

1 Dec 2008 by Redgate Software

A Research Engineer experiences unexpected slow-downs in his cutting-edge application. Find out what he did to speed-up his program. He learned some valuable lessons on the way. Read his story.

Azure - Design for Virtual Machines with High Availability

30 Jul 2018 by Rahul Rajat Singh

In this article, we will see how we can create highly available VMs in Azure.

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Azure

virtual-machine

Beginning ASP.NET using VB.NET

3 Sep 2001 by Wrox

This chapter will provide you with a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET using VB.NET.

Operating System Development - Part 1

5 Jun 2008 by Maruf Maniruzzaman

Environment settings for OS development

Exchange Server: Express Configuration for Testing

24 Sep 2010 by Apriorit Inc, Kit Tatiana

The aim of the article is to present a step-by-step description of the installation and configuration of the domain controller, Exchange Server, and MS Outlook with two accounts for the testing purposes.

RemoteInstall: Automated Testing of Windows Installers on VMWare Infrastructure

24 Nov 2009 by dB.

A framework for testing Windows installers with some help from virtualization.

How the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Works

25 Nov 2008 by Bikash Shaw

How the Java Virtual Machine Works: Inside the JVM.

Search As You Type in C#

21 Dec 2010 by Tim Corey

Learn how to use ADO.NET objects to create a Google-like auto-search for your WinForms grid

.NET Platform Invoke Paradigm in Java (J/Invoke)

5 May 2009 by Vitaly Shelest

Describes an SDK that enables direct Java calls to export functions from regular DLL modules

HTML 4.01 Programmer's Reference - Chapter 1: Introduction

3 Sep 2001 by Wrox

Using the <object> tag to embed functionality into your web pages.

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 2

1 Feb 2010 by Rajkumar-Kannan

In the second part of this article, I primarily focus on using WMI and C# to develop routines that can manage a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Application Deployment Strategy – Virtual Machine vs. Containers

19 Feb 2019 by Chandru BK

The scope of this article is to compare the various deployment models available for our application deployment use case. This article assumes that readers will have basic knowledge of Virtual Machines, Containers and Hypervisors.

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docker

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Setup and Install SharePoint 2007 Server (MOSS) on Virtual PC

29 Nov 2008 by Mohamed Faizal

This article describes how to setup and Install SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) server on Vitrual PC

Build Secure Kubeflow Pipelines on Microsoft Azure

18 Dec 2023 by Intel

Leverage Intel® Software Guard Extensions on Virtual Machines to Deploy Secure, Accelerated Machine Learning Pipelines

Azure IoT Solution for Water Utilities

31 Mar 2015 by Prakash SNP

This article shows how to build an Azure IoT Solution for water utilities Industry

Moving Data between Managed Code and Unmanaged Code – Alternative Using C++ and IJW

15 Apr 2009 by Oren Zeev-Ben-Mordehai

Moving data between Managed Code and Unmanaged Code – Alternative using C++ and IJW

Microsoft .NET Kick Start Chapter 3: Programming with .NET

2 Mar 2004 by Sams Publishing

An introduction to programming with .NET.

How to Setup an Environment for MOSS

26 Mar 2008 by Rana Salman Rashid

http://ranasalman.blogspot.com

virtual-machine

virtualization

Implementing a memory efficient search tree for a wordlist

19 Aug 2005 by Silviu Simen

This article describes a method of storing a wordlist into a compressed form while providing a relatively quick word lookup functionality.

Setting up a full fledged kernel debug environment for Windows Kernel Drivers using a single server

1 Dec 2009 by Rajkumar-Kannan

This article helps users to setup a full fledged debug environment for Windows device drivers using a Virtual Machine (VMware). The user need not have to configure a debugger and debugee and connect them with null modem cables.

All About .NET

12 May 2001 by Jason Clark