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Whenever more than one person works on a software development project, introducing some process to coordinate the activities of the team members is a priority. The larger the team, the harder it is to manage. To meet this need, Microsoft created Visual Studio Team System (VSTS). VSTS is a state-of-the-art Software Development Life Cycle tool suite that is tightly integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. VSTS provides deep support for .NET projects; however, whenever a software solution incl... |
| | Total Hits: 187 | Today: 0 | Author: Paul Zikopoulos | Rating: |
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In a previous series of articles, I showed you all the great integration features between the IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Version 8.x (DB2 UDB) product and the Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003 integrated development environment (IDE).
In early June 2006, IBM announced the next release of the DB2 UDB product, DB2 9 (formerly known as DB2 Viper). Part of this announcement includes the support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and its accompanying ADO.NET 2.0 driver.... |
| | Total Hits: 115 | Today: 0 | Author: Jesse Liberty in Technical | Rating: |
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First, as you no doubt know by now, .NET 3.0 is what we were calling WinFx until last week and is composed of (among other things):
Technology Name (Acronym) [Former Code Name]
Windows Presentation Foundation Classes (WPF) [Avalon] - Arguably the heart of .NET 3, this is the technology for building rich Windows applications with special features for managing layout, text, 2-d and 3-d graphics and much more.... |
| | Total Hits: 60 | Today: 0 | Author: Soyuj Kumar Sahoo | Rating: |
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(Soyuj Kumar Sahoo) As I discussed in my previous article, CLR is the heart of Microsoft .Net framework. In SQL Server 2005 we can create a database object inside an instance of SQL Server that programmed in an assembly created by .Net framework. Assemblies are DLL files used in an instance of SQL Server to deploy functions, stored procedures, triggers, etc. that are written in one of the managed code languages hosted by Microsoft .NET Framework.... |
| | Total Hits: 187 | Today: 0 | Author: Paul Kimmel | Rating: |
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With the launch of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft has introduced new pricing schemes for its marquee development tools and made changes to its MSDN subscription programs, which has led to some confusion—and even pain—for customers. Existing MSDN Universal subscribers who want Visual Studio 2005 through their subscriptions must upgrade to MSDN Premium subscriptions and choose either one of three Visual Studio Team System role-based products (Team Edition for Software Developers, Architects, or Tes... |
| | Total Hits: 156 | Today: 0 | Author: Michael Caton and Peter Coffee | Rating: |
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Anyone who's used Google Earth has seen the value of putting new viewpoints in context. When shifting its scene to a new location, Google's viewer zooms out to show both ends of the virtual journey. Only then does it zoom in on the destination, preserving a user's sense of place much better than if it had merely jumped there. Developers during the last few years have been treated to an equally smooth shift of viewpoint by Microsoft Corp.'s Visual Studio and SQL Server, both of which were updated... |
| | Total Hits: 173 | Today: 0 | Author: Peter Coffee | Rating: |
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When Microsoft Corp. rolls out a major tools release such as Visual Studio 2005, it isn't just equipping developers—it's enlisting them. Every Visual Studio release since the debut of this line has had a compound agenda: It's always offered developers an attractively paved path of least resistance that indubitably increased productivity, but has also fostered acceptance of Microsoft's current strategic direction. Visual Studio 2005, launched last month, is no exception. Even the expanded and red... |
| | Total Hits: 90 | Today: 0 | Author: Kevin S. Goff | Rating: |
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Visual Studio 2005 offers language, data handling, and development environment enhancements that are sure to please many developers. Programmers who are currently using Visual Studio .NET 2003 will find many ways to write more efficient code and increase their overall productivity. In addition, programmers who are new to .NET will find the migration to Visual Studio 2005 a bit easier than the migration to the first version of .NET. While it's not possible to talk about every new feature in Visua... |
| | Total Hits: 73 | Today: 0 | Author: Jim Wilson | Rating: |
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The .NET Compact Framework version 2.0 offers many improvements over its predecessor, the .NET Compact Framework version 1.0. Although the improvements are widespread, they all focus on the common goals of improving developer productivity, providing greater compatibility with the full .NET Framework and increasing support for device features. This article provides a high-level summary of the .NET Compact Framework 2.0 changes and enhancements.... |
| | Total Hits: 60 | Today: 0 | Author: David Chesnut and Lori Lamkin | Rating: |
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The Visual Studio Project Management Tools enable better planning, scheduling, collaboration, communication, reporting, and process control. The Visual Studio Project Management Tools are integrated with the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), Microsoft Office, Windows SharePoint Services, and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services. Visual Studio Project Management Tools will revolutionize the way IT departments manage their projects by allowing non-intrusive visibility and instr... |
| | Total Hits: 48 | Today: 0 | Author: Visual Studio Team System | Rating: |
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Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) is an integrated system of process guidance that embraces both agile and formal methodologies and provides a framework to implement a customized solution for a wide variety of projects. Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) is a highly customizable, scalable, fully integrated set of software development processes, principles, and proven practices designed to deliver the type of guidance desired by the user when and where it is needed.... |
| | Total Hits: 51 | Today: 0 | Author: Tony Loton | Rating: |
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In this article, I'll introduce you to System Designer, one of the four new Distributed System Designers provided by Visual Studio 2005 Team Architect Edition. I'll start by explaining how System Designer fits together with the other visual designers as a coherent set. More specifically how using System Designer follows as the next logical step after using Application Designer, which I introduced in my previous article, and how it leads on to using Deployment Designer, which will be the subject ... |
| | Total Hits: 100 | Today: 0 | Author: Scott Robinson | Rating: |
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Everybody talks about collaborative development tools, and heaven knows you can't surf the major developers' for 10 minutes without getting hit by banners trumpeting the latest. We can't fault Microsoft for wanting a piece of that action; but we need more than just a collaborative environment. For most IT shops, collaborative development is something in the future, something not yet being done. What is needed is a collaborative solution that is tightly integrated with tools already in use, is hi... |
| | Total Hits: 262 | Today: 0 | Author: Scott Robinson | Rating: |
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Those wacky, zany folks in Redmond send more mixed signals than anyone else in the industry, don't they? For several years, it's been unclear to what extent they would actually leverage the .NET Framework, and their protracted time-to-market on new versions of products makes us wonder how much indecision contaminates their development process. We're left wondering if the .NET Framework will remain an over-hyped side dish, whether Avalon will replace ASP.NET, whether any MS product will ever be m... |
| | Total Hits: 164 | Today: 0 | Author: Andrew Binstock | Rating: |
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For the last 15 years, I have been one of the judges for the annual Jolt awards given out by Software Development magazine. The Jolts are awarded to the most meritorious software-development tools in a variety of product categories. During this time, I have looked at many, many programming products. Among them have been many products from Microsoft, whose C compiler I have used since pre-CodeView days. Of all of these, in my estimation the best development tool Microsoft has ever shipped is Visu... |
| | Total Hits: 276 | Today: 0 | Author: Bradley L. Jones | Rating: |
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 is now a final product. The bits have been baked and the product is officially released. Although Visual Studio 2005 was initially planned to release in the first half of 2005, the ambitions of the product caused a few delays to help ensure a product that was solid enough for production use. This new version of Visual Studio follows well over two-and-a-half years after the last release, which occurred in April of 2003. So, with so much time in the making, what is the... |
| | Total Hits: 163 | Today: 0 | Author: Scott Mitchell | Rating: |
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On November 7th, 2005, .NET 2.0 (including ASP.NET 2.0), Visual Studio 2005, and SQL Server 2005 were released to the world, escaping the Beta cocoon they have resided in over the past year and change. Microsoft is rolling out their new platform and software through a Launch Event in several cities around the world. The bits have been downloadable for MSDN Subsribers for over a week now, but are now officially being rolled out and sold to customers.... |
| | Total Hits: 43 | Today: 0 | Author: John Gomez | Rating: |
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For many people change is a scary concept - and in the world of technology it can cause a roller coaster ride of emotions. As developers, you would think that we would be used to change, as we are typically the instruments of change. But try as we might, the new release of a software product causes a good amount stress in terms of having to learn new approaches, change our processes, and possibly rethink how we do things. On the other hand, progressive change that complements our processes, expa... |
| | Total Hits: 54 | Today: 0 | Author: Sean "Early" Campbell, Scott "Adopter" Swigart | Rating: |
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In this article, you'll learn about the new features of Visual Studio® .NET "Whidbey" and how they can make you more productivity when writing code. Considering the astounding number of new features in the Whidbey release of Visual Studio .NET IDE, we are going to spend our time going through a Top 10, followed by a glance at other features we found exciting.... |
| | Total Hits: 134 | Today: 0 | Author: Tony Patton | Rating: |
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I thought it was finally time to take Visual Studio 2005 for a test drive with the availability of the release candidate version and the final product to be shipped in November. There is plenty of hype surrounding the product's November 7, 2005 release and its related products like versions 2.0 of the .NET Framework and ASP.NET, as well as SQL Server 2005. This week I provide an overview of Visual Studio 2005 and its new features.... |
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