Using the ASP.NET Chart Control

Microsoft released a chart control that provides the ability to generate charts in a .NET environment. In this article, Brian shows how to setup this control....Full Article.

Introduction to XAML Browser Applications (XBAP)

This article gives an introduction to XBAPs and provides information about the differences between WPF Standalone applications, Silverlight, and XBAPs. Nihar explains the steps used to create a sample XBAP application and how to deploy and run it....Full Article.

Implementing Dynamic Web Interfaces Using XSLT

Web applications are dynamic; many requiring unique content and interfaces for each user. There are a myriad of ways to take user content out of a database and present it in a browser. This article focuses on the different ways we can perform this with ASP.NET and why Gil chose XSLT for his own web product....Full Article.

Load Testing Crystal Reports Caching Features

In this article, Eric tests the out of the box caching capability of Crystal Reports. Using the testing component of Visual Studio, Eric shows load test results from a Crystal Reports test suite....Full Article.

An Extensive Examination of LINQ: Lambda Expressions and Anonymous Types

The previous installment in this article series, Extension Methods, Implicitly Typed Variables, and Object Initializers, examined three new features to the C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 9 languages that allow for developers to use LINQ's standard query operators and providers to write SQL-like query syntax to work with common data stores. But extension methods, implicitly typed variables, and object initializers are only pa...Full Article.

Syndicating and Consuming RSS 1.0 (RDF) Feeds in ASP.NET 3.5

Websites that produce new content on a regular basis should include a syndication feed, which is a specially formatted XML file that includes a summary of the most recently published items. Virtually all blogs, news sites, and social media sites have a syndication feed, and 4Guys is no exception. The 4GuysFromRolla.com syndication feed contains the most recent articles. Syndication feeds are meant to be consumed by comp...Full Article.

An Extensive Examination of LINQ: The Ins and Outs of Query Operators

As discussed in An Introduction to LINQ, LINQ is composed of three main components:

• Language Extensions,
• Standard Query Operators, and
• LINQ Providers.

The previous two installments - Extension Methods, Implicitly Typed Variables, and Object Initializers and