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Developer defies MS demands to kill .NET debug tool
UK developer Jamie Cansdale seems to have ignored calls from Microsoft that he remove a free tool called TestDriven.NET from his Web site, despite legal demands that the tool be removed by June 1 -- because it breaches licensing conditions. Read more »
Microsoft releases key Vista developer technologies
Microsoft on Wednesday gave developers access to a key piece of Windows Vista, months ahead of the operating system's release. Read more »
IBM tries to eclipse .Net with open source
The recent launch of IBM's Office application suite is part of a broader challenge to Microsoft's entire .Net development framework, say industry experts. Read more »
Brisbane hosts TechEd 2003
Code cutters around Australia have gathered in Brisbane for Microsoft's 10th annual TechEd Conference, to be staged from 10-13 August. Read more »
Microsoft expands Vista testing
Microsoft on Tuesday outlined plans to expand its test of Windows Vista, the next version of its flagship operating system. Read more »
New Windows file system enters testing
Microsoft surprised developers on Monday by releasing a test version of a new Windows file system. Read more »
Hostworks tempts .NET developers
Hostworks has announced it will provide free hosting to developers using Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET, in a service branded One Click Hosting. Read more »
Oracle joins Microsoft developer program
Oracle has pledged to make its database software work better with Microsoft's development tools. Read more »
Microsoft Splitting Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft has announced they will be splitting their flagship developer toolset into multiple products when Visual Studio 2005 is released early next year. Read more »
PayPal launches developer Integration Center
PayPal focuses on integration with the launch of new resources for developers. Read more »
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Road test: .NET development without Visual Studio
This month we put five IDE alternatives to Microsoft's Visual Studio against each other. Is there an alternative for .NET developers? David McAmis puts the candidates to the test. Read more »
Visual Studio 2008 offers developers more testing options
Unit testing has evolved from a fringe activity to an industry-accepted way to develop software. This change in attitude was aided by the introduction of numerous freely available testing frameworks. Read more »
Test entire Web applications with HttpUnit
HttpUnit is a suite of Java classes to test Web applications over HTTP. See how it works. Read more »
Microsoft: .Net starting to take hold
The company announces new software tools it hopes developers will use to build Web services. "We bet the company on .Net, but we can't do it alone," an executive says. Read more »
More efficient coding with advanced user control caching in .NET
With advanced user control caching in Microsoft .NET, application developers can create reusable controls without having to try to write the HTML output themselves. Read more »
Simplifying .NET assembly libraries
Maintaining header files is often tedious and can lead to mistakes. Thankfully, .NET assembly libraries erase the reliance on these files. Read more »
Form validation is vastly improved in ASP.NET
All Web development efforts require form validation, but Active Server Page technology hasn't made it easy. Fortunately, ASP.NET addresses the need with validation controls. Read more »
Object wiring: An Observer-Observable pattern
Object wiring ties objects together so they can communicate with each other. Learn the details while applying the concept in .NET. Read more »
Totally RAD: we road test five IDEs
Builder AU technical editor, David McAmis gets down and dirty with the most popular IDE's to see how they they stack up as Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools. Read more »
Could holding an MCSD land you that next job?
See why one developer believes certification--particularly the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer--is growing increasingly important. Read more »
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If only every project ended this way...
-- Today the birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am just putting the wraps on a .NET application I have been working on for the past 4 months. Read more »
Aussies bringing Ruby to .NET
-- Developers at the Queensland University of Technology are currently working on an innovative project to create a compiler for the Ruby language that runs on the .NET Common Language Runtime. Read more »
How to manage a team of geniuses
-- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
The break-up of Borland
-- This week I caught up with David Intersomone, VP of developer relations worldwide, and Malcolm Groves, regional product director for Asia Pacific, from Borland's Developer Tools Group to talk about the immediate and planned future of the group once this division is sold by Borland. Read more »
CodeGear Q&A
-- CodeGear is the new name for Borland's developer tools business. Builder AU spoke to CodeGear about the handover and direction of the developer tools business under the new banner. Read more »
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