In this video, Todd Miranda demonstrates how to build a simple Windows Presentation Foundation application using the tools in Visual Studio 2008. More info

In this video, Hilton Giesenow shows how to sign up with the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program in order to obtain a Package Load Key required to distribute a VSPackage. See how to sign your package with this key and get tips for debugging signing and other load failures. More info

In this video, Hilton Giesenow shows how to create a basic editor in Visual Studio 2005 to allow you to edit custom file types. He uses the Custom Editor Wizard to show how it registers custom file types, and a form to edit the custom files. The generated output is then modified to illustrate how key aspects of user interaction are handled and how they can be extended. More info

In this video, Hilton Giesenow shows you how to configure your VSPackage by adding and customizing a standard Options page with a property grid. Then he demonstrates how to add a more advanced custom options page with its own layout. More info

For a limited time, download free sample chapters and take advantage of 45% off select Visual Studio 2005 titles. Offer is good until January 15, 2007. More info

Don't block hotlinked images; instead, learn how to label them to bring visitors to your web site and increase your web presence, even if you are restricted by a shared hosting environment. More info

Learn how to achieve operational overloading in WCF. More info

In our premier issue, back in October 2002, we ran a full-length interview with Anders Hejlsberg, the Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft responsible for the creation of the C# programming language. Then, in March 2005, we presented a follow-up interview conducted by .NETDJ's editor-in-chief, Derek Ferguson, at Microsoft's Tech Ed 2004 conference in San Diego, California. More info

This book is an update of an earlier version that was written for SQL Server 2000. It employs the Murach approach of dual pages that repeat and enhance the concepts being presented on each page. If you're new to SQL Server 2005 you'll gain a lot from this book. It has three goals: to teach T-SQL (Transact SQL), introduce you to the new .NET CLR integration, and introduce you to the new graphical user interface called SQL Server Management Studio that replaces the enterprise manager and query analyzer that were part of the SQL Server 2000 package of software tools. More info

Taking a page from its friend Linspire's hymnal, Canonical, the brains behind Ubuntu, has started offering its flock proprietary Parallels widgetry so it can run Linux and Windows on the same desktop without rebooting. It is Canonical's first dalliance with a proprietary package, but evidently not its last. The Parallels stuff can be found in Canonical's Ubuntu Partner Repository, where Canonical intends to push both proprietary and open source third-party software, and will be available to Ubuntu users as a drop-down menu on the operating system. More info