An implementation of a Diff algorithm in VB.NET, with various techniques to improve performance, while keeping the code simple. More info

This article starts with an introduction to .NET Enterprise Services and finally concludes with an implementation of very flexible approach to build robust distributed enterprise solutions using .NET Enterprise Services. We will build a simple distributed enterprise solution just by building and integrating COM+ components, remoting components and Windows Services and accessing through remoting clients. More info

Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2005 is now available for download for MSDN subscribers. Learn how you can get it too. More info

Exception handling is an in built mechanism in .NET framework to detect and handle run time errors. The .NET framework contains lots of standard exceptions. The exceptions are anomalies that occur during the execution of a program. They can be because of user, logic or system errors. If a user (programmer) do not provide a mechanism to handle these anomalies, the .NET run time environment provide a default mechanism, which terminates the program execution. More info

Microsoft .NET framework utilizes XML to store data and transfer data between applications and remote systems including local, intranet or on the Internet. In this article we will explore XML classes and namespaces of .NET Framework Class Library and how to use them in VB.NET to read, write and navigate XML documents. More info

Windows OS and .NET runtime provide a host of performance counters that developers and administrators can use to probe into the performance of an application. But developers will always find the need to have counters specific to their applications. .NET Framework classes provide rich set of API which can help developer to create custom counters with relative ease. In this article I will explain how this can be done with VB.NET. More info

You cannot use all Web Form controls in conjunction with the validator controls. To use controls with the validation controls, the control must have a ValidationProperty attribute. The ValidationProperty attribute specifies against which value the validation controls should validate. This article demonstrates how extend a Web Form control to work with the validation controls. More info

Article shows creation of a webservice using VB.Net and Google. More info

Many programmers say: "Stay away from the standard edition because you can't make .dll's and other pro stuff with it". Is it really impossible to make pro stuff with the standard edition? More info

This step-by-step article describes how to use Visual Basic .NET to embed resources as part of the assembly, and then access the resources at run time. More info