Charlie Calvert steps behind the scenes of a LINQ to SQL application and describes the classes auto-generated by the Object Relational Designer (aka LINQ to SQL designer). More info

Use SSH tunneling to secure MySQL connections. 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

Download the Visual Studio 2008 LINQ samples and three LINQ Hands on Labs. Also included are the breaking changes between VS 2005 and 2008. More info

Microsoft developer Wes Dyer describes the relative merits of Test Drive Development and Machine Learning. More info

Lead Product Manager Dan Fernandez lists his top 15 things to love about Visual Studio Express. More info

Learn how to size a docked Panel and how to undock it again as well as which actions are needed to prepare the more advanced docking actions. More info

Discover the main differences between accessing the Registry with VB 6 and with VB.NET. More info

Eric Lippert argues that Immutable Objects are the future of C#. Here he offers directions that C# could go to improve the developer experience when writing programs that use immutable objects. More info

Charlie Calvert says that understanding deferred execution is a rite of passage that LINQ developers must undergo before they can hope to harness the full power of this technology. More info