IronPython is an easy-to-learn yet surprisingly powerful language for .NET development. Find out how it differs from C# and Visual Basic while still leveraging your existing .NET knowledge.

Visual Basic 9 completely eliminates the barrier between the code you write and the XML you're trying to express. Creating, querying, and transforming XML is much more intuitive and productive than ever before.

Learn how to build a B-tree similar to those used by databases to implement indexes.

Learn how to use parse trees to evaluate mathematical expressions, and how to use sorted trees.

This book is a thorough exploration of Visual Basic 2008's capabilities, written for developers by an expert developer. Chapter 34, excerpted here, covers printing with VB.NET, including graphics, charts, text, formatting to fit the page, and print previews.

In episode #271 of .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) Richard and I spoke with Don Demsak about LINQ to XML. Here's an excerpt from that interview.

Will VB's new LINQ to XML prowess finally gain it the community respect accorded to other mainstream languages?

The release of Visual Studio 2008 updates Visual Basic to version 9.0, with several key language enhancements and LINQ support. Part Two of this series will walk you through VB 9's new LINQ support features and other time-saving enhancements.

Find out how to develop VB.NET applications on Vista using .NET 3.0. Chapter 24, "Printing," covers a topic that nearly every developer needs, but few understand well.

The release of Visual Studio 2008 updates Visual Basic to version 9.0, with several key language enhancements and LINQ support. Part one of this series will walk you through using nullable types, type inference, the If operator, and other time-saving enhancements.

Discover anew why Visual Basic is one of the most successful programming languages in history by exploring some of the new features Microsoft added to Visual Studio and Visual Basic.

If you've ever used a TV remote control, you've experienced the convenience of using infrared communications. See how to use infrared to communicate between a Windows Mobile device and a PC.

This book covers the process of .NET application design and development from conception to deployment. Unlike many .NET books, this one uses VB.NET code for the examples, and even includes specific techniques such as this "Splash Screen" sample chapter.

You can do a lot of fun applications using an SMS gateway but unless you work for a major television network, good luck getting a return on your investment. In this article, we'll show you a great alternative to an expensive SMS gateway using a Pocket PC and a Bluetooth connection.

Yet another highly useful but underappreciated feature of .NET 2.0? How about the FTPWebRequest and FtpWebResponse classes? These nifty classes let you built FTP file access right into your applications. See how it's done with this handy photo viewer example.

The DataGridView control, new in Windows Forms 2.0, is so versatile and powerful that beginners can easily be overwhelmed by the options. Here's an at-your-fingertips reference to some of the most common and useful things you can do with it. (OK there aren't really 101 ways but there are a lot!)

Finding what you need in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 documentation, which has over 200,000 topics, can be a daunting task. The Doc Detective is here to help, utilizing his investigative skills to probe the depths of the documentation.

We've offered a few solutions for working with web cams within .NET to create fun and intriguing monitoring applications. In this article, we extend those ideas so that web cam images can be shared with multiple clients over the Web.

In this installment of "The Baker's Dozen" you'll get some handy tips on creating Office eye candy: generating PowerPoint output.

You already know that GPS is used extensively in a wide variety of mobile devices in order to track delivery and service vehicles—or any other mobile fleet. This kind of application is not as difficult as you may at first think. Find out how to use Visual Studio to create a GPS tracking app, with maps, that runs on Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices.