ecently, I came across an application that contained a binary + operator in which at least one of the operands was of type string. While debugging this app, I found
roviding programmers and developers of all skill levels with a comprehensive tutorial and reference to Visual Basic (VB) 2008, Microsoft MVP Rod Stephens presents a broad, solid understanding of essential
With the .NET framework, you can build Windows Forms applications (those that run on your local machine) or Web Form applications (those that run in your browser). A Windows Form
isual Studio is chock full of classes to implement exotic data structures such as collections, hash tables, and dictionaries. One notable data structure that’s missing is the tree. Trees are
n a previous DevX article, you saw the basic process for using the LinqDataSource control to retrieve and display data. That article discussed functionality such as passing parameters to a
hile a “process” is the way that operating systems compartmentalize running applications from each other, a “thread” is a path of execution?the basic unit to which an operating system allocates
isual Studio 2008’s new extension methods feature stands out from among Visual Studio’s new offerings because you’ve been clamoring after it for years, right? What’s that? You weren’t clamoring for
ith the release of Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft has also updated the VB language to the latest version, 9.0. VB 9.0 boasts several key language enhancements that have been made
iagnostics, also known as “program tracing,” is a crucial?and often overlooked and underappreciated?component of application development. I have long been an ardent believer in diagnostic support, and have written diagnostic