Visual Studio Magazine

An EF Code First Tutorial

Code First frees you up from the chore of creating databases for your project. Here's a primer on how to do it. Entity Framework has been the latest buzzword in the Microsoft Development circle since ...
Redmond Magazine

Speed Up Your VB.NET Code

VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...
Ars Technica

Should I use VB.Net or C#.Net for my database app?

I'm about build my next database, and I need to decide on a .Net language. I've been using Access for a few years, and have gotten as far as using Access Data Projects with Sql Server. The next step ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Build Cross-Platform PDA Apps

AppForge Crossfire 5.0 is a VS.NET 2003 add-in that lets you build applications for multiple mobile platforms from a single code base. AppForge Crossfire 5.0 is a comprehensive add-in to VS.NET 2003 ...