Web developers are always on the lookout for great products to add dynamic
effects to their Web pages. Dynamic pages, often called DHTML pages, make use
of slide shows, random content rotation, and news scrollers, and are
generally developed using languages such as Visual Basic, Java, JavaScript,
and VBScript. Many developers also use Macromedia Flash and other animation
tools. Although it is possible to create dynamic pages with these languages,
developers face many challenges, such as cross-browser compatibility issues,
complex code, high maintainability requirements, and slow loading.
Classic ASP supplied the Ad Rotator component for developing DHTML
applications, but it doesn't provide the required functionality. What is
needed is a product with great features and fu... (more)
Microsoft’s .NET SDK ships with a command line compiler called csc.exe. It
can be executed from within the DOS prompt. In this article, I will show you
how to build a simple C# program using this compiler with Notepad as the
editor.
Open your editor and enter the code as given in listing 1
Listing 1
001: // HelloWorld.cs 002: // ------------- 003: using System; 004: class
HelloWorld 005... (more)
As always, Murach publishing updates their books as and when a new version of
the software is released. SQL Server 2008 for Developers is an updated book
of its 2005 edition. The book consists of 22 chapters divided into five
sections providing solid coverage of SQL Server 2008. The book looks similar
to that of its 2005 edition except the content and syntaxes targets 2008.
Inside the Bo... (more)
I have been a big fan of the Dummies book series for the last 8 years. I can
still remember the day when I picked up my first dummies book from a local
book shop. I recently came to know that Ken Cox has been involved in writing
a dummies title for ASP.NET 3.5 and was keenly waiting for its release to
review it. I was quite impressed with the overall coverage of content when I
quickly sc... (more)
Nowadays, many web developers have implemented AJAX in their web
applications. This enables them to create dynamic, rich web sites. There are
numerous resources available on the web for learning ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX, but it
is always nice to refer to a book as and when required. In his latest book,
ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Unleashed, Robert Foster examines the relevant concepts in
less than 300 page... (more)