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System.Globalization namespace in .NET

The .NET Framework has built-in support for globalisation in its System.Globalization namespace. This namespace can help you build international support into your applications. Read more »

Java Developers get NetBeans preview

The beta release of NetBeans 4.0 shows where cross-platform development is heading. Read more »

Is Microsoft a threat to VMware?

The talk of this year's VMworld conference in Las Vegas was how much of a competitive threat Microsoft, which weeks earlier announced the free release of its hypervisor product, will prove to virtualisation leader VMware. Read more »

Sonic builds a model ESB

In an effort to make the Enterprise Service Bus better understood, Sonic Software has created a formal model of its interpretation of the architeture in UML. Read more »

Microsoft shines more light on Longhorn

As Microsoft prepares developers and independent software vendors for Longhorn, the next version of its Windows operating system, the company wants to wean them off older Windows programming models. Read more »

JBoss includes EJB 3.0

The 'Professional Open Source' software company has brought its range up to the latest Java standards. Read more »

Sun's McNealy swings at rivals

Scott McNealy, the Sun Microsystems chief executive who has become something of a punching bag as his company fights back to profitability, threw some punches of his own on Tuesday. Read more »

Interrupting Java threads

Multithreading presents a set of new challenges to the programmer that can lead to unexpected behaviour. In this article we address one of those challenges: how to interrupt a running thread. Read more »

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A .NET primer on reference types and value types

This article explains some .NET basics -- the difference between reference types and value types. Read more »

Download files over the Web with .NET's WebClient class

The System.Net namespace includes the WebClient class for uploading and downloading files via HTTP. You can copy or read files with only a few lines of code. Read more »

Class interfaces play a key role with inheritance

Class interfaces in C# ensure that your code will behave the way you expect. In this installment of C# for Newbies, Builder.com outlines the role of class interfaces in inheritance and abstract base classes. Read more »

Create custom class interfaces in .NET

Builder.com returns to the topic of .NET class interfaces with a look at creating your own interfaces in C#. You'll learn how to specify an interface--and you'll have a nice chunk of code to download and play with. Read more »

Simplify coding and maintenance with class libraries

You use class libraries when you're developing any type of .NET application in order to manipulate the file system, access databases, serialise objects, and launch and synchronise multiple threads of execution. Read more »

Simplify .NET class communication with delegates

What are delegates and what are they good for? Lamont Adams explains how to use them in your .NET apps and has some sample code, to boot. Read more »

Streamline .NET strings

Strings are integral to most app dev projects, so it is imperative that they don't impair performance. The .NET StringBuilder class streamlines string values processing. Read more »

How do I... Serialise a hash table in C# when the application requires it?

Unfortunately, the .NET Framework does not allow serialisation of any object that implements the IDictionary interface. This restriction includes, but is not limited to, hash tables. Read more »

Calling a COM object from a Web service in .NET

In this article from Robert Bogue, learn the easy way to call a COM object using the System.Thread namespace. Read more »

Increase flexibility with the .NET schema object model

This article from Builder.com examines how the XML schema object model allows you to use .NET classes to manipulate schema components. Read more »

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