Welcome to dotnet.za.net - the Premier resource for information, resources, code and commentary on Microsoft .NET in South Africa. This site focuses on .NET from a programmer's perspective, and the main aim of the site is to educate the development community (both Microsoft and non-Microsoft) about the .NET Framework, the .NET languages (specifically VB.NET and C#) and Visual Studio.NET.
Introduction to ASP .NET e-book (6/28/2005) ASP.NET
Peter McMahon
Introduction to ASP .NET (using Visual Basic .NET) is a free e-book aimed at programmers wanting to learn how to build web applications using Visual Studio .NET and ASP .NET. It is available for download as a PDF.
Color Picker .NET (5/1/2005) VB.NET
Peter McMahon
During the .NET v1.0 betas I built a color picker application in VB .NET to demonstrate the use of the new drawing capabilities in .NET (namely GDI+). You can find the source code, updated for .NET v1.1 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 here.
The Web Services Success Story (9/5/2002) Web Services
Peter McMahon
Web Services have been the subject of so much marketing hype, its no wonder many feel they haven't yet delivered on the industry's promises - and perhaps never will. Despite this, there are currently some real success stories in the making, particularly in the area of building on existing B2B relationships.
Book Status Update (1/29/2002) Book BLOG
Peter McMahon
Find out how my book on ASP.NET for Apress is progressing in this second installment of my Book BLOG.
How much is .NET going to cost you? (1/4/2002) General
Peter McMahon
With the final release of the .NET Framework and Visual Studio.NET looming, there is much confusion as to how much .NET is going to cost. This article attempts to explain the .NET developer product range and helps you decide what you need, and how much it's going to cost.
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(6/28/2005) ASP.NET
Introduction to ASP .NET (using Visual Basic .NET) is a free e-book aimed at programmers wanting to learn how to build web applications using Visual Studio .NET and ASP .NET. It is available for download as a PDF.
(6/22/2005) C#
The Domain Objects Persistence Pattern attempts to provide a solution for domain object mapping to the relational databases that decouples the domain objects from the persistence logic. This article provides a brief overview of the problems the pattern attempts to solve, and a sample implementation in C#, with discussion.
(8/29/2003) General
Jonathan Crossland has devised a nifty prototype that allows developers to mark classes for dynamic compilation using attributes.
(8/29/2003) Visual Studio.NET
AlachiSoft have announced the release of their O-R mapping and code generation tool, TierDeveloper. It's fully-integrated into VS.NET and a 30-day trial version is available.
(4/26/2003) General
EnCue Communications, a South African company, introduces its Voice.Net Suite, a SALT-compliant product offering based on the Microsoft .NET platform. enCue's SALT Browser, a voice-only subset of the SALT 1.0 specification, will be released in the next version of enCue Voice.Net Suite. It will be available as a telephony-based browser that runs on the server and a desktop browser suited for application development and testing. enCue's forthcoming Voice.Net Suite will also include a host of SALT based developer tools and pre-built applications, including an auto-attendant, voice dialer and directory service.
(2/17/2003) General
IntelliVIEW from Synaptris is an interactive reporting tool with full support for .NET. It allows grid reports and a variety of free-form reports to be integrated into your applications.
(12/4/2002) ASP.NET
The Cassini Web Server sample is a lightweight web server built using the System.Web.Hosting APIs provided in the .NET Framework.
(9/20/2002) Visual Studio.NET
Reliable data models for enterprise applications using DeKlarit for Visual Studio .NET (PDF)
(7/19/2002) Web Services
Amazon, the first major e-commerce player to do so, have made their book retail database available via web services. A SOAP interface is provided, so you can connect via .NET.
(6/28/2002) C#
C# Rapid DevKit (RDK), from Recursion Software, is an add-on to the .NET Framework SDK and features numerous new classes including C++-style data structures, such as queues, stacks and linked lists. The technology preview is available for download.
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