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.NET Internals and Native Compiling

by Daniel Pistelli

An article about .NET internals and native compiling.

.NET Platform Invoke Paradigm in Java (J/Invoke)

by Vitaly Shelest

Describes an SDK that enables direct Java calls to export functions from regular DLL modules

.NET/Java Interoperability using Service Interface and DTO Architecture Patterns

by asheesh goja

This article shows you how to build a simple cross-platform interoperation solution between .NET and Java using the Service Interface and Data Transfer Object (DTO) architecture patterns

32-Bit or 64-bit OS ??

by GPUToaster™

A simple way to detect bitness of an OS Programatically. (C# and C++ examples given)

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.NET Internals and Native Compiling

by Daniel Pistelli

An article about .NET internals and native compiling.

.NET Platform Invoke Paradigm in Java (J/Invoke)

by Vitaly Shelest

Describes an SDK that enables direct Java calls to export functions from regular DLL modules

.NET/Java Interoperability using Service Interface and DTO Architecture Patterns

by asheesh goja

This article shows you how to build a simple cross-platform interoperation solution between .NET and Java using the Service Interface and Data Transfer Object (DTO) architecture patterns

32-Bit or 64-bit OS ??

by GPUToaster™

A simple way to detect bitness of an OS Programatically. (C# and C++ examples given)

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.NET Internals and Native Compiling

by Daniel Pistelli

An article about .NET internals and native compiling.

.NET Platform Invoke Paradigm in Java (J/Invoke)

by Vitaly Shelest

Describes an SDK that enables direct Java calls to export functions from regular DLL modules

.NET/Java Interoperability using Service Interface and DTO Architecture Patterns

by asheesh goja

This article shows you how to build a simple cross-platform interoperation solution between .NET and Java using the Service Interface and Data Transfer Object (DTO) architecture patterns

5 Tips to Get the Most out of Your Cloud Infrastructure

by Alibaba Cloud

Here are five top tips from our expert team to help you maximize the benefits of your cloud infrastructure.

A basic Virtual Machine for Experimentation

by Include123

A basic Virtual Machine for experimentation.

A Comparative Study of Java and C#

by gspatwal

A brief article comparing and contrasting the features of Java and C#.

A Complete Scriptable ActiveX Web Control Tutorial Using ATL

by Arif Zaman

An article on a Scriptable ActiveX Web Control using ATL.

A simple Switch Framework for the Visual Studio prompt and the devenv command

by jonnynolimits

A library for creating custom switches for the devenv command prompt (extensibility example).

All About .NET

by Jason Clark

Just what is .NET? Jason Clark gives an overview of .NET and what it means to you as a developer.

An extendable report editor

by RockmanZero

An extendable report editor. You can simply add your own controls without recompiling the program or writing annoying plug-ins.

An Introduction to Java GUI Programming

by logicchild

An article to launch the beginner into the world of Java GUI programming

Analysis of the compiled CIL (Part 1)

by GaryWoodfine

Analysis of the CIL generated by the .net compiler for 4 Languages in VS 2005

Analyzing Windows Crash Dump Files

by logicchild

An article that focuses on how to analyze a crash dump file.

Application Virtualization for Developers

by Artem A. Razin

In March 2011, Virtualization Technologies released a new version of the developer library that makes it possible to use virtualization in applications.

ASiRC - Asim Internet Relay Chat Client

by Asim_Abbasi

Learn to implement RFC using Visual Basic as in the project we have implemented two RFC for Internet Relay Chat.

ASP.NET Report Kit Grasshoper (Race to Linux)

by osohare

Porting and deploying the report starter kit to Linux (RH7.3/Tomcat5.0.28/Grasshoper1.61)

Automating VMWare Tasks in C# with the VIX API

by dB.

A VMWare C# tasks library.

Basic x86-32bit Formatted String Exploits in Linux - Part 1

by Oscar-Tark

A basic formatted string exploit shows you how small errors in programming with the printf function can be a lethal weapon for hackers looking to compromise a system.

Beginning ASP.NET using VB.NET

by Wrox

This chapter will provide you with a step-by-step introduction to ASP.NET using VB.NET.

Beginning Operating System Development, Part One

by 0x3c0

Introduction and environment setup

BizTalk The Practical Course Code

by Moustafa Refaat

Code Sample and a sample chapter from Book BizTalk The Practical Course

Browsing XML/XSL/XSD with HTA/Scripting Runtime

by Dmitry Khudorozhkov

This article presents an XML/XSL/XSD browsing and validation tool, a shining example of how various technologies like Shell scripting, Scripting Runtime, or HTA can be put together to aid programmers in rapid development of powerful script-based applications.

BSOD Saver - Blue Screen of Death Screen Saver

by nbugalia

A screen saver simulating blue screen of death and Windows XP restart

Build a Linux-based communication server for Windows clients using C#

by Laurence Moroney

You can build Java console applications that will run on any Java-enabled platform. Using this, and the power of the System.Net namespace, inlcuding the TcpClient class, you can create distributed applications that use a Linux server and Windows Forms clients that interoperate, thanks to Grasshopper

Building a Programming Language: Part II (Adding Conditions, Loop and Blocks to BrainLess)

by BrainlessLabs.com

In this article, we will discuss implementing conditional statements, loops and blocks.

Building a Windows Phone 7 Puzzle Game

by Daniel Vaughan

Get a head start with the new Windows Phone 7 developer tools. Learn how to create a Sokoban game in Silverlight for the WP7 platform.

Building Better Test Data with SQL Provision

by Redgate Software

This article presents a method that allows us to use SQL Provision to build consistent, compliant, useful databases, on demand, for development and test environments.

Building useful HomeStation from ugly Debian

by Martin Radu

How to install Debian with MATE Desktop Environment and setting it up.

Bypassing PatchGuard 3

by Christoph Husse

This article shows how to bypass PatchGuard 3 on the latest windows versions.

Bypassing Windows XP Logon Password using bootkit

by fhrdina

An article on Windows XP logon process modification

C# Code profiling

by Vincent DUVERNET (Nolmë Informatique)

Optimize your code

Cloud and the Era of AR/VR Technology: What's Next

by Alibaba Cloud

Cloud and the Era of AR/VR Technology: What's Next

Code .NET 2.0; Build Java; Run Linux

by Philippe_Cohen, RoyOsherove

We all know and love Microsoft Visual Studio, but did you know that you can use it to build server and Web applications that run on Linux and other Java EE-enabled platforms? Here’s how…

Connecting SharePoint to Windows Azure with Silverlight Web Parts

by Steve_Fox

How to integrate SharePoint apps with cloud-based technologies.

Conscript IDE: An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) implementation for the Conscript scripting language

by Colin Vella

The third and final article in the Conscript .NET scripting engine article series.

Conscript: An embeddable, compiled scripting language for .NET

by Colin Vella

An API for enhancing any .NET application with a scripting language

Converting , extracting preview image in asp.net via ffmpeg

by sadegh hsn

how to use ffmpeg

Debatching Large Messages and Extending Flatfile Pipeline Disassembler Component in Biztalk 2006

by Selvan

This article aims at explaining the basics of custom flatfile disassembler

Debug Tutorial Part 6: Navigating The Kernel Debugger

by Toby Opferman

Learn the basics of the kernel debugger.

Deploy Node.js Application Running on Microsoft IIS 10 To Docker's Windows Server Core 2016 Containers

by Arthur V. Ratz

In this brief article, we will demonstrate how to deploy a Node.js application and run it on Docker's Windows Server Core 2016 Containers

Designing a Windows Control - Part 1

by Andreas Saurwein

How to design a commercial quality Windows control

Detect Internet Network Availability

by stevenmcohn

Detect network availability, specifically to the Internet, and monitor status changes

Develop a Mono application for the XO laptop

by Lionel LASKE

Learn how to develop an application for the XO laptop - the OLPC project's machine - using Mono on Sugar OS.

Develop Your Own Operating System in C# or VB.NET

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Develop your own operating system using C# (or VB.NET, etc.) and Visual Studio!

Development Standards

by Soumyajit Halder

This article describes the .NET standard approach for software development

Dockerize A Simple Web-Application Created By Using Python, Flask and PostgreSQL

by Arthur V. Ratz

Create a Python web-app using Flask and PostgreSQL server, and run it in Docker

Driver Development Part 6: Introduction to Display Drivers

by Toby Opferman

Introduction to the Windows display driver model.

Driver Loader [DLoad] from Scratch

by csrss

A tool for loading device drivers

Effective Java

by Addison-Wesley

This chapter concerns creating and destroying objects: when and how to create them, when and how to avoid creating them, how to ensure they are destroyed in a timely manner, and how to manage any cleanup actions that must precede their destruction.

Ela, functional programming language

by Basil Voronkov

Description of an interpreted functional programming language implemented solely in .NET/C#.

Embedding a JavaBean in a MFC-Dialog

by Doga Arinir

Embedding a JavaBean without using Sun's ActiveX-Bridge.

Enumerating processes on NT/Win9x

by moliate

A simple class encapsulating tlhelp32 and PSAPI

Espresso- Java & .NET Native Interoperability - Part I

by Guy Balteriski

This article describes a high-performing interoperability solution between the Java platform and the .NET Framework. The suggested solution does not replace the Java Virtual Machine or the .NET Framework runtime, instead, your JVM or .NET are each hosted within the opposing runtime environment

Essential C# 2.0: Chapter 11: Generics

by Addison-Wesley

Generics will significantly transform C# 1.0 coding style. In virtually all cases in which programmers used object within C# 1.0 code, generics would be a better choice in C# 2.0 to the extent that object should act as a flag for a possible generics implementation.

Excerpt from JavaFX Developer's Guide

by Addison-Wesley

This chapter provides a high-level overview of JavaFX, from the core JavaFX platform to the tools that you can use to build and deploy JavaFX applications.

Facing .NET Technical Interviews: Part 1

by Mukesh Kumar Gupta

A brief preparation on technical stuff for interviews on .NET.

Fundamentals of IDisposable (and some best practices)

by Room2Shroom

For the beginning .NET coder, who does not know OOP well. The article discusses the basics of IDisposable and attempts to show it’s underling simplicity.

Fundamentals of SharePoint Web Parts (Part I)

by _alank

An article on Programming and Deploying SharePoint Web Parts

Fundamentals of SharePoint Web Parts (Part II: Deployment Methods)

by _alank

An article on Programming and Deploying WSS Web Part

FUSE(file system in userspace) for Microsoft-SQL using C#

by martin.nedopil

Map your database table as network disk

Hacking the Mono C# Compiler.

by Stefan Savev 2

Describes how to dump information from the C# parse tree

Hints and Tips for Effective Porting

by Laurence Moroney

If you want to run the 'Race to Linux' or if you simply want to migrate your existing ASP.NET applications to run on J2EE or Linux, and you weren't sure where to get started – then this article is for you!

Home Made Java Virtual Machine

by Maruf Maniruzzaman

Functional java virtual machine - can run java applications for most of the instructions.

How the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Works

by Bikash Shaw

How the Java Virtual Machine Works: Inside the JVM.

How to access SmartCards simply and effectively

by dotnfc

Using a set of classes to access SmartCard readers, to test SmartCards via scripts - even to transmit APDUs one by one.

How to configure PDF iFilter for SharePoint Server 2010 or Search Server 2010

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

Steps to install and configure PDF iFilter on SharePoint Server 2010 or Search Server Express 2010

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

How to Install and Configure SharePoint Server 2010 RTM

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

This article describes step by step details of how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010 RTM

How to Setup an Environment for MOSS

by Rana Salman Rashid

http://ranasalman.blogspot.com

How to Sysprep Windows 2008 Servers

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

The way we use to Sysprep windows machine are changed in Windows Server 2008. I should admit that it's lot simpler and less painful to Sysprep Windows Server 2008 than any of the previous versions of Windows.

How to Use Microsoft's Driver Verifier to Interpret Unanalyzable Crash Dump Files

by logicchild

An article that explains how to use the Driver Verifier tool to analyze crash dump files.

HTML 4.01 Programmer's Reference - Chapter 1: Introduction

by Wrox

Using the <object> tag to embed functionality into your web pages.

I/O port sniffer

by cyb70289

An I/O port sniffer using hardware debug registers.

Implementation of spamd client (spamc) in VB.NET

by Michal Altair Valášek

.NET implementation of SpamAssassin's network client.

Implementing a memory efficient search tree for a wordlist

by Silviu Simen

This article describes a method of storing a wordlist into a compressed form while providing a relatively quick word lookup functionality.

Injective Code inside Import Table

by Ashkbiz Danehkar

An introduction to injection the code into Import Table of Portable Executable file format, which is called API redirection technique.

Instantly Increase the Value of your Windows Application

by gricardi

As users are migrating from traditional desktops to mobile devices, transitioning your Windows application to the web is the next step to increasing your exposure. Thinfinity VirtualUI delivers your Windows applications to users on any device, anywhere.

Integrating Lua into C++

by RichardS

An article about embedding the Lua scripting language with C++ objects.

Integrating Visual C++, Java and Assembly

by Zeeshan Amjad

This article shows a way of integrating Java, C++ and Assembler

Intel Business Client Platforms

by Russel Beutler

Whether you’re developing for unmanaged small business, or enterprise-level IT departments, 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ processor-based PC and mobile platforms are designed to help you meet the needs of your customers.

Interoperability between a Java Virtual Machine and the CLR

by Vivek Srivastava SSE

With IKVM, you can run compiled Java code (byte code) directly on Microsoft .NET or Mono. The byte code is converted on the fly to CIL and executed.

Introduction to .NET

by Kashif Manzoor

The article introduces Microsoft's .NET framework and compares it to Sun's J2EE

Introduction to Remote Administration and Monitoring Systems

by csrss

Introduction to Remote Administration and Monitoring Systems

Java to JavaScript Communication

by Jeremiah Talkar

Give Java applets a second chance (as COM style binary components)

Kport Part 2: Direct Access I/O Ports under Win NT/2000/XP

by Guerino Palacios

Now, with full code in VC++ 6 and more explication.

Microsoft .NET Kick Start Chapter 3: Programming with .NET

by Sams Publishing

An introduction to programming with .NET.

Microsoft Visual C++ Static and Dynamic Libraries

by ShaneMcDonald

A simple introduction to static and dynamic libraries with Microsoft Visual C++.

Moving Data between Managed Code and Unmanaged Code – Alternative Using C++ and IJW

by Oren Zeev-Ben-Mordehai

Moving data between Managed Code and Unmanaged Code – Alternative using C++ and IJW

Moving to Windows Vista x64

by Daniel Pistelli

An article about x64 and Windows Vista

Must Know CDN Skillsets for Server Engineers

by Alibaba Cloud

This article uses to case studies to highlight must have skillsets for server engineers working with CDN.

Myotragus Tuples - Automatizing NHibernate Composite Keys

by Erich Ledesma

Automatic creation of equality members (Equals and GetHashCode).

Observable property pattern, memory leaks, and weak delegates for .NET

by Alexey A. Popov

This article is dedicated to the observable property design pattern, a very nice pattern used in the Microsoft .NET Framework, a possible memory leak problem with it, and gives a couple of ways to solve it.

Operating System Development - Part 1

by Maruf Maniruzzaman

Environment settings for OS development

Optimizing a High-Performance Computing Tool

by Redgate Software

A Research Engineer experiences unexpected slow-downs in his cutting-edge application. Find out what he did to speed-up his program. He learned some valuable lessons on the way. Read his story.

OU Transporter

by Doug Wyrembek

A simple console utility to export the OU structure from one domain, and import it into another. It may also be used to specify an arbitrary OU structure to be created in any domain.

Parallel programming on PlayStation 3 (Cell architecture) by example: Puzzle solving

by Dragos Sbirlea

A bird's eye view of the programming model for the new PlayStation 3 console and an interesting example of useful concurrency.

Parasoft Service Virtualization – Create Intelligent Test Environments

by Dirk_Strauss

Parasoft Service Virtualization – Create Intelligent Test Environments

Parsing Expression Grammar Support for C# 3.0 Part 1 - PEG Lib and Parser Generator

by Martin.Holzherr

Introduction to the parsing method PEG with library and parser generator

Performance Testing of ASP.NET Website

by Ravi Karia

This article explains performance testing of ASP.NET website using VSTS 2008

Pervasive® DataRush™: A Description of the Highly Parallel Dataflow Framework

by Pervasive Software

A Pervasive Software Architecture White Paper

Piracy and Unconventional Wisdom

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

As software developers, piracy is something that affects us all. You might not see it directly if you work for a large company but you still have an interest in who is using your company's software. If you work for a small company or are a solo developer, piracy hits a lot closer to home.

Redmond Again - Part 3

by Chris Maunder

CodeProject, again, Does Redmond.

RemoteInstall: Automated Testing of Windows Installers on VMWare Infrastructure

by dB.

A framework for testing Windows installers with some help from virtualization.

Search As You Type in C#

by Tim Corey

Learn how to use ADO.NET objects to create a Google-like auto-search for your WinForms grid

Securing WCF Services with Certificates

by Jason Hodges

An article that describes how to secure WCF services using X.509 certificates issued from a certificate authority.

Setting up a full fledged kernel debug environment for Windows Kernel Drivers using a single server

by Rajkumar-Kannan

This article helps users to setup a full fledged debug environment for Windows device drivers using a Virtual Machine (VMware). The user need not have to configure a debugger and debugee and connect them with null modem cables.

Setting up an Open Source tool chain

by metcarob

This article shares my experiences setting up an Open Source tool chain for developing C++ applications.

Setup and Install SharePoint 2007 Server (MOSS) on Virtual PC

by Mohamed Faizal

This article describes how to setup and Install SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) server on Vitrual PC

Simple Method of DLL Export without C++/CLI

by Dark Daskin

Article describes how to build an assembly that exposes functions to unmanaged code without C++/CLI

Skills and Concepts to Program in C++

by Nader Omar

Learn the Skills and Concepts to Program in C++ for Beginner & Intermediate/step by step

Software Architecture Review Guidelines

by Alexander Nowak

This text tries to bring together elements a reviewer can use in his/her software architecture review.

Squarified Treemaps in XAML & C# using Microsoft Longhorn

by Jonathan Hodgson

Data visualisation using squarified treemaps.

Statistical parsing of English sentences

by Richard Northedge

Shows how to generate parse trees for English language sentences, using a C# port of OpenNLP, a statistical natural language parsing library.

The CLR, and How It Works for Interoperation

by logicchild

An explantion of the CLR and its use of certain base classes for interoperation.

The Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

by Kashif Manzoor

The article discusses interpreters, compilers, the JVM and the CLR

The Intel Assembly Manual

by Michael Chourdakis

All in one: x86, x64, Virtualization, multiple cores, along with new additions

The Real, Protected, Long mode assembly tutorial for PCs

by Michael Chourdakis

Immerse yourself in system programming!

The Secret to Success on IoT for Business

by Alibaba Cloud

Connected devices – popularly known as the Internet of Things (IoT) or ubiquitous computing - represent a tremendous potential for the enhancement of social and business life, and a brand new frontier for market growth

TOOL

by RedZenBird

TOOL (Tiny Object Oriented Language) is an easily-embedded, object-oriented, C++-like-language interpreter. The purpose of this article is to introduce the TOOL interpreter and language from the perspective of a person who has a desire to include a scripting solution as part of his project.

Twiggery Scripting Language

by paladin_t

Twiggery Scripting Language

Type casting impact over execution performance in C#

by Emilio Guijarro

This article analyzes the most common type casting situations in C# and the compiler behaviour in them.

Use Twiggery as JavaME Game Scripting Language

by paladin_t

Use Twiggery as JavaME Game Scripting Language

Using a Vista Sidebar Gadget to Consume an Image Feed

by Mark J. Miller

The goal of this article will take you through the process of creating a Vista Sidebar Gadget for the first time

Using Java Classes in your .NET Application

by Chayan

IKVM.NET is an open source implementation of Java for Mono /Microsoft .NET Framework and makes it possible both to develop .NET applications in Java, and to use existing Java APIs and libraries in applications written in any .NET language.

Using Memory Mapped Files and JNI to communicate between Java and C++ programs

by Stanley Wang

An article on inter-process communication between Java and Java, Java and C++ programs.

Using SQL Compare in database-driven website development

by Richard Mitchell

Richard Mitchell and Steven Davidson, the developers on the project, describe how they used Red Gate's database schema-comparison tool, SQL Compare, as an integral part of their project environment when overhauling Red Gate's ASP.NET based website

Using V8 - Google's Chrome JavaScript Virtual Machine

by GabrielWF

Tutorial and sample explaining how to use the V8 virtual machine inside your application.

Virtualization for System Programmers

by Michael Chourdakis

Curious on how you create a hypervisor app? Read mode!

Vista themed Owner-Drawn and Full-Custom Push/Menu/Image Buttons

by ied

Classes reproducing Vista fading transitions & animated glowing-default-state effects

Visual Studio .NET IDE for Linux!

by Laurence Moroney

We all know and love the Visual Studio .NET® IDE, but did you know that you can use it to build server applications that run on Linux®? Discover how with Visual MainWin® for J2EE™ from Mainsoft.

Webserver Security Check

by Elmue

This article contains a security check script and describes how to secure Windows and Linux webservers against hackers.

What is: chroot – The System Call and Utility in Linux

by setevoy4

The chroot() Linux system call explanation and the chroot utility usage examples

When Memory Writes Are Slower Than Disk Writes

by daylightdj

When is writing to memory slower than writing to disk? When it's VB 6

Windows Azure Drives: Part 1: Configure and Mounting at Startup of Web Role Lifecycle

by jeff00seattle

An approach for providing Windows Azure Drives (a.k.a. XDrive) to any cloud-based web applications through RoleEntryPoint callback methods and exposing successful mounting results within an environment variable through Global.asax callback method derived from the HttpApplication base class.

Windows Azure Storage

by Not Active

A simple look at what Windows Azure Storage is and how it can be used

Windows Virtual Machine screen saver

by Squirrel Twirler

A Windows version of a cool Linux screen saver.

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 1

by Rajkumar-Kannan

This article introduces the readers to Windows Managment Instrumentation and how to write WMI client code using C#

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 2

by Rajkumar-Kannan

In the second part of this article, I primarily focus on using WMI and C# to develop routines that can manage a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 3

by Rajkumar-Kannan

In this article, we move on and explore topics like Exporting and Importing Virtual Machines.

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 4

by Rajkumar-Kannan

This article further dives deeper into useful utility functions that can help you build powerful WMI based applications.

Wrap Panel Virtualization

by H. S. Masud

WrapPanel doesn't support virtualization. But we can improve the performance by simulating virtualization.

Writing a Parental Control Software for Windows

by Pascal Ganaye

Writing a parental control software: The beginning of the adventure

XSLT Programmer's Reference 2nd Edition

by Wrox

This chapter is about the purpose of XSLT and the task it was designed to perform.