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By Eric Smith The configuration file concept in .NET makes it much easier to change runtime settings without having to recompile. These files hearken back to the days of .INI files in previous versions of Windows, long before the dreaded Registry. Although you can keep all your settings in the appSettings section, you also can add your own custom configuration sections to make your settings a bit more orderly and easy to find within a configuration file. This tip shows you how to build...

.NET offers a new way to administer code in corporate networks. Learn how it can save your organization time and money. by Jason Bock January 2003 Issue For this solution: .NET Framework ADVERTISEMENT O ne of the .NET Framework's big selling points is its focus on security, especially when it comes to policy management. Policy management is the practice of designing security configurations that maximize the user's experience with an application, without allowing that application access...

J2EE and .NET both offer Web services support. How do you decide which platform to use, and why it's best? by Eric Newcomer ADVERTISEMENT October 2002 Issue For this solution: Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) compliant application servers, Visual Studio .NET, ASP.NET, Web services, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) T he decade-old rivalry between Microsoft and Java development...

Discover how Windows .NET Server might help you jump-start development. by Dan Fox W ith the release of Windows .NET Server just around the corner, I'll address a couple of common questions regarding developing applications for Windows .NET Server. Q How will Windows .NET Server enable my team to develop .NET applications more effectively? A One of the design goals of Windows .NET Server was to make it the best platform to build and run XML Web services. To that end, Microsoft included...

Don't get confused by the .NET hype base your upgrade decision on more than just new and improved server features. by Barry Bloom For this solution: Windows .NET Server B efore you read this article, I need you to be honest with yourself and admit you're confused by Microsoft's .NET initiative. I know this is true, because of the response I received from my company's IT business decision makers when I recently planned our .NET strategy. Two common yet differing and sometimes incorrect...

New Active Directory features in Windows .NET Server could make the migration more attractive. by Stan Reimer December 2002 Issue For this solution: Windows .NET Server, Windows .NET Advanced Server, or Windows .NET Datacenter Server ADVERTISEMENT T he release of Windows 2000 Active Directory (AD) marked a radical departure from the Windows NT directory service, and it provides significant opportunities for companies to improve security and make management easier for their networks and...

HealthGate Data Corp. ports an already impressive legacy system to a .NET content-delivery system to keep 600+ hospitals up to date. by Ron Schwarz Executive Summary Company HealthGate Data Corp., an electronic publisher of medical information for the healthcare industry. Project Convert a legacy Web content-delivery system to a modern .NET implementation, while transitioning from an aggregator/reseller role to a primary content publisher and wholesale information distributor. Legacy...

Streamline .NET application development by establishing a common application-architecture framework for your organization. by Rao Chejarla September 2002 Issue For this solution: ADO.NET , ASP.NET Rao Chejarla D eveloping enterprise applications is a complex process. You can use the wide set of tools that are part of Microsoft's .NET technology to make this process faster and easier, but given .NET's sophistication, it can be difficult to select the most direct approach. Without...

Learn how .NET's remoting infrastructure can serve your enterprise development plans better than Web services do. by Don Browning ADVERTISEMENT November 2002 Issue For this solution: .NET Framework, Visual Studio .NET, .NET remoting, Web services M icrosoft made two announcements at the 2000 Professional Developer's Conference that changed the way the IT community thinks about development in general, and enterprise development in particular. The first was .NET, a development framework...

.NET applications are a sure thing for Windows, but it'll take cross platform expansion for Microsoft to compete in high-end enterprise accounts. by Mark Driver For this solution: .NET Framework, Java, C#, Linux, Mono I n last month's column, I compared .NET and Java and covered several issues related to how these platforms are becoming the de facto choices for the vast majority of new e-business-centric application development efforts. Because Java will be .NET's primary competition...