Special Focus issue on Visual Studio ExtensibilityTable of Contents:*) Have You Xiine It?*) Welcome Letter from the VSX Team*) History of the VS IDE*) Introduction to the Visual Studio 2008 Shell*) How XML Tools Use the Visual Studio SDK*) Visual Studio SDK Tips and Tricks*) Creating and Distributing Packages with the Visual Studio SDK*) Domain-Specific Development in Visual Studio*) Creating Visual Studio Add-Ins*) Learning the Visual Studio SDK with VSSDK Assist*) VSMessenger: Taking the Extensibility Plunge*) XPathmania: Extending the XML Editor in Visual Studio 2005For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This issue covers development on Tablet PCs and Mobile Windows PCsThis is the ad-free version of this publication.Table of Contents:*) The Modern World of Mobility*) Welcome Letter from the Tablet PC Team*) Introduction to Tablet PC Development*) Ink Recognition and Ink Analysis*) Get Control and Performance with the Real Time Stylus API*) Ink on the Web*) Ink And The Database*) Scaling and Hit-Testing in Ink Applications*) Know Your Networks*) Power To The People*) Data Access for Partially Connected Applications*) Unveiling Windows SideShow*) Into the FutureFor more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This issue features the first ever published in-depth technical information about Visual Studio Codename “Whidbey” and SQL Server codename “Yukon”.Table of Contents:*) Toys, Toys, Toys*) An Introduction to Visual Studio .NET Whidbey*) Exploring New WinForm Controls in VS .NET Whidbey*) Touring Base Class Library Enhancements*) Creating User-Defined Data Types in Yukon*) Creating Web Sites with ASP.NET Whidbey*) Three Cool New Features in C#For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This issue features the first ever published in-depth technical information about Visual Studio Codename “Whidbey” and SQL Server codename “Yukon”.Table of Contents:*) Toys, Toys, Toys*) An Introduction to Visual Studio .NET Whidbey*) Exploring New WinForm Controls in VS .NET Whidbey*) Touring Base Class Library Enhancements*) Creating User-Defined Data Types in Yukon*) Creating Web Sites with ASP.NET Whidbey*) Three Cool New Features in C#For more information, visit www.codemag.com

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This special edition of CODE Focus covers Database AccessibilityTable of Contents:*) Welcome Letter*) An Entity Data Model for Relational Data Part I: Defining the Entity Data Model*) An Entity Data Model for Relational Data Part II: Mapping an Entity Data Model to a Relational Store*) Programming Against the ADO.NET Entity Framework*) Rich Query for DataSet- An Introduction to LINQ to DataSet*) LINQ to Relational Data: Who’s Who?*) Browsing Windows Live Expo with LINQ to XML*) ADO.NET Data Services*) Caching with SQL Server Compact and the Microsoft Sync Framework for ADO.NET*) Introducing the Microsoft Sync Framework: Next Generation Synchronization Framework*) What’s New in SQL Server 2008?*) Programming SQL Server 2008*) Use SQL CLR 2.0-Advancing CLR Integration in SQL Server 2008*) Visual Studio 2008: RAD Gets RADer*) The Data Dude Meets Team Build*) XML Tools in Visual Studio 2008*) ODBC Rocks!*) TESLA: Democratizing the CloudFor more information, visit www.c (more…)