CodeGuru Update eNewsletter – July 5th, 2006

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CodeGuru Newsletter
July 5, 2006

http://www.CodeGuru.com


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TOPICS:



–> Editorial


–> Recently Published Books


–> New on
CodeGuru: 
     –
Articles
        ==> Data
Types
               
– Bit Flags Type Converter
        ==>
Design
               
– Creating a Simple Calculator with Microsoft Expression Interactive
Designer
        ==>
Networking
               
– Introduction to Network
Protocols
        ==> Tips &
Tricks
               
– Create a Custom Configuration Section in .NET
2.0
        ==> Web
Services
               
– A Windows Service Solution for Unreliable Web Services


–> Discussion Groups — HOT
Threads

        – Can a DLL truly
be used across linkers?
        – Using
the CFile to count the characters from a
file…
       – How to align strings in a
Static Text box?



–> Highlighted new articles on Developer.com

        1. Java EE 5 Performance
Management and Optimization
        2. The
Java Framework Landscape


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Comments
from the
Editor
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For those of you in the United States, I hope you had a fun-filled
Independence Day holiday. The Fourth of July is always a lot of fun in the
United States when it isn’t raining. This year was no exception!


Interested in writing a book review? I listed within the Feedback forum at
Codeguru a number of books that are available for review. We’ll send you one of
these if you are in the United States and if you agree to submit a review.
You’ll get to keep the book in exchange for submitting. The review should
help others at Codeguru know if the book is worth getting or if it should be
avoided. The list on the forum isn’t necessarily up to date, so feel free to ask
me if there are books on a topic you are interested in reviewing.


Until next week…


Brad!
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Bradley L. Jones
www.CodeGuru.com
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Recently
Published Books
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For those of you keeping up by reading books. The following are just a few of
the new books that have been recently released. If you’ve read any of these,
feel free to write a review to be posted on CodeGuru. See the submission
guidelines at :http://www.codeguru.com/review-guidelines.php  


–> Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team
System
      By Sam Guckenheimer for
Addison-Wesley
      260 pages for
$39.99
      http://books.internet.com/books/0321278720


–> Pro Visual Studio
2005
      By Jeff Levinson & David
Nelson for Apress
      520 pages for
$49.99
      http://books.internet.com/books/1590594606


–> Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005 T-SQL
Programming
      By Itzik Ben-Gan for
Microsoft Press
      520 pages for
$44.99  
      http://books.internet.com/books/0735621977


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New
& Updated Articles on
CodeGuru
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Following are short descriptions of new articles on CodeGuru.  If you
are interested in submitting your own article for inclusion on the site,
then you will find guidelines located at http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,fka1,909i,jorm,i5r0


This week’s CodeGuru posts:


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==> Data Types


– Bit Flags Type Converter
    By Serge
Gorbenko
Learn about an implementation of TypeConverter that allows you to
edit bit flags enumerations in PropertyGrid.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,2j54,f201,jorm,i5r0


==> Design


– Creating a Simple Calculator with Microsoft Expression Interactive
Designer
    By Marius Bancila
Use the Expression
Graphic Designer to create simple graphic elements used in the Expression
Interactive Designer to create a richer user interface for a simple calculator
application.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,94kg,6a0h,jorm,i5r0


==> Networking


– Introduction to Network Protocols
    By
Packt Publishing
The world of TCP/IP protocols can be confusing. Clear up
some issues here.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,1het,5okg,jorm,i5r0


==> Tips & Tricks


– Create a Custom Configuration Section in .NET
2.0
    By Eric Smith
Creating a custom
configuration section in your configuration class will make it more modular and
not reliant on the generic appSettings section in the configuration file.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,kmjx,14q8,jorm,i5r0


==> Web Services


– A Windows Service Solution for Unreliable Web
Services
    By Jeffrey Juday
Reliability is a big
issue in Internet Web services integration. Learn how to mitigate Web service
reliability problems by using an asynchronous messaging approach.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,g69f,btud,jorm,i5r0


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Discussion
Groups
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Check out the CodeGuru discussion forums at:


http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,bcr8,cx5j,jorm,i5r0


Forums include Visual C++, General C++, Visual Basic, Java, General
Technology, C#, ASP.NET, XML, Help Wanted, and  much, much, more!


… HOT THREADS …


Some of the current threads with the most activity are:


==> Can a DLL truly be used across
linkers?
        http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,2bhr,8a11,jorm,i5r0


==> Using the CFile to count the characters from a
file…
        http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,89l1,1ge8,jorm,i5r0


==> How to align strings in a Static Text
box?
        http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,bs31,8rc8,jorm,i5r0


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New
Articles on
Developer.com
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Below are some of the new articles that have been posted to Developer.com (http://www.developer.com).


1. Java EE 5 Performance Management and
Optimization
    By Steven Haines –
Make
performance and optimization a priority in building your application instead of
an afterthought.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,6b73,hgha,jorm,i5r0


2. The Java Framework Landscape
    By
Michael Nash –
Review a few frameworks available as open source, and observe
some of the techniques and patterns used when choosing frameworks and putting
frameworks to use.



http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2kd1,1,bixo,bzjj,jorm,i5r0


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