How do you to Access Data? Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. This issue will look at accessing data. Always a major theme in any serious software applications. This will be illustrated with the Entity Framework in Visual Studio. The other day, I realised with shock that I have been teaching developers data access […]

Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. This issue will look at how to work better with IT. This follows on from our January newsletter on what makes a good programmer. CONTENTS A Developer’s Lot Manage Time and Tasks Accelerated Learning for Developers How About a Training Course? Other Bits   A Developer’s Lot A

Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. This issue will look at what makes a good programmer. Join Linked In discussion  What Makes a Good Programmer? Software drives the world. Developers are back in high demand in the UK. But the supply is limited. Is it education, experience or just talent? Are males better than

Download the Visual Studio 2010 solutions for this tutorial. To open each project double-click on the solution file which is located in the solution folder. List of Contents Lab 1 – Classes and Objects Lab 2 – Inside Methods Lab 3 – Debugging Lab 4 – Inheritance Lab 5 – Operator Overloading Lab 6 –

IT Background I first started programming at school. This was in the computer Stone Age, when you had to save programs on paper tape punched with holes. I enjoyed this so much that I went on to study Computer Science at Sussex University. I then got a job with ICL working on mainframe computer operating

What Is It This web based tool will provide state-of-the-art technical training. Initially courses will be offered in Microsoft .Net and SQL Server, but this can later be extended to other IT & non-IT subjects. The first step is to research the competition by looking similar tools, such as at existing IT e-learning websites. The

ASP.NET Security? I am building a ASP.NET application. I want to understand which areas of the solutions would needs security and how can we accomplish this with inbuilt security features in ASP.NET. ASP.Net provides a number of ways of securing applications as part of its inbuilt membership and personalisation system. These allow you to restrict

A Question on Object Orientation from a .Net Forum And David Ringsell’s answers How can I connect to a table in a SQL Server database? There are several ways for an application to connect to a table in a SQL Server database. The most basic approach, with an ASP.Net web form, is to use the

Which is better C# or VB? I’m just curious why a lot of companies prefer C# to VB. I first worked with B.A.S.I.C over 40 years ago at school. So learning Visual Basic and VB.Net was fairly easy. These days I prefer C#.  Also, as a Microsoft trainer and consultant my clients more often request

I need to know about design patterns. Has anyone used any design patterns in their application(s)/project(s)? Which one’s the most commonly used? A good design pattern makes it easier to design, write and maintain software. It is only a structured way of programming that leads to a robust architecture. The benefits include: Adaptable software; e.g.