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How to create CSS style sheets for printing

October 28, 2010 1:46pm PDT

Learn how to use CSS to make a printed page look as good as your on-screen page. Justin James shows you what he did to make this work for one of his development projects.

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Learning iOS as an Android developer

February 14, 2013 7:52am PST

Android developer Chiu-Ki Chan learned iOS to develop her Heart Collage app on both platforms. Find out her overall impressions of iOS development.

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Learn the best way to combine strings in VB.NET

May 25, 2006 2:22pm PDT

Irina Medvinskaya explains why you should usually opt for using the & operator over the + operator to combine strings. She also provides a simple example of how to combine stings in VB.NET.

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What you need to know about automatic property synthesis

November 12, 2012 1:11pm PST

Much of the mundane coding we used to do when setting up ivars and properties can now be completely eliminated, but you should understand why.

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The app developer top 5: Why PaaS is a liberating choice

April 11, 2013 12:00pm PDT

Guest contributor Bill Platt cites the top 5 reasons app developers are turning to PaaS to solve some core challenges.

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Move and resize controls on a VB.NET form

February 1, 2007 8:00am PST

When you need to be able move and appropriately resize the controls on a Visual Basic .NET form, Irina Medvinskaya suggests that you use the Anchor property. Find out why in this tip

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How do I... Serialize a hash table in C# when the application requires it?

October 1, 2007 12:24pm PDT

Unfortunately the .NET Framework does not allow serialization of any object that implements the IDictionary interface. This restriction includes, but is not limited to, hash tables. I, like many...

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Exert control and defrag from the command line in Windows 7

May 18, 2011 10:55am PDT

Using the options available from the command line version of the Windows 7 defragmentation utility you have much more control over the maintenance of your storage devices.

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10 web design tragedies

November 23, 2011 9:43am PST

Todd Fluhr found ten websites to represent some of the worst design tragedies on the Internet -- from sites of the well-known (J.K. Rowling and George E.R. Martin) to the obscure.

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Create graphics applications with Java 3D

December 19, 2007 7:57am PST

The Java 3D API allows you to develop 3D graphics applications that have a high degree of visual realism. This article describes a scene that is constructed using a scene graph, which is...

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10 immutable laws of mistakes

August 2, 2011 2:11pm PDT

Mistakes are inevitable. But as Allan Norton explains, certain laws govern how we deal with them, learn from them, conceal them, and even profit from them.

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Monitor and manage Java applications with JConsole

May 31, 2008 12:00am PDT

JDK 5.0 and JDK 6.0 include the Java Monitoring & Management Console tool, also known as JConsole. Read about JConsole's usage options, and find out how JConsole changed from JDK 5 to JDK 6.

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Use VBA to return the current version number of any Office application

September 30, 2009 12:00am PDT

If you're running more than one version of Microsoft Office, you need this simple VBA procedure.

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Five common programming mistakes

September 12, 2012 8:47pm PDT

Justin James describes (and even confesses to committing some) programming gaffes and explains why these particular behaviors can be problematic.

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Three tips for writing an effective cover letter

July 31, 2009 4:32am PDT

Some experts think that the introductory note you include with your resume is even more important than the resume. Here are three tips for making your cover letter more dynamic.

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Raspberry Pi: Five ways business can use it

May 9, 2012 6:58am PDT

The $40 Linux computer is a tempting replacement for expensive, high-end machines in a number of business tasks.

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10 skills for developers to focus on in 2012

January 23, 2012 10:57am PST

Quick: Throw out last year's list of must-learn dev skills -- it's already obsolete. This new list will help you rethink your skill set to avoid falling behind.

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How do I... Get user input using the MessageBox object in C#?

October 23, 2007 8:20am PDT

For .NET developers, the MessageBox can be a very handy way to display a short message to users, but it can also be a great too to gather user input. Using the MessageBox in this way helps your...

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How do I... Control the format of HTML lists with CSS?

October 15, 2007 6:58am PDT

CSS offers a large number of list bullet style properties and supports using custom images for list bullets and creating horizontal lists. This tutorial discusses CSS properties that offer new...

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.NET basic technologies overview

March 3, 2011 1:01pm PST

Justin James is going to back to basics with his .NET series. Any developer who is new to the .NET ecosystem will want to start with this introduction.

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