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Dare to Use the Current Capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:30:00 EDT

The Windows Presentation Foundation community is growing because WPF facilitates the development of better graphical user interfaces and graphical applications. But WPF's tri-dimensional resources are not developed compared to DirectX’s capabilities and existing hardware potential. This article will explain how to develop panels to make it easier to lay out tri-dimensional figures in a Viewport3D.

Dealing With The C# 2.0 Genericity

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:30:00 EST

The forthcoming .NET 2.0 Framework will introduce new important features. One of those features is genericity. Genericity is not really a new concept. It has been included in some previous languages as ADA, C++, Eiffel, and in the mathematical model of abstract data types (ADT). However, the C# 2.0 notation for genericity (see the first entry in the References section), the integration of genericity in the .NET type system, the efficient implementation of genericity in the CLR-JIT process, and the new generic features included in the reflection mechanism will strengthen .NET programmers' output.

Including Assertions in .NET Assemblies

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:00:00 EDT

.NET assemblies are superior to previous component technologies because they seamlessly provide multilingual support; introduce an excellent synergy between code and metadata; and inspire confidence through a strong type system and the .NET security policy.