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If you ever use arrays or ArrayLists in your applications, consider using the built-in generics collections instead. The built-in generics collections are not only easier to use than arrays, but they allow you to limit the data type of the items that are in the collection. This provides type-safety, meaning that a compile-time error is generated if the code attempts to put something in the collection that is not of the correct type. It can also improve the performance of the application, limiting conversion of data types...

Yet another highly useful but underappreciated feature of .NET 2.0? How about the FTPWebRequest and FtpWebResponse classes? These nifty classes let you built FTP file access right into your applications. See how it's done with this handy photo viewer example.

A simple progam to drawing fractal Trees

Example application working with the VS2005 Web browser control

Learn about VB.NET data types, variable naming, default values according to type, and access levels.

Discussion of securing text in an application. The example project contains a SecureString wrapper to make working with SecureString easier, and a textbox that directly manipulates a SecureString.

This month Ken Getz writes a demo-creation system for Windows-based applications, which he calls a switchboard.

Spice up your interfaces by taking full advantage of the Pen and Brush classes capabilities in the .NET Framework. Learn to create dashed and striped lines, control line joins, and use brushes to create interesting patterns and gradients.

How to gain access to the DataGridViewComboBoxEditingControl's properties, methods and events.

This is a dialog window that allows filtering a datagridview. It can build filters with any depth of parentheses.