My seventh Toolbox column in the July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine is now available online. The July issue examines three products:
- IP*Works! - a .NET framework that includes a bevy of classes for performing network-level operations. Make HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, etc. requests from managed code; work with RSS feeds, make socket connections, and so on.
- r.a.d. controls - build slick ASP.NET user interfaces using telerik's r.a.d. controls suite. Includes a host of AJAX-enabled controls that are easy to add to your website and can greatly improve the design and usability
- Advanced Font Viewer - quickly examine what text looks like in a myriad of different fonts. Useful for comparing fonts in a side-by-side manner
I also reviewed Wei-Meng Lee's ASP.NET 2.0: A Developer's Notebook.
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