Learn how to properly integrate your custom .NET control into the Visual Studio .NET design environment with TypeConverters and UITypeEditors. The article includes two useful controls, a container ListView, and a complete, feature-loaded TreeListView.

Continue delving into the mysteries of the powerful .NET 2.0 Configuration framework, and learn how to write validated, type-safe, and performant configuration code.

Learn how to utilize the powerful new .NET 2.0 configuration features to simplify and centralize your configuration code.

Maximize your understanding of the .NET 2.0 configuration framework, avoid common pitfalls, and gain insight into the details of how configuration works in various scenarios and environments.

Provides a complete Solution and Project line counting and summary tool, written as a Visual Studio 2005/2008 Managed Add-in.

Class factories are a very useful and powerful design pattern that can facilitate the creation and use of classes without prior knowledge of what those classes are.