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Breezing To Visu al Basic 4.0
The odds favor a relatively painless transition from Microsoft's VB 3.0. It all depends on how you coded 3.0 apps.

NT Porting 'Gotchas'
Enterprise applications may have some unique performance and security requirements for those trying to port Unix to NT.

Applications Development Archives:

C++: The Whole Enchilada (March 25, 1996)
Borland and IBM deliver feature-rich development environments.

Visual Age Dawning (March 25, 1996)
IBM VP John Swainson discusses acquisition of OTI and use of Visual Age.

Legacy Systems Live On (March 25, 1996)
Some IS professionals reuse legacy code in client-server development projects.

News Briefs (March 25, 1996)
Poet, Discover 4.0, Vivid Resolution 1.0, and XDB Software.

Web Servers Meet Databases (March 11, 1996)
Electronic commerce fuels the creation of a critical business tool.

Platform Crossings (March 11, 1996)
How to minimize the complexities of porting Unix applications to NT.

Turbocharged Windows (March 11, 1996)
PowerBasic's PB/DLL compiles 16-bit Windows applications that can run five times faster than usual.

A Whole New Virtual World (Feb. 26, 1996)
Pragmatism prevails as organizations opt for less-than-perfect software.

MKS Toolkit For Windows (Feb. 26, 1996)
A first look at Mortice Kern's utilities, which perform like Unix counterparts.

At The Speed Of Light (Feb. 26, 1996)
Paradigm's Vega 2.0 rendering software offers some tangible benefits.

Microsoft's Answer To Java (Feb. 26, 1996)
Cornelius Willis discusses VB Script.

'Good Enough' Is Good Enough (Feb. 12, 1996)
Pragmatism prevails as organizations opt for less-than-perfect software.

First Look: VisualWave (Feb. 12, 1996)
ParcPlace-Digitalk's development tool allows users to build apps that can run on multiple platforms--including the Web.

Java 1.0 Makes A Splash (Feb. 12, 1996)
Sun's JavaSoft unit ships the first programming language for the Web.

Something's Brewing (Feb. 12, 1996)
Microsoft and Powersoft plan to offer VB Script and Web. Works as challengers to the dominance of Sun's Java language.

Anything But Common (Jan. 29, 1996)
The Common Gateway Interface is proving its worth as a Web interoperability tool for companies.

CGI Options Abound (Jan. 29, 1996)
Web server API extensions offer software engineers both superior flexibility and performance.

First Look: Great Circle (Jan. 29, 1996)
Version 1.01 of Geodesic Systems' memory management utility helps programmers plug system leaks.

Rapid Deplyoment (Jan. 29, 1996)
Forte readies Express visual application generator for high-end client-server development.

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