Want insight into the design and development of C#?  Then check out these blogs by key members of the Microsoft C# development team:

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Of course you know that XML denotes element names with greater-than and less-than symbols, such as:

<name>value</name>

Therefore, to avoid confusing the XML parser, the greater/less symbols (and the ampersand, an HTML special character) must be encoded.

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When building your first .NET web service, you may be in for a rude awakening when you discover the concept of "partial trust." Your previously bullet-proof code will suddenly fail in a flurry of exceptions thrown by seemingly innocuous commands such as reading files or accessing the Registry. This article provides a brief overview of Code Access Security and describes how to modify and test your code to work in a partial trust environment.
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Recently I posted a list of the Best C# Blogs. Today we recognize the best C# Web sites.

Following (in alphabetical order) are the best C# sites active on the Web today. Also included is the "About" section of the site (edited for space and clarity). Please comment if you can recommend other excellent C# web sites that didn't make my list.

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Reading the contents of a web page is easy in C# with the System.Net.WebClient class:

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You can use the following JavaScript code in a web page to determine which versions of .NET are installed on a client PC:

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