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Tim McCarthy

Tim McCarthy is a principal engineer at InterKnowlogy, where he architects and builds highly scalable n-tier Web applications. His most recent book is Professional VB.NET, 2nd edition (Wrox Press).
Email: timm@interknowlogy.com

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Implementing the Design on the Client

By Tim McCarthy, 09/09/2005

Put the finishing touches on the database cache dependency design.

Fast Cache, Fresh Data

By Tim McCarthy, 10/19/2004

To avoid stale data in your Web applications' cache, try this trigger-based solution.

Related Solutions

By Tim McCarthy, 10/19/2004

You can find several solutions online that address data caching for Web applications. Here are some favorites.

Configuring UDDI Services

By Tim McCarthy, 03/30/2004

The UDDI protocol provides an infrastructure that lets you describe and discover Web services.

Data Caching for Web Applications

By Tim McCarthy, 08/21/2001

Follow these data-caching tips to speed Web application performance.

.NET Development Strategies: Is COM Dead?

By Tim McCarthy, 06/12/2001

The .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) is a much-needed evolution of COM and COM+. Here's a general rule of thumb of whether to develop applications using it.

Using XML to Simplify COM Interfaces

By Tim McCarthy, 02/20/2001

Consider an XML string as a parameter when many people will use the object and you want to keep the interface clean and simple.

Choosing XML for the Right Reasons

By Tim McCarthy, 05/31/2000

XML is an extremely useful and exciting new technology, but don't rely on it for every data-transfer task.