I'm a big fan of MySQL. The community edition of the MySQL server, as the open-source database is formally known, is a popular choice for both development and deployment because it checks all the ...

There is something mysterious about Windows services: Most users have heard of them, many have even looked at the list of services in Computer Management. But hardly anyone knows what the services are ...

Take advantage of Windows services to build applications that you want to run in the background or execute automatically at predefined intervals of time. A Windows service is a long-running ...