How To: Create a RSS reader app in Visual C# 2005 Express

Interested in creating your own dynamic, web-based applications using Microsoft Visual C#? How about an RSS reader application? This lesson shows the design and planning of the RSS reader application. For more information, as well as tips for being a more effective user of Microsoft Visual C#, take a look at all five videos.

Lesson 1 shows the design and planning of the RSS Reader application. This project will show you how an application is built, beginning with a blank project, and ending with a finished application that you can share with others.

Lesson 2 begins the development of the RSS Reader. In this lesson, you create the main files that will be needed in the project, and rough out the user interface.

Lesson 3 continues work on the RSS Reader project. In this video, you will add the ability to download the RSS files from the Internet. The data access functionality will be roughed out.

Lesson 4 continues work on the development of the RSS Reader. The data access code is completed and further refinements are made.

In Lesson 5, the RSS Reader project is completed. Final coding tasks are done and the application is packaged for distribution.