Technology Related Links for May 6th, 2009

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Edition: #7

Daily Quote - Great quote: “The mind can only absorb what the seat can endure” ~ @mrrodd (Posted by Dan Wahlin)

.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic

CLR Inside Out - Understanding the CLR Binder (Suggested by Kevin Tunis)
Microsoft to turn .Net Micro Framework code, support over to the community – Mary Jo Foley

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

Top 5 Programmer Mistakes – Bill Tudor (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
ELMAH and Exception Driven Development FTW – Scott Hanselman

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

A Fast and Easy Way to Take an ASP.NET Application Offline - Rafay Ali (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
ControllerActionInvoker and CreateActionResult - Implicit Action Results – David Hayden (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Dynamic Data Preview 4 – Scott Hunter
Iterating on an ASP.NET MVC Model Binder - K. Scott Allen
MonoDevelop Developin ASP.NET MVC Applications on the Mac - Miguel de Icaza

Books

Cloud Computing

3 perspectives on cloud management - Jennifer Kavur (Suggested by Cloudmeme)
AppZero strives for portability in the cloud - David Worthington (Suggested by Cloudmeme)
Cloud computing as a business continuity plan - Mark Clarke (Suggested by Cloudmeme)
Citrix Announces Citrix C3 Lab Built on Amazon Web Services to Connect Cloud Computing to the Corporate Datacenter (Suggested by Cloudmeme)
Do You Want a “Cloud Desktop?” Gladinet’s Release Candidate is Here - Sarah Perez (Suggested by Cloudmeme)
SoftLayer Launches CloudLayer Suite - Rich Miller (Suggested by Kevin Tunis)
Steering Clear of a Cloud Boondoggle - Jim Damoulakis (Suggested by Cloudmeme)

Web Design and Layout

18 Seriously Helpful Cheat Sheets for Easier Coding – Henry Jones (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Code Your Own Online “Paint Shop” App: New Plus Tutorial – NetTuts (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

15+ Excellent jQuery Plugins To Enhance HTML Forms - jQuery
20 New examples of advanced jQuery UI’s in action. - (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Ask JW: How do I Make AJAX Requests With jQuery? – Jeffrey Way (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Create an Image Rotator with Description (CSS/jQuery) – Soh Tanaka (Suggested by jQuery)
Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips - Jon Hobbs-Smith (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery UI DatePicker instead of AJAX Control Toolkit CalendarExtender in ASP.NET - Arnold Matusz (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Pimp Up List Sorting Using JQuery - AzamSharp
Plugin: jQuery plugin jPlayer (Suggested by jQuery)
Useful Ajax Tutorials and Demo for web developer - raj

Microsoft Desktop and Server Technology

IE Testing VPC Images Updated – Pete LePage (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
PowerShell to the clipboard – Buck Woody (Suggested by Kevin Tunis)
Windows XP Mode Beta
Windows 7 Taskbar: Advanced Features – Channel 9

Podcasts and Videos

10-4 Episode 18: Functional UI Testing – Channel 9
Software Engineering Radio: elease It with Michael Nygard (Suggested by Devpodcasts)

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

How to Zoom In and Out with a Mouse Wheel in Silverlight - Silver Enlightenment (Suggested by SilverlightNews)
New York Times Silverlight Kit – MSDN (Suggested by Scott Hanselman)
Open source codecs for Silverlight 3 - Atsushi Eno (Suggested by Miguel de Icaza)

Social Networking

Harvest Reports Consuming Space - Community Server Forums (Suggested by Kevin Tunis)

Technology Announcements and News

Is Dell cooking up an Android-powered netbook? - Engadget
Kindle DX: Amazon’s 9.7” Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)
Web learning startup takes top spot in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup - Mass High Tech Staff (Suggested by Microsoft Press)

Miscellaneous

NINE Questions with Kathleen Sanders – Chris Williams

Other Resources

Dew Drop - May 6, 2009 – Alvin Ashcraft

Call For Speakers (Sorted by Date)

Las Vegas, NV – Open Force ‘09 – Due May 8th, 2009
Tample, FL - Day of DotNetNuke – Due May 13th, 2009

Upcoming Technology Events (Sorted by State)

-–Events This Week (and next) – G. Andrew Duthie
-–May 2009 NY/NJ/CT/PA Area Microsoft User Group Meetings - Peter Laudati
Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET) – June 13th, 2009
Des Moines – IA – Iowa .NET ugMix – May 7th, 2009
Chicago, IL – Chicago Code Camp – May 30th, 2009
Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference – June 22nd-24th, 2009
Scranton, PA – WinForms to WPF/Silverlight – May 21st, 2009
Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009 – June 26th-27th, 2009
Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
Reston, VA – Silverlight FireStarter DC - June 6, 2009

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