The Technology Post for May 19th
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Edition: #16
Daily Quote - “Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor.” by Barry Boehm (Posted by Elijah Manor)
.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic
- API - Windows 7 Managed Code APIs - Yochay Kiriaty (Suggested by Peter Laudati)
- General - Creating a folder inside the ZIP file with System.IO.Packaging - Al Pascual
- General - “foreach” vs “ForEach” - Eric Lippert (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- General - Multithreading: more on ManualResetEvent – Luis Abreu
- General - Why Isn’t My Encryption.. Encrypting? – Jeff Atwood
Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing
- Testing - FireFox+Firebug vs IE8 Developer Toolbar (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Testing - Free Typemock licenses – Welcome the ASP.NET Unit Testing Bundle - Roy Osherove
- Testing - New ASP testing bundle being launched - John Mandia (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Testing - Time-Tested Testing Tips - Part 1 – Brendan Enrick
- Testing - Unit Testing JavaScript with FireUnit – Stephen Walther
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET - Creating 3DBarChart using ASP.NET 2.0 - Ravikumar Commuri
- ASP.NET - Reasons ASP.NET Webforms doesn’t works (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET MVC - Code and Slides for Best of Mix 09 Presentation - Dan Wahlin
- ASP.NET MVC - For Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 – Phil Haack
- ASP.NET MVC - Gravatar Helpers (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET Starter Kits - TheBeerHouse : CMS & E-commerce Starter Kit 2.0 - MVC - Wrox
Books
- Release - ASP.NET MVC QUICKLY from Packt Publishing! – Joe Stagner
- Release - MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server Virtualization – Microsoft Press
- Release - Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0: Learn Programming Now! - Microsoft Press
Desktop and Server Technology
- Firefox - 10 Best Firefox Extensions, 2009 Edition #1: turn Firefox into Firefox.next NOW. (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- IE - Making the Web Bigger Part 1: Improvements to Zoom
- Surface - Surface Development Part 2: Surface Controls – Jennifer Marsman
- Windows - Microsoft confirms server vulnerability warning – ZDNet (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- Windows - Windows 7 adds native Virtual WiFi technology from Microsoft Research (Suggested by Bill Evjen)
- Windows - Windows 7 Tricks and Keyboard Shortcuts - Scott Dorman (Suggested by Kevin Dente)
Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design
- CSS - List of Really Useful Tools for CSS Developers - W3Avenue (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Design - 55+ Extremely Useful Online Generators for Designers (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Design – Color Scheme Designer - NetTuts
- General - 8 Online Text Editors To Consider For Your Projects - Sebastian Bratu (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- General - Top 10 Mistakes Made By Web Developers – Pete LePage
- UML – Create UML diagrams Online using yUML (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- UML - “Practical UML™: A Hands-On Introduction for Developers” from the Embarcadero Developer Network (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries
- General - JavaScript stack overflow error (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- General - jQLang - An Extension To The HTML hreflang Attribute (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - 7 JQuery and CSS based Accordion Menus
- jQuery - Create a Fun Tweet Counter With jQuery - NetTuts
- jQuery - Floating SlideIn Menu with Anchor Link using jQuery – Vivekanand (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - How to Build a Star Ratings jQuery Plugin (Suggested by jQuery)
- jQuery Plugin – Sparlines (Suggested by Rick Strahl)
- jQuery Plugin – Sports Bracket (Suggested by jQuery)
- jQuery Plugin - jquery week-calendar (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Mobile Devices
- iPhone - Source Reveals Specs And Release Date of Next iPhone! (Suggested by George Dearing)
- Windows Mobile - Microsoft My Phone Beta Released (Suggested by Chris Woodruff)
Podcasts and Videos
- API - Sensor and Location .NET Library for Windows 7 – Channel 9
- General - I. M. Wright podcast: “Crash dummies: Resilience” (Suggested by Microsoft Press)
- JavaScript - JSConf audio podcasts (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- RIA - .NET RIA Services at TechEd 2009 – Brad Abrams
- SharePoint - TDD with SharePoint – the best movie ever - Roy Osherove
- Silverlight - Partner-TV: Silverlight 3 – Brian Henderson
- SQL - Peter DaBetta and Adam Machanic on creating good SQL databases - .NET Rocks (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Testing - In The Brain of David Ross: NBehave and Behavior Driven Development (Suggested by Alvin Ashcraft)
Silverlight, WPF, and RIA
- Silverlight - .NET RIA Services Update with new Silverlight project template – Tim Heuer
- Silverlight - Realizing a Fisheye Effect in Silverlight – Charles Petzold (Suggested by Michael Neel)
Social Networking
- Community Server - Exciting announcement at Telligent - Rob Howard
- Facebook - Facebook Launches OpenID Support - Users Can Now Login With Gmail Accounts (Suggested by Kevin Dente)
- Twitter - 5 Ways to Share Images on Twitter
Technology Deals
- Refurb S2009W 20” monitor only $99 after coupon at https://jasong.us/2X77rde. Enter code at checkout: DQT6XTJ?V18X04 - exp 5/22. (Suggested by Dell Outlet)
Visual Studio and Other IDEs
- Removing Slowness from Visual Studio 2010 (Dev10) – Gary Short (Suggested by Chris Woodruff)
- Visual Studio 2010 Screenshots – Denis Gobo
Miscellaneous Technology Announcements and News
- CodeIt.Right version 1.6.09139 - now fully compatible with VS2010 Beta 1! - (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)
- GPS system ‘close to breakdown’ (Suggested by Kevin Dente)
- In Mac vs. PC Battle, Microsoft Winning in Value Perception – Advertising Age (Suggested by Erik Porter)
- Microsoft and Open Source – Harry Pierson (Suggested by Chris Woodruff)
- ThoughtWorking: Why The Next Five Years Will Be About Languages – Ted Neward (Suggested by Amanda Laucher)
Other Resources
Call For Speakers (Sorted by Date)
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Upcoming Technology Events (Sorted by State) – Want something listed? Post your comments. Also, what’s the best way for me to list these events? By date order or by state, then city, then date?
- Phoenix, Az - Free WPF Training Event – June 5th-6th, 2009
- Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
- Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET) – June 13th, 2009
- Dallas, TX - Dallas TechFest - June 19, 2009
- Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp – November 7th, 2009
- Chicago, IL – Chicago Code Camp – May 30th, 2009
- Downers Grove, IL - MSDN Events Unleashed – May 20th, 2009
- Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference – June 22nd-24th, 2009
- Ann Arbor, MI - 2nd Annual Michigan Give Camp - July 17th-19th, 2009
- New York, NY - Web2NewYork - May, 19th 2009
- Portland, OR – Open Source Bridge – June 17th-19th, 2009
- Philadelphia, PA - Intro to ASP.NET Model View Controller – May 20th, 2009
- Philadelphia, PA - Higher Education Web Symposium - July 14, 2009
- Scranton, PA – WinForms to WPF/Silverlight – May 21st, 2009
- Franklin, TN - Microsoft ArcReady – June 12th, 2009
- Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009 – June 26th-27th, 2009
- Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
- Reston, VA – Silverlight FireStarter DC - June 6, 2009