The Technology Post for June 16th, 2009

Edition: #32

As a reminder, I will not be around really for the remainder of the week. If you don’t get a post from me, don’t be surprised. :) Normal posts will begin again on June 22nd.

.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic

• ADO.NET - System.Data.OracleClient Update – ADO.NET Team Blog (Suggested by Kevin Dente)

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

• Architecture - Questions every team and dev lead should ask themselves - Roy Osherove (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Service - Declarative Hyperlinking in RESTEasy - Solomon Duskis (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
• Testing - Mocking indexer setters with Moq - Bertrand Le Roy (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET MVC - Web 2.0 Portal using Asp.Net MVC, Microsoft Ajax Client Templates and jQuery with drag and drop widget personalization  (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Desktop and Server Technology

• Browser - Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser – Opera (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
• Database - Events in Oracle 11g Database - Packt Publishing
• IIS - Application Pool Identities – IIS (Suggested by Scott Watermasysk)
• SharePoint - News Agency Integrates Editorial Processes with Familiar Productivity Tools – Microsoft Case Studies (Suggested by Kirk A Evans)
• Windows - Microsoft Brings Low-Power Networking to Windows 7 - Green Environment News (Suggested by Microsoft Press)

Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design

• CSS - 10 astonishing CSS hacks and techniques – Cats Who Code (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• CSS - Build better CSS font stacks – Code Style (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
• CSS - Effective Tips and Tricks from the Masters of CSS – Noupe (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• CSS – Inline Styler (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• Layout - 40+ Helpful Resources On User Interface Design Patterns – Smashing Magazine (Suggested by Dana Coffey)
• Web Design - 30 HTML Best Practices for Beginners – NetTuts
• Web Design - Make your pages load faster by combining and compressing javascript and css files - Smashing Magazine
• Web Design - Stop Counting Clicks – UX Booth (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• Web Design – Tired of Using Lorem Ipsum? – Malevole (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• JavaScript - 24 JavaScript Best Practices for Beginners - NetTuts
• jQuery - Dissecting JQuery text() – ElegantCode (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - jQuery Inline Form Labels – Trevor Davis (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - Stunning jQuery animations – Web Expedition (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - 20 Amazing jQuery Plugins and 65 Excellent jQuery Resources – Specky Boy (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - How To Create A Twitter jQuery Plugin – Divertuoso (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - jquery.fieldtag.js – watermarks for inputfields (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin – jTouch (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• jQuery Plugin - toChecklist plug-in for jQuery (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)

Mobile Devices

• Apple - 100 Excellent iPhone Apps for Web Designers and Developers – Web Design Schools Guide (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Podcasts and Videos

• Database - Paul Randal on Developers and Databases - .NET Rocks! (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• NetFx – Dime Casts.NET #118 - Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Pre/Post Conditions (Suggested by Derik Whittaker)

Technology Deals

• 20% off any Outlet Inspiron 530 desktop priced $500+ (before tax & fees). Enter code VRQQMC22G6$DFN at checkout https://jasong.us/3jOJIYV Exp 6/17 (Posted by Dell Outlet)

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

• Visual Studio - Visual Studio 2010: Web.config transforms - Gunnar Peipman (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

• District of Columbia - AIS is looking for 2 cleared SharePoint/.NET Developers to work in DC. Go to https://jasong.us/3fd0Unr – Added 6/10/2009
• Pennsylvania - VB6/VB.Net Developer. Contact James Colley at 888.768.3946. – Added 6/11/2009

Call For Speakers (Sorted by Date)

• None

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?

• -- Events This Week – June 15th, 2009 – G. Andrew Duthie
• Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
• Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET) – June 13th, 2009
• Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp – November 7th, 2009
• Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference – June 22nd-24th, 2009
• Ann Arbor, MI - 2nd Annual Michigan Give Camp - July 17th-19th, 2009
• Columbus, OH - PyOhio: Python-related Event - July 25th-26th, 2009
• Portland, OR – Open Source Bridge – June 17th-19th, 2009
• Allentown, PA – TECHbash 2009 – September 26th, 2009
• Scranton, PA - .NET Valley Live! – June 18th, 2009
• Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009 – June 26th-27th, 2009
• Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
• Dallas, TX - Dallas TechFest - June 19th, 2009