The Technology Post for June 22nd, 2009
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.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic
- C# - Overusing var in C# – Brendan Enrick
- Exception Handling - Logging Error Details with ELMAH – Scott Mitchell (Suggested by Phil Winstanley)
- IronRuby - IronRuby with WinForms and ADO.NET Data Access - Mohammad Azam
Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages
- Drupal - Getting Started with Drupal – DZone
- General – Amazon makes available Kindle source code (Suggested by Adam Sills)
- PHP – CodeIgniter Directory (Suggested by net.tuts+)
- PHP - Convert ASP code into PHP code - Rajamanickam Antonimuthu (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- PHP - How To Create Your Own Stats Program (JavaScript, AJAX, PHP) – Noupe (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
- Python - Your Compiler Vanishes in A Puff of Logic – David Bau (Suggested by Scott Watermasysk)
- Ruby - Less is Leaner css (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing
- Design Patterns - Every revolution needs a martyr (ALT.NET) - Eric Polerecky (Suggested by Brad Wilson)
- Design Patterns - Multithreading: implementing the event based pattern – Luis Abreu
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET - ASP.NET Interview Questions (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET - How do ASP.NET Application_ Events Work – Rick Strahl (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET MVC Performance (Suggested by Jon Galloway)
- ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET MVC Tip #3: Client-side form validation made easy - Adrian Grigore (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET MVC Translated for the Web Forms Programmer (3 in a series) – Sara Chipps
- ASP.NET MVC - Strongly Typed Views With Mvc Contrib - Part 3 - Darrell Mozingo (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET MVC - The ASP.NET MVC ActionController – The controllerless action, or actionless controller – Jeffrey Palermo
Books
Desktop and Server Technology
- Browsers - Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate Available Now! – Mozilla (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
- Browsers - State of the Browsers — IE edition – Quirks Mode (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- SQL Server - Replace Your Case When Then Else Syntax With the Sign Function In SQL Server - Denis Gobo
- Windows - New Hardware: Running Windows 7 With Four LCDs – Keith Elder
Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design
- Graphic Design - 13 Useful Techniques for Enhancing Web Design Photography – Web Design Ledger (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- Layout - Why Microsoft Had to Destroy Word – Peter Merholz (Suggested by Guy Kawasaki)
- Web Design - 6 best Mac web design apps for beginners – Tech Radar (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
- Web Design - 404 Best Practices – CSS Tricks (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- Web Design - The Battlefield of Design: Designers vs Clients – Site Point (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries
- AJAX - Ajax survey 2009: jQuery and MS Ajax are almost tied among .NET developers - Simone Chiaretta
- JavaScript - 50 Fresh JavaScript Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow - Smashing Magazine
- jQuery - Create Featured Content Slider Using jQuery UI – Web Developer Plus (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - jQuery - Select elements - tips and tricks (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - “Outside the Box” Navigation with jQuery – NetTuts (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - Top10 Simplest jQuery Tutorials – WebAir Blog (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - Tutorial: Use the Flickr API, Javascript (jQuery), AJAX and JSON to Build Detailed a Photo Wall – Kyle Rush (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- jQuery Plugin - 8 jQuery plugin to enhance your HTML form element – Dream CSS (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery Plugin - All About Tables – jQuery Plugin – Insic Designs (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery Plugin - jQuery UI Selectmenu: An ARIA-Accessible Plugin for Styling a Custom HTML Select Element – Filament Group (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Mobile Devices
- iPhone - 12 Bugs We’ve Found In iPhone OS 3.0 – Woot (Suggested by David Fowler)
- iPhone - Tethering iPhone 3G on Windows 7 - Keith Elder
- Zune - Microsoft confirms Nvidia ‘Tegra’ chip for Zune HD – CNet (Suggested by Jeff Blankenburg)
Podcasts and Videos
- .NET Languages - 10-4 Episode 24: Monitoring Workflow Services – Channel 9 (Suggested by Luciano E. Guerche)
- .NET Languages - Misfit Geek Podcast - Episode #2 Does VB have a Future? – Joe Stagner (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- .NET Languages - Video: Future Directions for Visual Basic, by Anders Hejlsberg and Jonathan Aneja (Suggested by Luciano E. Guerche)
- JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries - jQuery Secrets with Dave Ward (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Miscellaneous Technology Announcements and News - Community Radio Episode Two – Steve Andrews
- Miscellaneous Technology Announcements and News - Girl Developer the News - Sara Chipps
- Silverlight, WPF, and RIA - Principles of Design Series: Learning about Balance using Expression Design – Arturo Toledo (Suggested by Silverlight News)
- Silverlight, WPF, and RIA - Connected Show – Episode #7 – Silverlight 3 Beta - Peter Laudati
- Silverlight, WPF, and RIA - Hanselminutes Podcast 164 - Silverlight 3 with Tim Heuer – Scott Hanselman (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Social Networking and Community Platforms - Jason Diller and Daniel Crenna on TweetSharp - .NET Rocks! (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Visual Studio and Other IDEs - Box Selections and Multi-Edit in Visual Studio 2010 – Coding4Fun (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Visual Studio and Other IDEs - Visual Studio 2010 Topic of the Week – VB Feeds (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)
Silverlight, WPF, and RIA
- Silverlight - Deep zooming on the fly – Silverlight Show (Suggested by Silverlight News)
- Silverlight - SilverBullet #3 - System.Windows.Input.FocusManager - Timmy Kokke (Suggested by Silverlight News)
Social Networking and Community Platforms
- CMS - Planning for the Next Oxite Release – Erik Porter
- Twitter - Backup Your Twitter (Suggested by Guy Kawasaki)
- Twitter - TweetDeck goes mobile and makes for the clouds – TweetDeck (Suggested by Steve Presley)
Visual Studio and Other IDEs
- TFS - The logic and reason behind error message TF14087 (Suggested by Scott Koon)
- Visual Studio - How to connect to a CodePlex TFS server using Visual Studio 2010 beta 1 - #040 – Sara Ford (Suggested by Erik Porter)
- Visual Studio - You can do the TODOs today too! - Bertrand Le Roy
- VS Addins - VS Addin: Fast Add Reference Dialog - No more Coffee Break! - Tuna Toksoz (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Miscellaneous Technology Announcements and News
- GIS - ArcGIS Server and Virtualization Whitepaper – ESRI (Suggested by Dave Smith)
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?
- Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
- Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp – November 7th, 2009
- New Orleans, LA – MS Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 – July 13th-16th, 2009
- Ann Arbor, MI - 2nd Annual Michigan Give Camp - July 17th-19th, 2009
- Columbus, OH - PyOhio: Python-related Event - July 25th-26th, 2009
- Allentown, PA – TECHbash 2009 – September 26th, 2009
- Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009 – June 26th-27th, 2009
- Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
- Dallas, TX – SharePoint Saturday – July 25th, 2009