The Technology Post for June 23rd, 2009
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Edition: #34
Daily WTF – Developer attention deficit history: From Books -> Articles -> Blog Posts -> Twitter. What’s next? (Posted by Rick Strahl)
Other Link Lists
- LINQ and Entity Framework Posts for 6/15/2009+ – Oak Leaf Systems (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/22/2009+ – Oak Leaf Systems (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic
Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages
- Java – Java and .NET Interop Project – Apache Stonehedge
- PHP - 22 Open Source PHP Frameworks To Shorten Your Development Time – Web Design Booth (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- Yahoo - YUI 3: Lighter, Faster, Easier to Use – Site Point (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing
- Design Patterns - 10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To - Smashing Magazine
- ORM - Feature CTP Walkthrough: Code Only for the Entity Framework – ADO.NET Team Blog (Suggested by K. Scott Allen)
- Testing - Back to Basics - Trust Nothing as User Input Comes from All Over – Scott Hanselman (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET - Creating a Background Thread to Log IP Information - Chris Love
- ASP.NET - Creating a Background Thread When the Web Site First Starts - Chris Love
- ASP.NET - Making a Sharp Dressed Web Form – Thin ASP.NET 8 – Chris Love
- ASP.NET MVC - .NET Fireside Chats - Nick Berardi on ‘ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Website Programming’ – DZone (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- ASP.NET MVC - A new and improved ASP.NET MVC T4 template – David Ebbo (Suggested by Scott Hanselman)
Books
- Free - All OCS all the time! – Microsoft Press
- New - 2007 Microsoft Office System and Your Windows-Based PC: A Real-Life Guide to Getting More Done is now available! – Microsoft Press
Desktop and Server Technology
- Browsers - Native JSON Support in IE8 and Tracking the ECMAScript Fifth Edition Draft Specification – JScript (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- Browsers - Serializing the value of empty DOM elements using native JSON in IE8 - JScript (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- Office - Excel 2007 Named Ranges and Data Validation - Steve Smith
- SQL - Optimizing MySQL: Log Slow Queries – Web Development Stuff (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- SQL - Top 12 Smart Tips To Work With SQL – Mind Tree (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- Windows - Engineering Changes to ClearType in Windows 7 – Engineering Windows 7 (Suggested by Microsoft Press)
- Windows - What is svchost.exe And Why Is It Running? – the How-To Geek (Suggested by Luciano E. Guerche)
- Windows - Windows 7 RTM: Scheduled for July 13, 2009! – UX Evangelist (Suggested by Alvin Ashcraft)
Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design
- CSS - 100+ Massive CSS Toolbox – Tripwire Magazine (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- CSS - CSS3 Unleashed – Tips, Tricks and Techniques – W3Avenue
- CSS - CSS: Get rid of dashed border on focused elements – Joel Varty (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- Graphic Design - ColourGrab: extracts colors from an image & generates the Adobe PS Swatch file (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries
- JavaScript - jQuery and JavaScript Coding: Examples and Best Practices – Smashing Magazine (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- JavaScript - Loading JavaScript without blocking - Nicholas C. Zakas (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
- JavaScript - V8-GL: 3D Graphics - Nicolas Garcia Belmonte (Suggested by K. Scott Allen)
- jQuery - 10 Ways to Instantly Increase Your jQuery Performance - net.tuts+
- jQuery - 12 jQuery tooltip for web developer – Dream CSS (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- jQuery - Animate Image Filling Up Using jQuery – Build Internet (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- jQuery Plugin - JHeartbeat 0.1.1 Beta (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
- jQuery Plugin - Scroll to Top v2 – Ph.Creative (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Podcasts and Videos
- Alternate Languages - Hanselminutes Podcast 165 - Working Effectively with Legacy Code with Michael Feathers – Scott Hanselman
- Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing – DimeCasts # 120 - Learning the Decorator Pattern (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
- JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries - Expert to Expert: Web Programming with Flapjax - A Javascript Framework – Channel 9
- Miscellaneous Technology Announcements and News - Ping 17: Microsoft sues over ClickFraud, Soapbox scales down, Project Natal & Bing on Fallon – Channel 9
Silverlight, WPF, and RIA
Social Networking and Community Platforms
- DotNetNuke - DotNetNuke 5.1.0 Released - Joe Brinkman
- Graffiti - 404 Widget Version 1.0.0.3 – Scott Cate
Miscellaneous Technology Announcements and News
- Discover Bing 411 - 1.800.BING.411
- INVESTing in User Stories – Steve Smith
- Telligent Announces Telligent Community™ 5.0 and Telligent Enterprise™ 2.0 and Previews New Analytics Application - Telligent
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 23rd, 2009 - G. Andrew Duthie
- 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
- Appleton, WI – Fox Valley .NET Users Group – September 9th, 2009