The Technology Post for June 26th, 2009

Edition: #37

Daily Comic – The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S: The Ultimate Showdown (Posted by Elijah Manor)

Other Link Lists

• Dew Drop – June 26, 2009 – Alvin Ashcraft

.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic

• NetFX - .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Allows managed code to be launched from a network share! – Vance Morrison (Suggested by Rick Strahl)
• Office - Create an Application-Level Add-In to Automate Common Office Tasks – Robert Green (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)
• Visual Basic - InfoQ Article on the Future of VB.NET (Lisa Feigenbaum) – VB Team (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)

Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages

• PHP - Rotate Product Listings With PHP and jQuery – Jeff Adams (Suggested by net.tuts+)

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

• Deployment - Walking through the creation of a complex installer package - Gabriel Schenker (Suggested by Los Techies)
• Design Patterns - Composite Oriented Programming: QI4J running on .NET – Roger Alsing (Suggested by K. Scott Allen)
• ORM - EF: Why work with ObjectStateEntries instead of the objects directly? – Julie Lerman (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)
• ORM - Fetching XML from SQL Server using LINQ to SQL – Think Linq (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)
• ORM - The Rest of EF4 - Feature CTP1 Released today – Julie Lerman (Suggested by Serge Baranovsky)

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET - ASP.NET GridView with Custom Paging UI – Malcolm Sheridan (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET - Exporting a DataTable to Excel (DataTable to CSV) (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET – Creating a Custom Tag Cloud - Michael Ceranski (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET MVC - Building Testable ASP.NET MVC Applications – Justin Etheredge (Suggested by Brad Wilson)
• ASP.NET MVC - Spark v1.0 and presentation for MPLS ALT.NET (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Books

• Free - Download seven Windows 7 chapters – Microsoft Press
• New - Introducing Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3 - Microsoft Press

Desktop and Server Technology

• Office - No vertically-focused Microsoft Office on the docket (for now) – Mary Jo Foley
• SQL - Can’t depend on sp_depends? Try using sp_refreshsqlmodule – Denis Gobo

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• JavaScript - 23 Indispensible Ajax and Javascript Cheat Sheets (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• JavaScript - HTML Helper for Including and Compressing Javascript (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• JavaScript – jLinq (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - Playing with Sprites and jQuery: animated menu (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - Sortable table rows with jQuery - Draggable rows – Luke Dingle (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - 10 jQuery Lightbox Demo – Dream CSS (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - Edit-in-place with contentEditable property – Andrew Valums (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - How to Make a Slideshow with a Transparent PNG Frame – Build Internet (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• JSON - Is It Too Late To Change JSON? – Phil Haack

Mobile Devices

• iPhone - The App Store Has A Mighty Long Tail – Media Post (Suggested by Guy Kawasaki)

Podcasts and Videos

• Desktop and Server Technology - SitePoint Podcast #18: Internet Explorer 8 … Percent? – SitePoint (Suggested by Developer Fusion)

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

• Silverlight - A Mouse Wheel Blend Behavior – Nigel Sampson (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight - Commanding in Prism (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight - Quick Tip: LINQ & Data Binding notifications – Alex Golesh (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight - Silverlight MultiBindings, How to attached multiple bindings to a single property. - Colin Eberhardt (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight - Silverlight Validation and ViewModel (Suggested by Alan Le)
• WPF - New release of WPF Toolkit, now with charts! – Jaime Rodriguez (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• WPF - WPF: ItemsControl Drag Drop Behavior – Ed Foh (Suggested by Alan Le)

Social Networking and Community Platforms

• Twitter - Businesses use Twitter to communicate with customers – USA Today (Suggested by George Dearing)

Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design

• CSS - 35 CSS-Lifesavers For Efficient Web Design – Smashing Magazine
• CSS - Essential Practices for Styling Your CSS – Design Reviewer (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Web Design - 10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To – Smashing Magazine (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Miscellaneous Technology Announcements, News, and Deals

• Pre-Order Windows 7 Upgrade from Amazon.com for 50% off or more

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

• None

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
• Philadelphia, PA - PhillyXAML.org – July 23rd, 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