The Technology Post for July 2nd, 2009
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Edition: #41
I won’t be posting anything tomorrow due to the US holiday of Independence Day on Saturday. I will be taking the day off.
Daily Oddball – The Best Way to Photograph Fireworks (Tweeted by Dana Coffey)
.NET Framework
- Azure – How we built Twittermatic.net – Tweeted by Maarten Balliauw
General - Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Object Invariant Conditions – Tweeted by Derik Whittaker- General - Successful Cross Platform .NET Development - Mono and Banshee with Aaron Bockover – Tweeted by Miguel de Icaza
- IronRuby - IronRuby 0.6 Released! – Tweeted by Javier Lozano
- Open Source - 23 .NET Open Source Projects – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri
Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages
- PHP - AjaxCRUD: a PHP API for easier create/read/update/delete operations on MySQL – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
- Python - Python Web Framework Series – Pylons: Part 5 Testing Models – Tweeted by Los Techies
Architecture and Projects
- ORM – DES Dynamic Data – Tweeted by David Ebbo
- Testing - From NUnit to MSTest – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET - ASP.NET WebForms: Taking Back the HTML – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
ASP.NET - Three IIS Concepts ASP.NET Developers Should Know – Tweeted by Elijah Manor- ASP.NET MVC – MiniUrl Project – Tweeted by Javier Lozano
Desktop and Server Technology
- Cloud - CSC to Resell Cloud-Based Microsoft Online Services – Tweeted by Mary Jo Foley
- Cloud - Microsoft ‘mega data centers’ to support Azure, Bing – Tweeted by Wally McClure
- SharePoint - Fixing MOSS Search Crawler issue for “The specified address was excluded…” – Tweeted by Tom Hearn
- SharePoint - SharePoint Search-as-You-Type with jQuery – Tweeted by Jan Tielens
- Virtualization - How Do I: Backup Hyper-V with Windows Server Backup? – Tweeted by Laura Rogers
- Windows - Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium – Tweeted by Jason Percival
Gaming
JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries
- JavaScript - Text Escaping and Unescaping in JavaScript – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
- jQuery - Dissecting JQuery text() – Tweeted by jQuery
- jQuery - Identifying & locating mouse position in jQuery – Tweeted by jQuery
- jQuery - jQuery Example - Using cookies to save draft information – Tweeted by jQuery
- jQuery - List of Really Useful Plugins For jQuery Developers – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
- jQuery - Playing with Select (DropDownList/ComboBox) – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
- jQuery Plugin - New jQuery plugin targeting usability for password masking on forms – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
Mobile Devices
- Netbook - Inspiron Mini 10v now available at Dell Outlet – Tweeted by Dell Outlet
- Netbook - Jolicloud, a cool new OS for your netbook – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
Silverlight, WPF, and RIA
- Silverlight - 10 Things to Know About Silverlight Prism – Tweeted by Silverlight News
- Silverlight - Blend 3 + Silverlight 3 = Luv (video demo) – Tweeted by Silverlight News
- Silverlight - Composite Web Apps With Prism – Tweeted by Peter Bromberg
- Silverlight - Countdown to Silverlight 3 #4: Element binding – Tweeted by Silverlight News
- Silverlight - Countdown to Silverlight 3 #5: ChildWindow (Modal, Non-modal, Templated) – Tweeted by Silverlight News
- Silverlight - Creating NikeClone With Silverlight Part-3 – Tweeted by Silverlight News
- Silverlight - Creating NikeClone With Silverlight Part-4 – Tweeted by Silverlight News
- WPF - Creating a Simple RSS Reader Using Windows Presentation Foundation – Tweeted by Mohammad Azam
Social Networking and Community Platforms
- Community Platform – Telligent Analysts 3.0 – Tweeted by Josh (Telligent)
- Community Platform – Telligent Community 5.0 – Tweeted by Josh (Telligent)
- Twitter – Final version of Twittermatic is Online – Tweeted by Maarten Balliauw
Visual Studio and Other IDEs
- Visual Studio - VS 10 beta 1 extensibility model (Part 1) – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri
- Visual Studio - VS 10 beta 1 extensibility model (Part 2) – Tweeted by Keyvan Nayeri
Web Design and Graphics
- CSS - 20+ Resources and Tutorials for Creative Forms using CSS – Tweeted by Smashing Magazine
- Graphics - Make a Vintage Magazine Ad in Photoshop – Tweeted by Smashing Magazine
- Web Design - 50 Free High-Quality and “New” (X)HTML/CSS Templates – Tweeted by Umut Muhaddisoglu
- Web Design - Modernizr: HTML5 and CSS3 detection – Tweeted by Elijah Manor
- Web Design – XHTML FAQ – Tweeted by Dana Coffey
Miscellaneous Technology News
Today’s Birthdays
- Sam Gentile – New Jersey, USA
Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)
- Boston, MA – Nuxeo –Tweeted on 7/1/2009
- Redmond, WA – Project Natal, Microsoft – Tweeted on 7/1/2009
- Redmond, WA - Software Development Engineer in Test Job, Microsoft - Tweeted on 7/1/2009
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
- Boston, MA – jQuery Conference 2009 – September 12th-13th, 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
- Southfield, MI – 4th Annual Architecture Summit – July 31st, 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
- Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
- Austin, TX – Monospace Conference – October 27th-30th, 2009
- Dallas, TX – SharePoint Saturday – July 25th, 2009
- Appleton, WI – Fox Valley .NET Users Group – September 9th, 2009