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Scott Gu's Links for Nov 2nd

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:46:15 GMT

Dec 2nd Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET MVC, Visual Studio, Silverlight/WPF

Signs of a GOOD Manager / Team Lead

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:16:02 GMT

Characteristics / attitudes / process of good management & leadership: 1) Have a passion about technology but

Coding4Fun Book News and Preview

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:52:13 GMT

Information and Google Book Preview of the new Coding4Fun book

Free Microsoft Ramp Up Learning Program

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:41:57 GMT

Microsoft Ramp Up Free Learning Program

Software Development's Classic Mistakes 2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:51:08 GMT

So, what are the most frequently development mistakes? Read this to find out more...

Programming Asp.Net MVC by O'Reilly

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:16:07 GMT

Well, it is about time we (Tim, Chris and myself) actually made this announcement. We will be doing a MVC book with O'Reilly titled 'Programming MVC'. We are super excited and super pumped to get this out the door. All three of us are huge fans of the MVC framework and know that this is framework going to be smashing success.

What Gives? Microsofts Code Generation Tool

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:31:12 GMT

In a world of Microsoft and third party applications, out comes t4. t4 is a code generation tool that can compete with CodeSmith, but its FREE and built right into Visual Studio. It has been years since the first edition with very little publication of the actual application. t4 is a free code generation engine from Microsoft that underpins the Domain Specific Languages and Software Factory toolkits.

Adobe Flex reaches out to .NET developers

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:01:19 GMT

An Adobe partner have today announced a free plug-in to allow .NET developers to write Flex front-ends to their applications entirely within Visual Studio, with full debugging and editing support.

Grouping Controllers with ASP.NET MVC

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:01:02 GMT

question that often comes up is how do you group controllers when building a large application with ASP.NET MVC. Often, the question is phrased as whether or not ASP.NET MVC supports "Areas", a feature of Monorail. According to the Monorail documentation, MonoRail supports the concept of areas, which are logical groups of controllers. All controllers belong to an area. The default area is an empty (unnamed) one

NHibernate Profiler: A guided tour

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:01:31 GMT

Ayende provides an introduction to his upcoming tools for analyzing NHibernate usage.

Convert C# To ActionScript (and JavaScript, and Java...)

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:56:10 GMT

The jsc library helps you convert your C# code to actionScript and a number of different languages. Interesting.

Gallio, the framework-agnostic test runner for .NET

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:46:56 GMT

Gallio is a open source, framework-agnostic test runner that supports MbUnit, MSTest, NBehave, NUnit, and xUnit.Net frameworks. It provides tool support and integration with CCNet, MSBuild, NAnt, NCover, Pex, Powershell, Resharper, TestDriven.Net, TypeMock, and Visual Studio Team System.

Best practice DDD/TDD ASP.NET MVC example applications

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:52:25 GMT

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the ASP.NET MVC Framework. One of the reasons I like it is because it's opinionated - instead of leaving developers free to fumble things as they choose, it recognises that most projects will be more-or-less exactly the same, and imposes some conventions to keep everyone on the same path.

Software Tools You Should Be Using and Blogs You Should Be Reading

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:01:02 GMT

Advice on how to become a great developer and not just a monkey programmer.

C# 4.0 New Features Part 2.1 - default parameter intrigue

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:46:02 GMT

Do default parameters work the way you think they do? Probably Not!

Microsoft kills Linq to SQL

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:01:13 GMT

Ayende (aka Oren) expresses disbelief at Microsoft's decision to effectively kill off LINQ to SQL.

C# 4.0 New Features Part 2 - default and named parameters

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:16:03 GMT

New feature in C# 4.0 number 2, default and named parameters! Look at what they are, and how they are used in C# 4.0.

Leveraging Cecil to inject code into your Assemblies

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:16:07 GMT

A short screencast on how to leverage Cecil to inject code into your Assemblies

New Release: patterns & practices App Arch Guide 2.0 Beta 1

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:31:50 GMT

Guide to help solution architects and developers make the most of the Microsoft platform.

Martin Fowler on Oslo

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:34:25 GMT

"Oslo is a project at Microsoft, of which various things have been heard but with little details until this week's PDC conference. What we have known is that it has something to do with ModelDrivenSoftwareDevelopment and DomainSpecificLanguages."

LINQ Farm: Covariance and Contravariance in C# 4.0

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:31:02 GMT

This post is designed to help you begin to understand a new feature in the next version of Visual Studio that involves covariant and contravariant support for delegates and interfaces. Eric Lippert's series of posts on this subject are definitely the definitive reference at this time. I'm writing this overview of the subject simply as an appendix to his explanation, and as quick reference for folks who want to get up to speed on this technology.

Exploring Oslo's Modeling Language Promises

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:34:37 GMT

Microsoft is sharing bits of Oslo at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) this week. Learn what's new in M, the company's language for creating domain-specific languages, and why Microsoft thinks it's such a big deal.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 CTP

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:09:50 GMT

I'm so excited to tell everyone that Visual Studio 2010 along with .NET Framework 4.0 is now Community Technology Preview (CTP). As for the technical overview, you can have look at the details at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs2008/products/cc948977.aspx

The Software Developer's Dream

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:09:54 GMT

Tom Preston-Werner, one of the founders of GitHub , wrote an enlightening article about his decision to turn down 300K bonus from Microsoft in order to work on the GitHub project one year ago . A beautifully written article. I love it absolutely.

QuakeLight, the Silverlight port of Quake, is coming...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:01:09 GMT

QuakeLight - Silverlight Port of Quake... 3D with Silverlight - w00t!