Jason N. Gaylord's Blog

Series Post #29

I noticed on Alvin Ashcraft’s blog that he’ll be on vacation next week. I’ll essentially be out most of the week with Monday being the exception. Until we return, be sure to check out Chris Alcock’s Morning Brew and Jason Haley’s Interesting Finds.

Daily Error – Error message of the day (Posted by Rachel Appel)

Other Link Lists

• Dew Drop – June 12, 2009 – Alvin Ashcraft
• Due Or Die For The Press, Social Networking Data & A Consumer-Driven Web Approach // Links for 2009-06-11 – George Dearing
• The Morning Brew #367 – Chris Alcock (Suggested by Scott Hanselman)

.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic

• C# - SGMLReader - Converting almost any HTML to valid XML – Mind Touch (Suggested by Scott Hanselman)
• C# - The Wrong Level of Abstraction – Jeff Atwood (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages

• PHP - Build Your Own Captcha and Contact Form - Nettuts+ (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

• API - Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers – Windows Blog (Suggested by Alan Le)
• Deployment - CodePlex now supports projects hosting ads from The Lounge (and lots of other great new features too!) – CodePlex (Suggested by Joe Brinkman)
• Testing - Integration Testing Your ASP.NET MVC Application - Steve Sanderson (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET MVC - If you’re going to provide RAD for ASP.NET MVC, change your thinking hat - Hadi Hariri (Suggested by Simone Chiaretta)
• ASP.NET MVC - NetAdvantage ASP.NET in ASP.NET MVC – Craig Shoemaker (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Cloud Computing

• Amazon - Amazon S3: The ultimate roundup - Francesco Mugnai (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)

Desktop and Server Technology

• Server Software - Commerce Server 2009: The Site Designer Experience - Video Now Available – MSDN (Suggested by Kevin Tunis)
• Server Software - SharePoint jQuery: Scrolling View with Frozen Header – InfoWorker (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Windows - Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows – ZDNet (Suggested by Scott Watermasysk)

Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design

• General - 16 great .htaccess Tricks and Hacks – PHP Twitter (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
• General - Anonymous Pro: Fixed Width Sans Designed Especially for Coders (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Graphic Design - A directory of Usability, IA, and UX Design Software (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
• Web Design - Getting Design Approval: The Single Mockup Theory – Fadtastic (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• JavaScript - Buttons, Menus, and Toolbars in Ext JS - Packt Publishing
• jQuery - Jquery Tip #8 - qTip Plugin in Blogger (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin – HoverBing - A swipe&search app for web pages using jQuery, JSON and the Bing web services – CodePlex (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin – jPlayer ThemeRoller Version (Suggested by jQuery)
• jQuery Plugin – jQuery Blend (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - TypoGridder version 0.2 (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery Plugin - jQuery UI 1.7.2 (Suggested by jQuery)

Podcasts and Videos

• jQuery - jQuery Infinite Carousel (Suggested by jQuery)
• Testing - 10-4 Episode 23: An Introduction to Manual Testing – Channel 9 (Suggested by Channel 9)
• VSTO - VSTO: The Basics – Jennifer Marsman

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

• Silverlight - Call Silverlight from JavaScript, call JavaScript from Silverlight – Ralph Arvesen (Suggested by Jon Galloway)
• Silverlight - Customizing Silverlight 3 DataGrid Headers – Dan Wahlin
• Silverlight - Giving Silverlight Streaming a go (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight - Versioning your Silverlight application – Corey Schuman (Suggested by Silverlight News)

Social Networking and Community Platforms

• Twitter – Verified Accounts (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

• Visual Studio - Useful Visual Studio Shortcuts (Some new VS 2010 shortcuts included too!) – Dot Net Cube (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

• District of Columbia - AIS is looking for 2 cleared SharePoint/.NET Developers to work in DC. Go to http://bit.ly/ZpJgB – 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?

• -- CodeStock, CodeStock… CODESTOCK!! - Alan Stevens
• Phoenix, Az - BarCamp Phoenix – August 29th, 2009
• Hartford, CT – 2nd CTDOTNET Code Camp (.NET) – June 13th, 2009
• Tampa, FL - The Day of DotNetNuke – June 13th, 2009
• Des Moines, IA – Iowa Code Camp – November 7th, 2009
• Boston, MA – SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference – June 22nd-24th, 2009
• Ann Arbor, MI - 2nd Annual Michigan Give Camp - July 17th-19th, 2009
• Columbus, OH - PyOhio: Python-related Event - July 25th-26th, 2009
• Portland, OR – Open Source Bridge – June 17th-19th, 2009
• Allentown, PA – TECHbash 2009 – September 26th, 2009
• Malvern, PA – MSDN Roadshow – June 12th, 2009
• Philadelphia, PA - Higher Education Web Symposium - July 14th, 2009
• Pittsburgh, PA – MSDN Roadshow – June 15th, 2009
• Scranton, PA - .NET Valley Live! – June 18th, 2009
• Franklin, TN - Microsoft ArcReady – June 12th, 2009
• Knoxville, TN – CodeStock 2009 – June 26th-27th, 2009
• Nashville, TN – devLINK – August 13th-15th, 2009
• Dallas, TX - Dallas TechFest - June 19th, 2009
• Seattle, WA - BarCampSeattle09 - June 13th-14th, 2009
• Vancouver, Canada – ALT.NET – June 12th-14th, 2009