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Series Post #35

Daily Comic – If Pac-Man Were to Tweet [Pic] (Posted by Dana Coffey)

Other Link Lists

• Dew Drop – June 25, 2009 – Alvin Ashcraft

.NET Languages – C# and Visual Basic

• C# - Expressions Cheat Sheet – Jimmy Bogard (Suggested by Los Techies)
• C# - Multithreading: the BackgroundWorker class – Luis Abreu
• C# - Writing console output from a Windows form in C# – Tom Hearn

Alternate Languages – Java, Rails, and other Languages

• Python - Python Web Framework Series – Pylons: Part 2 Controllers, Views and Testing - Ryan Svihla (Suggested by Los Techies)

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

• Architecture - Habits of Highly Scalable Web Applications – Todd Hoff (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
• ORM - Client-side properties and any remote LINQ provider – Damien Guard (Suggested by David Fowler)
• ORM - Entity Framework CTP for VS 2010 – Jonathan Allen (Suggested by Keyvan Nayeri)
• ORM - SQL to LINQ converter (Suggested by David Solivan)
• Testing - Developer Tools for Google Chrome - Yury Semikhatsky (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
• Testing - Neptune (personal SMTP testing server) - Donovan Brown (Suggested by Chris Love)

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

• ASP.NET - Session Attacks and ASP.NET - Part 2 (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET - ASP.NET 4.0: WebForm Routing (quick ’n dirty version) – Scott Galloway (Suggested by Rick Strahl)
• ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET Mvc Grid – Part 1 (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET MVC Validation Refresh: Best Techniques & Frameworks – Graham O’Neale (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET MVC - Generating strongly typed content links in ASP .Net MVC with T4 templates (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET MVC - Mind if my MVC T4 template changes your code a bit? – David Ebbo (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• ASP.NET MVC - MvcContrib Grid and Pager Helpers for ASP.NET MVC Framework – David Hayden (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Books

• Review - Review: ASP.NET MVC in Action by Jeffrey Palermo, Ben Scheirman, and Jimmy Bogard - Andrew Siemer (Suggested by Jeffrey Palermo)

Desktop and Server Technology

• Email – Become a Gmail Ninja – Gmail (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Email – Outlook Strikes Back! – Microsoft (Suggested by Darcy Lussier)
• SQL - Not a fan of the Report Manager in SSRS? Using SSRS procedures to get the job done  (Suggested by Denis Gobo)
• SQL - Should you go Beyond Relational Databases? (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• SQL - SQL teaser LEFT JOINs – Denis Gobo

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

• JSON - JSON Hijacking – Phil Haack (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - AJAX Multiple File Upload Form Using jQuery – Web Developer Plus (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
• jQuery - jQuery hover fade method (modified) (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - Simplify Ajax development with jQuery – IBM (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - The 20 Most Practical and Creative Uses of jQuery – net.tuts+ (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• jQuery - Understanding the Context in jQuery – Brandon Aaron (Suggested by jQuery)

Podcasts and Videos

• .NET Languages - Mark Russinovich and David Solomon: Windows Internals 5 Released – Channel 9 (Suggested by Microsoft Press)
• ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC - ASP.NET Podcast Show #140 - ASP.NET 4.0 Ajax Databinding – Wally McClure (Suggested by Craig Shoemaker)
• ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC - Test Driven Development with the ASP.NET MVC Framework - Maarten Balliauw (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing - Toolshed Tooltip #13 - MSBuild talks to Twitter from Episode 2 – Channel 9 (Suggested by Microsoft Press)
• Silverlight, WPF, and RIA - Hanselminutes Podcast 166 - Windows Presentation Foundation explained by Ian Griffiths – Scott Hanselman (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
• Silverlight, WPF, and RIA - Silverlight-based car configurator for Mazda is now live – Adam Kinney (Suggested by Tim Heuer)
• Miscellaneous Technology Announcements, News, and Deals - Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack at NDC! - .NET Rocks! (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Silverlight, WPF, and RIA

• Silverlight - ComponentArt Hosts the 2009 Summer Silverlight Coding Competition! $10,000 USD for the Best Silverlight App – ComponentArt (Suggested by Scott Cate)
• Silverlight - From Silverlight in Action 2nd Edition: UI Element Binding – Pete Brown (Suggested by Silverlight News)
• Silverlight - ToggleButton Command for Prism – Corey Shuman (Suggested by Silverlight News)

Social Networking and Community Platforms

• Twitter - How Twitter Can Make You A Better (and Happier) Person – Tony Hsieh

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

• Visual Studio - Disabling Script Debugging with VS 2010, Silverlight & IE 8 – Vishal Joshi

Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design

• Graphic Design – Color Scheme Designer (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
• Web Design - 27 Must-Have Starter Kits For Web Designers (Suggested by Dana Coffey)
• Web Design - Improving website performance with Page Speed (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Miscellaneous Technology Announcements, News, and Deals

• See How Far Your Salary Goes in Another City – LifeHacker (Suggested by George Dearing)

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

• 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