Daily tech links for .net and related technologies - Mar 26-28, 2010

Web Development

• Creating Rich View Components in ASP.NET MVC - manzurrashid
• Diagnosing ASP.NET MVC Problems - Brad Wilson
• Templated Helpers & Custom Model Binders in ASP.NET MVC 2 - gshackles
• The jQuery Templating Plugin and Why You Should Be Excited! - Chris Love
• Web Deployment Made Awesome: If You're Using XCopy, You're Doing It Wrong - Scott Hansleman
• Dynamic User Specific CSS Selection at Run Time - Misfit Geek
• Sending email from ASP.NET MVC through MVC and MSMQ Part 2 - Andrew Siemer
• Data Web Controls Enhancements in ASP.NET 4.0 - Scott Mitchell

Web Design

• New Features in JQuery UI 1.8 That Designers Will Love - devgrowblog
• jQuery UI 1.8 adds position, button, autocomplete, new widget factory, lighter core -JQuery UI blog
• Creating A Slide Up Footer Using jQuery - veneficusunus
• Sorting GridView Using jQuery TableSorter Plug-in - AzamSharp
• Sponsor Flip Wall With jQuery & CSS - Martin Angelov
• How to Create a Flash-like Color and Pattern Morphing effect with jQuery - Daniel Kurdoghlian
• Highlight elements in your page - jQuery Spotlight
• Struts2 jQuery Plugin Version 2.0.0 is now available - jogep
• mb.ideas.repository - mb.extruder - pupunzi
• jQuery Presentation Plugin: Say NO to Keynote! - Trevor Davis
• Online JavaScript Beautifier

Silverlight, WPF & RIA

• Installing Silverlight applications without the browser involved - Tim Heuer
• XAML, Expression Blend and the Future of Multi-Touch Technology - ehagan
• Silverlight Cream for March 25, 2010 - Dave Campbell

Database & Related Technologies

• How to Use SQL Server DML Stored Procedures with the Entity Framework - Ray Barley
• Unit Testing Entity Framework (v1) Dependent Code using TypeMock Isolator - Eric Nelson

Web Service & Related Technologies

• Don’t Delete That Azure Service! - David Makogon

Testing

• Unit Test the Behavior, Not the Implementation - karl
• TDD: Consistent test structure - markhneedham
• Introducing QuickUnit - RoyOsherove
• TypeMock Video: The Goals of Unit Testing - Alvin Ashcraft
• IntelliTrace: Fast Track to Debug Microsoft .NET Apps in Visual Studio 2010 - Subodh Sohoni
• Web Test Authoring and Debugging Techniques for Visual Studio 2010 - Ed Glas

Architecture, Methodology & Project Management

• Is there a shortcut to excellence? - Vukoje
• A brief overiew of the new Parallel Extensions in .NET Framework 4 - Syed Mehroz Alam
• The 98th Thing Every Programmer Should Know - Greg Young
• What Makes A Great Cover Letter, According To Companies? - Kat Neville
• ReSharper 5.0 Goes RC! - JetBrains
• Windows Server AppFabric Architecture
• Beta Version of SCSF for VS2010 available on Codeplex - blaine

Others

• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 3/25/2010+ - rj
• Program iPhones with MonoTouch - Weyer and Rammer