Daily tech links for .net and related technologies - July 5-7, 2010

Daily tech links for .net and related technologies - July 5-7, 2010

Web Development

• Introducing “Razor” – a new view engine for ASP.NET MVC - Scott Gu
• Dynamic Views in ASP.NET MVC 2 - Greg Shackles
• How Can I Determine The Current Controller or Action in an Html Helper - Steve Smith
• Installing, Configuring and Using Windows Server AppFabric and the "Velocity" Memory Cache in 10 minutes - Scott Hanselman
• Using ViewModel information in an ASP.NET MVC 2 Editor or Display template - Jon Galloway
• How to Make a Tag Cloud in ASP.NET MVC - Lakario
• ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Areas - Brian Mains

Web Design

• 40 Tasty Restaurant Websites to Inspire You - gmuller
• iOS Icons Made in Pure CSS - Graphic Peel
• WTF is HTML5 and why we should all care - Infographic
• Saving Bandwidth and Improving Site Speed Using CSS Sprites - Jacob Gube

Silverlight, WPF & RIA

• Silverlight for Symbian Platform , What about Windows Mobile ??.. - Senthil Kumar
• Prism Training Kit: Beta Version Available - Damian Schenkelman
• Introducing Sterling, the Object-Oriented Database for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 - Jeremy Likness
• Silverlight/WPF: Don’t name elements unless you have to: why x:Naming everything is bad - Pete Brown
• Silverlight and WCF RIA Services (5–Authentication) - Mike Taulty
• Adding MVVM Light Toolkit to an Existing Project - Chris Koenig
• Silverlight 4: Interoperability with Excel using the COM Object - KunalChowdhury
• Silverlight Cream for July 03, 2010 - Dave Campbell

Database & Related Technologies

• SSIS gotcha: Beware of multiple outputs from a synchronous script component - jaminet
• Using TransactionScope with SQLite - Jan Van Ryswyck

Web Service & Related Technologies

• Loading WCF Data Services Ajax Script Library - Gil Fink

Testing

• Unit testing custom StyleCop rules using Typemock Isolator - Dror Helper
• Speed Test: Static vs Instance Methods - Richard Carr

Architecture, Methodology & Project Management

• Workshop Planning Framework – The Six P’s - J.D. Meier
• Outsourcing Doesn’t Work - Amber
• 10 Things I Learned In Web School - Luke Wroblewski
• The Cure for Creative Blocks? Leave Your Desk. - Jocelyn K. Glei
• Client Rejection – Why No Means Nothing - Chandler Quintin
• Extreme LINQ, building a RayTracer - Coding4Fun
• What is a PM? - J.D. Meier
• .NET Enumerated Types Explained - B. James

Visual Studio

• A cross-platform story – Visual Studio solution in MonoDevelop - Dennis Delimarsky
• VS 2010 Productivity Improvements, Part IV - Somasegar

Cloud Computing

• SQL Azure Partitioning Pattern - J.D. Meier
• Now Available: Microsoft Windows Azure Guide - J.D. Meier
• Archive and Mine Tweets In Azure Blobs with The Archivist Application from MIX Online Labs - rj
• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 7/2/2010+ - rj

Others

• 10 Most Common Health Hazards of Freelancing - Samar Owais
• SharePoint Product Team Shares Their Favorite 2010 Feature - Dux Raymond Sy