Daily tech links for .net and related technologies - December 11-12, 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

Ajax C# CSS JQuery LINQ MVC Silverlight SQL Server Visual Studio WCF

Web Development

Ajax, Asp.net Ajax, jQuery – Misconceptions and Facts (This article will hopefully clear some doubts regarding what it is, what it isn’t and where jQuery comes in.)
ASP.NET WebForms Routing Video and Downloads (Video on ASP.NET MVC routing by michael)
Installing the Spark View Engine into ASP.NET MVC 2 Preview 2 (Article on Spark View Engine for ASP.NET MVC.)

Saying Goodbye to the overflow: hidden Clearing Hack(As we rely more and more on CSS3 properties we can rely less and less on overflow as a clearing method. Dust off the old clearfix)
The Best Vector Tutorials of 2009 (There were many great vector tutorials best of them here are mentioned here.)
15 of the Most Promising Flash CMS Solutions (Andy discuss about Flash based CMS system)
Guided Tour: jQuery – guard and default operators (This post I'll start another unbound series where I highlight some interesting piece of code that author studied.)

Silverlight 4 – More on Capturing Video from WebCams (Mike Taulty discuss about video capturing capabilty in silverlight 4)
Silverlight for Point Of Sale (POS) applications (The ChristophDotNet blog provides a nice introduction of how Silverlight can be used in a POS environment.)
Prism and MEF (How to use both of tem together)

XSS Attack your database to detect missing Output Encoding (The tool ‘vandalises’ your data in the the database meaning that any un-encoded strings will result in message boxes being displayed.)
Database Standards and Conventions (Phil thoughts on data modeling standards and conventions.)
SQL SERVER – ERROR: FIX (Cannot drop server because it is used as a Distributor in replication)

Leverage Microsoft .Net & WCF for Your Enterprise SOA (Attend this WebCast and Learn How To - Best Practices for design, launch and test of SOA Governance and Management for Microsoft SOA, Control SOA costs via faster design and deployment, better testing, avoid duplicate services, improve reuse, etc.)

StatLight - Goes Open Source (Silverlight automated testing tool which supports Test and Behaviour driven development)

Demystifying LINQ Aggregates(Explores the use of Linq Aggregation functions with a number of simple worked examples showing the different ways of achieving aggregated results in different scenarios)
Domain-Driven Documentation (How DDD style can help you in your more general documentation to craft documentation which is clear and consistent.)
Are Extension Methods a Code Smell (Kevin discuss why extension methods may be a code smell, rather than a nice language feature)
How to Deal with Feature Creep (Article on how to deal when a client asks for one tiny adjustment that takes only a minute… and then never stops making requests.)
Balsamiq Weekly Release: Big UI Library Improvements (A great update to the best UI mockup tool available.)
Don’t Break the Interface (Good communication between members of the developer team ensures consistency and that the interface won’t be broken.)
Real World Benefits From Loose Coupling, Inversion Of Control And Dependency Injection (Davy Brion Discuss the benefit of SOLID concepts.)

Top 10 Upcoming Microsoft Releases That Developers Should be Excited About Take a look at what some of the best development tools and products have to offer.)
How to Start a Freelance Company (Shannon share his personal insight on how to get your own company off the ground, using his own story as an example.)