Dew Drop – November 10, 2008

 

.NET / Visual Studio

• Why Use IronPython? (Giles Thomas)
• Programming for Windows 7 (Tamir Khason)
• Be Careful with Optional Parameters in C# 4.0 (Jan Van Ryswyck)
• The F# "ref" Type (Brian)
• XNA Input – Release: v1.1 and XNA Console – Release: v1.01 and XNA Input Handlers – Release: v1.0 (CodePlex)
• C# Partial Methods (Richard Carr)
• DevDinnerOnDemand: Overview of the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Marc)
• Sticky Toolbox (Cameron Skinner)

 

Web Development

• Facebook Developer Toolkit 2.0 and Starter Kit Released (Pete Brown)
• How to Use the Facebook Developer Toolkit 2.0 for .NET (Brian Goldfarb)
• Look Ma, No Code-Behind! (Chad Myers)
• A Quick and Dirty Bar Code Image httpHandler (Chris Love)
• jQuery IntelliSense Updates from Microsoft (Rick Strahl)
• 3 Different Ways to Display Progress in an ASP.NET AJAX Application (Suprotim Agarwal)
• ASP.NET AJAX 4.0: Observing Updates to POJOs (Plain ‘Ole JavaScript Objects) (Dave Reed)

 

WPF / Silverlight

• The Truth About Routed Commands Routing (Brian Noyes)
• New Silverlight 2 ADO.NET Data Service Example (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Using Blend with Visual Studio (Jesse Liberty)
• Silverlight.FX Effects in Depth (Nikhil Kothari)
• Free Teaser Chapter for Data Driven Services with Silverlight 2 (John Papa)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• UI Automation and Unit Testing (Brian Hunter)
• Lazy Loaded Interceptors and Container Configuration (Mo Khan)
• SystemTime versus ISystemClock – Dependencies Revisited (Jimmy Bogard)
• Modeling Flowcharts (K. Scott Allen)
• Handbook of Software Architecture (Grady Booch)

 

Events / Community

• Faces from the PowerShell Community (Jeffrey Snover)
• Announcing: Developer Dinner on Demand (Marc)

 

Miscellaneous

• Boycotting Flash (Jimmy Bogard)
• Recent Adventures in Podcasting (Alan Stevens)
• How to Organize a Gosh Darn Good Resume (Max Pool)
• Witty: Twitter Client for Windows (Steve Clayton)
• Coding: It’s Just Writing (Jeff Atwood) – Link of the Day
• Book Review: Beyond Code (Jan Van Ryswyck)

 

More Link Collections

• New and Notable 278 (Sam Gentile)
• Interesting Finds: November 9, 2008 (Jason Haley)
• Links of the Week #59 (Week 45/2008) (David Vidmar)
• Links (11/9/2008) (Steve Pietrek)
• Weekly Link Post 67 (Rhonda Tipton)
• Silverlight Cream for November 09, 2008 — #423 (Dave Campbell)
• The Morning Brew #219 (Chris Alcock)
• Silverlight News for November 10, 2008 (Silverlight Show)

 

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