Top Links
- JavaScript is Assembly Language for the Web: Sematic Markup is Dead! Clean vs. Machine-coded HTML (Scott Hanselman)
- Update on Mono (Miguel de Icaza)
- What is Node.js? – Node isn’t always the solution, but it does solve some important problems. (Brett McLaughlin)
- Kinect SDK and F# (Greg Duncan)
.NET / Visual Studio
- Executing build tasks without a build server – In action and Executing build tasks without a build server – Example scenario and Executing build tasks without a build server – Creating a custom ITask and Neovolve.BuildTaskExecutor 1.0 Released (Rory Primrose)
- Generic Multi-Level Undo and Redo (Richard Carr)
- First Release of Community TFS Build Extensions (Ed Blankenship)
- Default Browser Switcher Extension for Visual Studio 2010 – Improve Productivity (Kunal Chowdhury)
- FluentValidation and PostSharp for RESTful WCF parameter validation – Part 1 and FluentValidation and PostSharp for RESTful WCF parameter validation – Part 2 (Naeem Khedarun)
- Web Test Manager For TFS 2010 (Shai Raiten)
- Multi-Line UILabel with MonoTouch on the iPhone and iPad and Geocode with Android – MonodDoid (Wally McClure)
- Nice Blog Post on Windows Azure AppFabric Applications (Windows Azure Team)
- Getting started with the Kinect for Windows SDK (Paul)
- Intelligent model binding with model binder providers (Jimmy Bogard)
- MonoDroid for Monospace (Craig Dunn)
- Gesture Library for Kinect SDK for Windows Beta (G. Andrew Duthie)
- Converting XmlElement to XElement (Sacha Barber)
Web Development
- The Only Thing I Think I Know About Proper CSS Usage (Karl Seguin)
- CSS3 Animation With jQuery Fallbacks (Addy Osmani)
- Highlighting of HTML tag tree (Alexey Korsun)
- jQuery 1.6.2 syntax error? You may be the victim of SEO. (Dave Ward)
- HTML5 Parsing in IE10 (Tony Ross)
- CRUD Operation with ASP.NET MVC and EFCodeFirst Part-2 (Jalpesh P. Vadgama)
- Building Easy jQuery Grids with Wijmo (Kevin Griffin)
- The era of Object-Document Mapping (Giorgio Sironi)
- Displaying Images with ASP.NET CheckBoxList Control (Abhijit Jana)
- Thoughts on radically improving web performance (Marcelo Lopez Ruiz)
- Using Cross-domain images in WebGL and Chrome 13 (Eric Bidelman)
Design / Methodology / Testing
- Bliki: PackageCustomization (Martin Fowler)
- Value-based Architectural Decisions in Agile Development (Manuel Pais)
- Lokad.CQRS Can Make Windows Azure Cheaper for You (Rinat Abdullin)
- Practical PHP Refactoring: Replace Method with Method Object (Giorgio Sironi)
- Best Practices For Designing Websites For Kids (David Morrison)
- Clean Coder (Eric Hogue)
- When an Estimate is a Promise (David Starr)
- Learning. It ain’t hard. (James Gregory)
- The iPad: Great for Reading IQ Matrix Mindmaps (Chance Brown)
- Review: Microsoft N Layer App Sample, Part V–Cross Cutting is a fine line (Oren Eini)
- Learn from different Perspectives (Bill Wagner)
Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone
- Performance Best Practices: Windows Phone Mango Local Database (Windows Phone Geek)
- WP7 DrawingBoard sample: Drawing (Ink) made easy (John Simmons)
- Windows Phone Fundamentals– Canvas & StackPanel (Jesse Liberty)
- Windows Phone around the world: Language support in Mango (John McConnell)
- The MadProps.MvvmLight ScreenConductor (Matt Hamilton)
- Windows Phone 7 and Making HTTPS REST API Calls with Basic Authentication (Henry Lee)
Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos
- AppFabric.tv – Automatic ETag Management with WCF Web API Message Handlers (Ron Jacobs)
- SE Podcast #11 (Alex Miller)
- ADPEast 2010 – Elizabeth Hendrickson – Test Obsession on Agile Teams … It’s a good thing (Agile Toolkit)
- Yet Another Podcast #41–JQuery with Elijah Manor (Jesse Liberty)
- Podcast – Damian Edwards, Program Manager Web Tools & Platforms (Joe Stagner)
- The GeekDads Episode #95: Yes, We Are Lazy, But in a Good Way (Ken Denmead)
Community / Events
Database
- Less code with rethrowing “exception” in SQL Server 2011 (Jakub Dvorak)
- SQL SERVER – Interview Questions and Answers – Frequently Asked Questions – Day 7 of 31 (Pinal Dave)
- SQL Functions – STUFF() and REPLACE() (Vishal)
- Streamlined RavenDB, Part I (Oren Eini)
- Replacing Cursors with Set-Based SQL Queries – Part 2 (Andrew Zwicker)
- Make Your Life Easier With Fun Denali Tricks (Michael Swart)
- SQL Source Control (Eric Sink)
Miscellaneous
- Passing parameters to -EncodedCommand (Dmitry Sotnikov)
- It’s Official: Windows 8 Name Confirmed (Everton)
- A powerful pile of PowerShell ebooks (all free too) (Greg Duncan)
- Books from Microsoft Press for Your Summer Reading (Kim Spilker)
- Will you want a Windows 8 Tablet or Convertible Laptop/Netbook? (Mike Halsey)
- iOS SDK Programming: A Beginner’s Guide (Vincent Polite)
- How one Microsoft team is developing its own HTML5 iPad app (Mary Jo Foley)
More Link Collections
- Interesting Finds: July 6, 2011 (Jason Haley)
- The Morning Brew #889 (Chris Alcock)
- Link dump for July 5th (Jeff Schoolcraft)
- Daily WP7 Development News 6 July 2011 (Windows Phone Geek)
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