LINKBLOG for October 30, 2007

• Subversion integration into Visual Studio - David Vidmar
  Really: if you're still on the old Sourcesafe, consider something else; like SVN. I can tell you that it integrates real nicely into VS these days with the right plugins. Read this for more details


• How Big Should a Function Be? - Uncle Bob
  ' 4, 5, perhaps 8 lines long; but no longer ' according to the uncle. But to my taste that's a bit too constraining. Maybe I'm just not OO-minded enough?


• Whois May Be Retired, Says ICANN
  This time not a grand-old-man retiring, but a system (maybe). All things have there time, so to say


• Recursive Directory Search - Rhonda Tipton
  basic recursive function example


• Considerations in Evaluating Onshore vs. Offshore Software Development - Matt Lockhart
  via Maurice de Beyer


• Sandcastle October 2007 CTP released - Jan Schreuder
  


• Use the ASP.NET MVC Framework to Write Web Apps without Viewstate or Postbacks - Jeffrey Palermo
  via Jason Meridth


• Security by Letterhead - Bruce Schneier
  It would be funny, but this clumsiness could actually be abused very easily


• What Does Protected Internal Mean? - Phil Haack
  If you're a C#-er, there might be a very interesting lesson to learn here. As I don't want to spoil it, just head over to Phil's place


• Microsoft Pushes Cloud Development
  ' Microsoft is at work on a project to enable everyday developers to build Web applications, just as easily as folks have built Visual Basic applications over the years '
  Hmm, codenamed Volta, it's a bit unclear from the article what the status is
  


• New websites - Joel Spolsky
  Joel on being the client in the client/server relationship for the very first time


• Team Foundation Server 2005 Widget List - Razi's Space
  


• Requirements specification for writing a requirements specification (excerpt) - Sterling Camden
  ' Preconditions:
  The Author is expected to be omniscient and inerrant with regard to the problem domain '
  wherein the - among other exceptions - much needed ExcessiveWorldofWarcraftException is introduced


• When is a Bug a Story? - Bret Pettichord
  ' Never. It is either a defect that you should fix right away or a sign that you still have more stories to complete. But it’s never a story in and of itself ' via Scott Bellware


• 10 signs that you aren’t cut out to be a developer - TechRepublic.com
  Really hits the nail on the head