LINKBLOG for November 30, 2007

• Foundations of Programming - pt 2 – Domain Domain Domain - Karl Seguin
  Now if you want to learn more about OO fundamentals and programming with design patterns, I advice you to follow this series by Karl Sequin


• LINQ Samples and Resources « Rhonda Tipton
  Today VS2008 finally bowed it's head to me, so it's time to tinker a bit with LINQ queries


• Matt Blodgett's Dev Blog: Notepad++ Tip: Syntax Highlighting for ASP.NET Files
  Have put this tip to immediate use!


• Speed Coding with Regionerate & GhostDoc - Omer Rauchwerger
  I feel attracted to the UNIX philosophy of using these small tools that do only one thing and do it well, just as these ones


• Re-throwing an exception - Rydal's .Net Clr
  Its all about the details. Obviously, using just "throw;" gives us much more details - so use "throw" to re-throw (is?) an error


• Please use File.ReadAllText and the like - Kirill Osenkov
  ...under the right circumstances (small files)


• Killing time and annoying colleagues - David Vidmar
  


• A vision of enterprise platform: A database that you don't hide in the attic - Ayende Rahien
  Get a good DBA (...), give him/her a big stick and encourage good design through superior firepower.


• Micro ISV Advice - Aaron Lerch
  


• Voting Experiment: Google Sneezed but Keep Your Pants On - Marshall Kirkpatrick
  


• Architecting LINQ to SQL applications, part 1 - Ian Cooper
  and part 2


• Rhino Mocks With Code Coverage - David Starr
  

LINKBLOG for November 29, 2007

• 11 Ways Agile Adoptions Fail - Jean Tabaka
  


• Best Agile Books the 2007 Edition - Mark Levison
  


• .NET Framework 3.5 Affects 2.0 - Sean Feldman
  I'm starting to think more and more that the new release of VS2008 accompanies by the new framework is more beta than we thought


• Fuzzy Search: Check this out and report back please, o lazy web - Leon Bambrick
  incremental search is the coolest thing since...whatever


• Did you know... How to use undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point? - Sara Ford
  


• Spawning threads in .NET (Part 1 of 5), The Basics - Shafqat Ahmed
  ' There is no time deterministic way of scheduling code executing in a thread '
  This is a key point to understand when you're writing multi-threaded apps


• Displaying different colored text to the console (just like MSBuild) - Tim Stall
  one of those simple tips you think you could have thought of yourself, but you didn't


• Is Your Business About You? -- Jarkko Laine
  On personal branding


• What colour is your toolbox? - Mark Derricutt
  ' if you're chosen platform keeps you productive enough to provide benefit to the client - you're doing better than most IT projects and don't need to change '
  via Reg Braithwaite


• Detecting Text Encoding for StreamReader - Rick Strahl
  Rick shows some code to sniff the encoding of a file
  via Jason Haley


• A Survey of Pseudo Random Number Generators - Jeffrey Walton
  In-depth article on the history of PRNG's and when to use which one


• From C# to Java: Part 4 - Eric Sink
  ' As I started my recent foray into the Eclipse world, I was eager to explore the area of plugins over on this side of the fence. So far, I'm impressed '


• There's No Money In The Long Tail of the Blogosphere
  ' is it [the long tail] in danger of falling apart? '
  Well, for that matter: at least the situation at the A-list bloggers is also not that stable, see Scott Adams


• Developer? Working On The Latest Technology For Your Project??? - George P. Alexander
  Stepping in to new technology is partly dependent on the *kind* of software you produce: sometimes it's definitely is an advantage to use beta's, sometimes not
  


• Ring of Fire - Simulator - Eric Gunnerson
  


• code.google.com/p/jpboodhoo!!! - Jean-Paul Boodhoo
  Jean Paul has put a lot of code on Google. Check it out (yes, pun intended)

LINKBLOG for November 28, 2007

• Generics are better than Collections... - Jay Kimble
  


• The Firepower of Teams - Hans-Eric Grönlund
  ' bleeding edge isn’t always the best strategy to achieve business value '
  On the 80/20 article from some time ago making a separation between the 20% front-running developers and 80% 'followers'


• Updating the Retry Activity - adding timed interval - Matt Milner
  


• Extension methods: one of my favorite C# 3.0 features - Kirill Osenkov
  


• Don't call us, we'll call you - push enumerators - Jon Skeet
  Long article, looks nice, but I was discouraged by the disclaimer...
  ' you'll find it hard if you're not familiar with lambda expression syntax (x => x.Foo etc) '


• FrazzledDad: Readability, Accuracy, and Maintainability of Chained Calls
  clear explanation of why exactly return new MemoryStream(File.ReadAllBytes(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get("DataDir") + contentFile.Path)); is unreadable. Includes free refactoring


• Real World Interfaces in C# - Buddy Lindsey
  basic beginner level article, the comments go a bit deeper


• Ten Tips for a Happy Upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 (Release) - Jon Galloway
  Turns out I was ****wwwwaaaayyyy**** to fast into thinking I could just jank in the DVD and go on installing the thing


• Running VS2008 & VS 2005 side by side - project file difference - Jeffrey Palermo
  


• Are you excited about ASP.NET MVC? - Todd Anglin's Code Campground
  Elaborate piece on the intricacies of the upcoming ASP.NET MVC but one would at least expect the word pattern in it...


• Code Review: PetShop 3.0 - Ayende Rahien
  Ayende looks a the improved version of PetShop but still is not that impressed


• Working With Application Config Files Remotely - Adam Buenz
  via Steve Pietrek


• Visual Studio 2008 InstallFest - Portland Edition - Scott Hanselman
  Tried installing VS2008 today, but didn't even reach the first screen Scott shows. After 4 hours I was still looking at Framework 3.5 configuring itself. Couldn't cancel, so even had to give a hard reset to the machine to stop it. Not good. VS2005 needed some serious resuscitation afterward :-) Next time trying installation inside a virtual machine first


• How to Make the Most Out of Luck in Your Career and Life - Leo Babauta
  


• Tasks versus Goals - Eric Redmond
  ' Micro-managers give "tasks"; Good managers give "goals" '


• Normal is in the Eye of the Beholder - Elisabeth Hendrickson
  ' Apparently, the waitress and Mr. Loud Guy had two different definitions of “normal.” '


• The 8 challenges innovations face - Scott Berkun
  


• Hidden Influences on Software Design - Beautiful Code
  'Have you ever thought about the printer paper you use in your office, and how it affects the design of your software?'
  Don't expect an elaboration on the influence of paper, but Michael is right on to how every company gets the software it deserves

LINKBLOG for November 27, 2007

• The Job I Want Next - Giles Bowkett
  Wow, Giles has seen 30-60 companies in his working life, massive... but about the job he wants now it basically muts be ' (...) good to do the things you love - all of them '


• Creating a transparent, animating, and opaque image in Silverlight 1.1 - Tim Stall
  


• Question For You Dependency Injection Buffs - Phil Haack
  For all you DI experts: Phil needs your input


• Google as a password cracker - Steven J. Murdoch
  via Bruce Schneier. Ten days old, but you might not have read it. Very interesting one on how someone reverse-engineered an attackers hashed password by using ... google!


• Dilbert Comic November 26, 2007
  via Brian Randell
  What happens when agile gets in to the hands of managers (disclaimer: the kind of managers that should not even know what agile is of course)


• Style Macros for technical authors working in Word - Roy Osherove
  Anyone spending more time in Word than I do, needs macros


• Further Thoughts on Adopting .NET Framework 3.5 and VS 2008 - Carel Lotz
  Some thoughts on how to implement the new Visual Studio and Framework in your organization


• Get SnagIt and Camtasia for FREE! - Randy Patterson
  Dutch people will be specifically triggered by the 'free' keyword...


• Keep your code structure clean - Patrick Smacchia
  Seeing NDepend for the first time can be quite an overwhelming experience. Had this some weeks ago and still haven't recovered. You can spend a day just learning how to use a tool like this...


• The Blogger's Guide to Search Engine Optimization - by Aaron & Giovanna Wall : SEO Book.com
  ' dozens or hundreds of comments on each post, adding unique content which the page can rank for '
  Ha. Never looked at it that way. Let your readers do the work for you, why not? Chime in everybody :-)


• isions of the Future: Understanding Trends - Cecilia Weckstrom
  


• Update: Quake 2 .NET Port with Visual Studio 2008 (v9.0) and Managed C++ - Greg Dolley
  Ever wanted to, just for once compile a real game, just because you can? Well, here's your chance


• Visual Studio 2008 Initial Impressions - Part One - Colin Cochrane
  


• Backup — what’s that? - Sterling Camden
  


• From C# to Java: Part 3 - Eric Sink
  In which Eric notes some interesting differences between Visual Studio and Eclipse