LINKBLOG for November 9, 2007

• Taskpaper My Indie Launch Story - Jesse Grosjean
  How to launch your new piece of software when you're only a small shop
  via Brian Bailey


• The Extinction of Programmers - Hans-Eric Grönlund
  Probably said it before, but it will be a LONG time from now that software engineers will disappear, like, when the day your grandchild says grandpa/-ma to you


• The Guide To Winning An Office Battle Against Triple H - Max Pool
  This resounds: even if you're not improving yourself technically, there is much to learn on the personal side:
  ' Successful developers can deal with these situations in a calm manner while learning more about their environment, teammates, and themselves '


• Implementing C# Generic Collections using ICollection - Jake Weakley
  


• Continuous Performance Management - CJ Lotz
  


• How are value types implemented in the 32-bit CLR? - Fei Chen
  ' What has been done to improve their performance? '
  via CJ Lotz


• Using Delegates in C# - Embedded Windows Team
  via Steve Pietrek


• Coding Guideline: DO Use an Underscore for Class Member Variables
  This one really should be an obvious implementation for anyone, IMHO...:
  ' when you see a variable prefixed with an underscore, you *immediately* know its scope and how it is declared '


• The difference between a degree and an education - Friday Reflections
  ' But the real proof of education lies in the section called "Experience" and how the person has handled those experiences '


• Official ASP.NET MVC framework will have first CTP release in ‘next few weeks’ - codeville