LINKBLOG for December 7, 2007

• TRUE, True, true, and FALSE, False, false - Bil Simser
  On the intelligence of intellisense


• Unit testing; how far do you push the envelope? - odecee
  


• The Developer’s Worst Excuse - Pedro Santos
  ' With no unit tests, no one will take the chance of refactor code that’s already working, and you’ll have the «can't touch this» effect. '


• Changes Are Expensive, Damn Expensive | iface thoughts
  on which the only answer can be the mantra 'Encapsulate What Varies'. Repeat ad infinitum


• Shoveling Code - Tim Ottinger
  ' Then it dawned on me that my driveway is a lot like source code '


• Google Chart API or how Google gives raw performance for free - Diego Parrilla
  ' if you don't size and distribute your apps properly, your site can collapse with a single impatient user clicking quickly a link several times or reloading a page '


• The Digg Effect - Alex Iskold
  interesting explanation of the principles behind Digg


• Test Specific Subclasses vs Partial Mocks - Phil Haack
  


• Be my Support Group
  Eric wins the G33k-post-of-the-day award for describing what he did when his comment on a weblog got lost on the heap:
  ' I installed winpcap and a packet sniffer ' Way to go, there are some tips in the comments (yeah the comments that were not swallowed by the browser :-)


• Free Utility: Web.Config Editor with a great UI - Robert Shelton
  If you are also irritated by having to hand-edit .NET config files


• Tips for Immediately Using CodeRush and Refactor! Pro in Visual Studio 2008 - Mark Miller
  Hmm, there's only one


• Here Comes Another Bubble - James Kovacs
  Warning: video ahead (hilarious Web 2.0 parody)


• Don't hide the ugly - Jimmy Bogard
  Learn the difference between encapsulation and subterfuge, and get the shivers seeing the numbers in a red round-cornered box


• A Dozen Levels of Done - Ted Neward
  


• Is ALT.NET Becoming Incestuous? - Max Pool
  ALT.NET is a nice idea, but how would anyone find the time to keep track of 200 messages of even one mailing list - apart from working, blogging and surfing. Not me at least :-)


• Can I Replace JavaScript (and everything else) With Volta? - K. Scott Allen
  


• Good Stuff #1 - James Avery
  


• How to Secure Your Computer, Disks, and Portable Drives - Bruce Schneier
  


• Sharing The Customer's Pain - Jeff Atwood
  ' When was the last time you even met a customer, much less tried to talk to them about a problem they're having with your website or software? '


• Tools of The Effective Developer: Touch Typing - Hans-Eric Grönlund
  


• ASP.NET MVC Preview: Using The MVC UI Helpers - Rob Conery
  Long article about future stuff in ASP.NET


• Microsoft Live Labs Volta - Sam Gentile
  Microsoft created another level of abstraction, it seems
  ' (...) Volta, an experimental developer toolset that enables developers to build multi-tier web applications (...) '