LINLBLOG for December 5, 2007

• Mouseless - Postmortem - Scott Reynolds
  ' So, I don't think that we are at a place where a normal (or abnormal) user of modern computers (read: web user) can hope to efficiently go mouse-free '


• Continuous Integration: From Theory to Practice - Carel Lotz
  A lot of tips best practices and 'where to get started' on CI


• The Sad State Of Programmers Part 1 : The Phone Interview - SQL Server Code,Tips and Tricks...
  ' One person had on his resume that he optimized complex stored procedures, when I asked how he did it, he replied that he only selected the rows he needed instead of the whole table '


• How To Handle Large Amounts of Data Quickly and Easily - David Baxter
  


• The Best csharp Programming Books
  


• .NET Languages and Certifications - Gerry O'Brien
  


• Code to Live, Live to Code - 10 Podcasts Every Developer Should Listen To
  Me still finds it hard to check out a podcast every once in a while


• Fun with Generics - From Repository to DTO - Jarod Ferguson
  ' So, I thought I’d geek out and get carried away with some Fowler P of EEA '


• My definitive color VS color schema - Simone Chiaretta
  


• Did you know... How to change the Brace Matching color? - Sara Ford
  just to show that there is probably *nothing* that you can't change in Visual Studio


• A Microcosm of Agile Design - Jeremy D. Miller
  Long piece on the central question "to web-service or not to web-service"


• C# 3.0 Language Enhancements - Hands on Lab - Vikas Singhvi
  


• Immutability in C# Part Two: A Simple Immutable Stack - Eric Lippert
  


• Supporting Complex Passwords
  It's crzay that such an application is even allowed to have problems: ' Windows Live OneCare Activation has problems with complex passwords. The solution? Go reset your password so that it uses only numbers and letters and is 8 characters or less '


• Interface methods versus Extension methods - Paul Stovell
  ' (...) extension methods are static methods. They should be used when you need general purpose operations over many implementations of the interface, rather than when you need specific implementations '


• Shuffling - Jeff Atwood
  ' Pop quiz, hotshot. How would you write code to shuffle a deck of cards? '