Dew Drop – March 23, 2011

Top Links

• My Visual Studio 2010 HTML5 Templates are Updated for jQuery 1.5.1 and Modernizr 1.7 (Rey Bango)
• ReSharper 6 Enhances Suggestions with Explanations (Hadi Hariri)
• Finding Code Smell Comments with PowerShell (Jim Holmes)
• async Samples 5: Exceptions and async methods (Bill Wagner)

.NET / Visual Studio

• Windows Server AppFabric and WCF monitoring (Rockford Lhotka)
• Visual Studio 2010 Unlimited Load Test Virtual Users (Steve Smith)
• Published Applications AKA _PublishedApplications (Rob Reynolds)
• Memory Access Breakpoint for Large Ranges using VirtualProtect (Sasha Goldshtein)
• Loading Assemblies off Network Drives (Rick Strahl)
• Creating CodeRush Plug-ins: Actions and Tool Windows (Mark Miller)
• An ADO.NET SQL Helper Class (Jonathan Wood)
• Improving CLRProfiler 2: 19.7% in TryGetValue (Feng Yuan)

Web Development

• Using ActionFilters with ASP.NET MVC and NHibernate (Rob Conery)
• Making a Mobile MVC Music Store Part 2: Creating The Core Mobile Layout (Chris Love)
• New DevNugget: Get to Know Action Filters in ASP.NET MVC 3 with HandleError (G. Andrew Duthie)
• Developer Resources: HTML5 / IE9 Tutorials and Sample Code and Internet Explorer 9 Compatibility Cookbook (Doris Chen)
• Using HTML5 Local Storage and What JavaScript Library or Framework do you use ? (Joe Stagner)
• Revised JavaScript Dictionary Search (John Resig)
• JavaScript: How it all Began (Axel Rauschmayer)
• How to Add MVC 3 Project Types to the Azure Cloud Service Wizard (Jason Haley)
• NEW Eclipse Plugin CTP Eases Windows Azure Development for Java Developers (Windows Azure Team)
• Guest Post: The Cross-Browser Compatibility Myth (Heather Sonmez)
• SmartScreen® Application Reputation – Building Reputation (Ryan Colvin)
• Rails 3 Baby Steps – Part 2 (Justin Etheredge)
• Are You Ready for IE9 and Firefox 4? (Charles Hamilton)

Design / Methodology / Testing

• #Ebook Deal/Day: Head First Design Patterns – $17.99 (Save 50%) Code DDHZP (O’Reilly Media)
• Stop Using Mocks (Karl Seguin)
• Practical PHP Testing Patterns: Hard-Coded Test Double (Giorgio Sironi)
• Reviewing Data Analysis With Open Source Tools (Rob Diana)
• Mocking constructor (Mehfuz Hossain)
• Designing a Short Course on IoC: Day 3 (Nicholas Blumhardt)
• Configure properties of Test Plan in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) (Abhijit Zanak)

Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone

• Custom Gauge Controls for Windows Phone 7: Part III (Badea Florin)
• 7Metro: Silverlight Theme (Alex Knight)
• “Cool” button creation in Expression Blend Tutorial (Greg Duncan)
• Windows Phone 7 “NoDo” Update Is Now Available For Download! (Dr. Usman)
• Revealing the “101 Apps” (Vol I) Table of Contents (Adam Nathan)
• WPF on Mono? It is a matter of funding. (Jonathan Allen)
• Adding Analytics to your Windows Phone 7 App with Preemptive Solutions (Michael Crump)
• Customizing WP7 Slider in different ways and WP7 TextBox Light theme problems – the solution and How to access a Control placed inside ListBox ItemTemplate in WP7 (Windows Phone Geek)
• Linq: SelectMany (Jesse Liberty)
• Targeting mobile-optimized CSS at Windows Phone 7 (Mike O’Malley)
• New Release: ReactiveUI 2.2.1 (Paul Betts)
• A Smarter TextBlock Control for WP7 (Michael Wolf)

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• The Access Show – Making Beautiful Access Web Applications (Tina Wood)
• Let’s Play TDD #96: Resources (James Shore)
• Countdown to MIX11: All Things Digital (Larry Larsen)
• Ping 95: Microsoft Atlanta, Kodu, Kinect HACK, KEXP to the Cloud (Laura Foy)
• Technology & Friends Episode 146: Heather Kostes and Nicole Moser on the MVP Program (David Giard)
• This Developer’s Life 1.1.5 Revolt (Rob Conery & Scott Hanselman)
• Google’s Marissa Mayer Interviews Lady Gaga (GOOG) (Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry)
• AuthorsCast: Mark Russinovich on Zero Day: A Novel (Lee Dumond)

Community / Events

• Wanna Attend TEC2011 SharePoint #in Vegas for FREE? (Dux Raymond Sy)
• Dear Web Design Community, Where Have You Gone? (Vitaly Friedman)
• MobiZA – Android platform for the .NET developer (Rudi Grobler)
• Over 70 MVPs pack Bellevue Microsoft Retail Store (Lonnie Webb)
• Interview with SilverlightShow Eco Contest First Runner-up Peter Kuhn (Silverlight Show)

Database

• SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3 (Glenn Berry)
• Dynamic Management Quickie: Exploring SQL Server’s system views and functions as you work (Kendra Little)
• SQL SERVER – Denali – ObjectID in Negative – Local TempTable has Negative ObjectID (Pinal Dave)
• What Are Your Indexing Strategies? (Jason Strate)
• SQL Azure Use Case: Department Application Data Store (Buck Woody)

Miscellaneous

• OData for iOS resources (Glen Gordon)

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: March 22, 2011 (Jason Haley)
• SilverlightShow for March 14-20, 2011 and Silverlight Cream for March 22, 2011 — #1063 (Dave Campbell)
• Daily WP7 Development News March 22th 2011 (Windows Phone Geek)
• The Morning Brew #818 (Chris Alcock)
• Daily News Digest 03/22/2011 and Daily News Digest 03/23/2011 (Silverlight Show)
• WebDev Tweets 21-Mar-2011 (Elijah Manor)

The Geek Shelf

Moving Applications to the Cloud on the Microsoft Azure Platform (Patterns & Practices)