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- Designing for PCs that boot faster than ever before (Steven Sinofsky)
- My Favorite Features: Unit Testing Enhancements in Visual Studio 11 (Jason Zander)
- Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual Studio 11 with the async targeting pack (Pete Brown)
- Getting Started with CSS Media Queries (Dan Wahlin)
.NET / Visual Studio
- Visual Studio 2010 UML Design Pattern Toolbox Items Extension – Updated for Visual Studio 11 Beta (Giles Davies)
- TFS API Part 46 (VS11) – Team Settings (Shai Raiten)
- NServiceBus 3.2 Released (Udi Dahan)
- Use Capped collection on MongoAppender for Log4Net (Ricci Gian Maria)
- When Debug isn’t enough with your Windows 8 Metro Applications. (Michael Crump)
- The feeling of excitement is tangible… with the release of the tangible T4 Editor 2.0! (Greg Duncan)
- Metro Answers: Can I use the Serial Port? (Jerry Nixon)
Web Development
- Automated Testing of ASP.NET MVC Applications (Avi Kaye)
- Creating an Animated 3D Bouncing Ball with CSS3 (Daniel Sternlicht)
- QUnit Composite Addon: Running Multiple jQuery Test Files (Elijah Manor)
- Working with files in JavaScript, Part 3: Progress events and errors (Nicholas C. Zakas)
- HTML 5 Game Design: EaselJS, SpriteAnimation made easy (Surf4Fun)
- Orchard 1.4.2 (CodePlex)
- $(function(){…}) vs (function($){…})($) or DOMReady vs The Module Pattern (Derick Bailey)
- Windows Azure Myths (Buck Woody)
- Understanding the Rule of Thirds in Web Design (Carrie Cousins)
- Replicating MySQL AES Encryption Methods With PHP (Chad Smith & Derek Woods)
- More Fun with the Windows Azure Service Bus (Jim O’Neil)
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- Separate mobile site vs. responsive design (Paul Boag)
Design / Methodology / Testing
- DDD/CQRS Challenge – Integrating Distributed Systems (Rinat Abdullin)
- Assembla SVN With Local Backup (Brian Peek)
- Lean tools: Making decisions (Giorgio Sironi)
- Double-loop learning in retrospectives and the Lean Startup (Anand Vishwanath)
- SOLID Code for SOLID Reasons (Jim Cooper)
- Deep Dive With Microsoft Fakes – Shims (Roopesh Shenoy)
Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone
- WindowsPhoneGeek launches Marketplace for Windows Phone app development components (Windows Phone Geek)
- Small but beautifully functional data – Windows Phone Sparkline (Brent Schooley)
- XAML Spy Preview 3 (Koen Zwikstra)
- 54 Visual Studio LightSwitch Themes (Michael Washington)
- Windows Phone Development Tips and Tricks Helping You Make Apps. (Matt Lacey)
- 2000 WPF Things #564 – Other Places to Get Third Party Effects (Sean Sexton)
- AdControl, Animations and the Back Key (Maarten Struys)
Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos
- Let’s Play TDD #191: The Cheat (James Shore)
- ShopTalk Episode 19 (Chris Coyier)
- The GeekDads Episode #115: The Big Purple Elephant in the Room (Ken Denmead)
- Engadget HD Podcast 300 – 05.22.2012 (Trent Wolbe)
- Yet Another Podcast #65–Windows 8 with Michael Crump (Jesse Liberty)
- Getting the most out of the C++ compiler | Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++ (Jim Hogg)
Community / Events
- Jobs in IT: The Top Three Hottest New Majors for a Career in Tech – PART I of II (Eugenia Sawa)
- My new role at Microsoft (Pete Brown)
- TouchDevelop a Hit with Students (Arjmand Samuel)
- Webinar Series: Getting Started With Web UI Automation (Jim Holmes)
- It’s (Azure) Camping Time! (Jim O’Neil)
- Stephen Hawking to speak at Seattle Science Festival (John Cook)
- Geek Pride Day is Friday, May 25th! (Raevyn)
Database
- Basic SSIS Equivalents to T-SQL’s LIKE (Todd McDermid)
- SSIS Reporting Pack v0.4 – Execution Report updated (Jamie Thomson)
- SQL SERVER – Standard Reports from SQL Server Management Studio – SQL in Sixty Seconds #016 – Video (Pinal Dave)
- How to change the SA password in SQL Server (Denis Gobo)
SharePoint
- How do I – Add an Approval Workflow to my SharePoint list (Cornelius J. van Dyk)
PowerShell
- Setting Up A GitHub Specific PowerShell Profile (Nick Berardi)
Miscellaneous
- $49 Android PC from Via (Adam Flaherty)
- Objectivist C: a selfish programming language (Cory Doctorow)
More Link Collections
- Interesting Finds: May 23, 2012 (Jason Haley)
- Daily WP7 Development News 22 May 2012 and Daily Windows 8 Development News 22 May 2012 (Windows Phone Geek)
- SilverlightCream Top 5 News for Week May 14-20, 2012 and Daily News Digest 5/22/2012 (Silverlight Show)
- Double Shot #885 (Mike Gunderloy)
- The Morning Brew #1111 (Chris Alcock)
- Windows 8 Developer Links – 2012-05-23 (Dan Rigby)
- Windows Dev News for May 22, 2012 – #0087 (Dave Campbell)
- Everyman on Second Screening, Trader Joe Takeaways, More Friction, Website to Metro (Dave Burke)
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