Daily Bits – December 18, 2007

FileDialog Additions in .NET 2.0 SP1

More On Unit Testing Controllers in the ASP.NET MVC Framework

Inheritance and the Entity Framework

The ADO.NET Entity Framework – Not Just For SQL Server

Sample ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider – Beta 3

What is the equivalent of the ASP.NET Repeater in WPF?

SQL Server Indexes: The Basics (via DotNetKicks)

.NET Framework 2.0 SP1

Windows Home Server Enthusiasts

Philly Code Camp – Jan. 12th, 2008 (via Digital Blasphemy)

Installing Windows PowerShell v2 (CTP)

out-gridview (PowerShell)

Data Quality Starts with Proper Data Types (SSWUG.org membership required to read article)

 

Book of the Day: Practical .NET2 and C#2: Harness the Platform, the Language, the Framework by Patrick Smacchia (nice desktop reference book)

 

Daily Bits – December 17, 2007

ExtJs Extender Controls (for ASP.NET AJAX) (via DotNetKicks)

Generating Compiler Warnings For Calls to Obsolete Methods (via Arjan’s World)

Common Project Settings For Your Visual Studio Solution (via Arjan’s World)

Return vs. Finally (2)

HTML v5 and XHTML v2 (via Slashdot)

Omer’s Code Snippet Repository Released (via Trumpi)

Type Member Lookup By Prefix (via Jason Haley)

Simple Way to Pack Your Code Into a Single EXE (via Jason Haley)

A First Look at ASP.NET Extensions 3.5 – History Points

Did You Know? – How to Share Code Snippets with Your Team (via Steve Pietrek)

WCF Clients and COM Interop

 

Book of the Day: Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler (a classic)

 

Daily Bits – December 15, 2007

Windows Home Server Hacks (via We Got Served)

patterns & practices: Web Service Software Factory – Release: WCF Security Guidance Package

PowerShell Debug Visualizer – Release

New ASP.NET Dynamic Data Support (ScottGu)

ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions: All About Dynamic Data

Microsoft Team System – Open Source Alternatives

Entity Data Model Designer Video – CTP 2

Announcing Partner Huddle for Professional Developers (via Angela Binkowski)

Spell Checker for HTML, ASP.NET, JScript, VB, C#, CSS and C++ for VS 2005 and 2008 (via DotNetKicks)

AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft Now Available

SystemIcons.Shield

ClassTester, or “How to Exercise Your Assembly”

 

Book of the Day: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization