Weekly Link Post 127

Posted by Rhonda

Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting in the past week.

Application Development/Design

Myths about code comments – “Comments don’t make code more readable. They are ways to compensate for code not being readable.”
Language Envy – C# needs Ranges – Great argument for ranges in C#.
Visual Studio 2010 New Features in Debugging – Good post on VS 2010 Debugging.
I Use Dead Programming Languages – “For a ‘dead’ language, Java isn’t doing too badly.”
What is Reactive Programming? – “I thought I’d take a stab at an explanation of what reactive programming means to me. Let me take you to the future.”
Tip: File / Open / URL – Great tip!
Calculate the Number of Business Days in a Range – Useful post on dealing with business days.
Tutorial Videos: How Do I: Create and Use Classes in JavaScript?
Visual Studio Tips: Pin a project to the Recent Projects list on the Start Page | Zoom in or out of text in the Editor using the mouse wheel | Insert a blank line above or below the current line

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

Community/Technology Events & Training

Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
CODE Magazine Special for PyCon 2010 Attendees – Looks like a decent deal.
A Bunch of Reasons to Love Ruby – Ben Scheirman has posted the slides from his HDLUG Presentation.
Dallas CSharp SIG Presentation Code And Slides – Latish Sehgal posts his presentation materials.
How to Organize a Programming Language Club – This is a great “Unofficial How to Organize a Programming Language Club Handbook.”

Internet, Software and General Technology

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

5 Great Productivity Goals For 2010 – Five career-related resolutions for 2010
New Year’s Resolutions for Software Developers – “This article is a list of possible New Year’s resolutions for you, as a developer, to consider.”
Why People Hate Productivity – “The problem happens when we get hyper-focused on producing. We start to think we’re inadequate unless we’re being ‘productive’ or ‘getting things done.’”
Use Better Tools to Be a Better Student in 2010 – Great article on note-taking. I really need to become more proficient at taking notes.

Health, Fitness and Recipes

Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else

Sheldon’s rock-climbing adventures – Great Big Bang Theory picture to use as a wallpaper
Warner Bros. is Run by Idiots – I completely agree with Michael on this.
Recreating Galileo’s Discovery: 400 Years Later – Wolfram|Alpha provides copious amounts of data on the history of Jupiter.
New Sky-mapping Telescope Takes First Photo – “A sea of stars takes center stage in the very first photo released from NASA’s newest space telescope built to map the entire sky.”
Dilbert comics I Found Funny: 01-06 | 01-07 | 01-08
Movie Trailers: A Team | The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | Date Night–