Weekly Link Post 132

Posted by Rhonda

Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting in the past week. Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine’s Day!

Application Development/Design

Visual Studio 2010: Test Driven Development – Good TDD tutorial.
The Weekly Source Code 49 – SmallBasic is Fun, Simple, Powerful Programming for Kids and Adults
What is a Senior Developer? – Eric Smith explains the characteristics of a Senior Developer.
Reflection in .NET – Great tutorial on Reflection.
Char Sequence: Data immutability in Java – “Shared mutable state is one of the murkiest areas of concurrent programming in Java.”
Visual Studio Tips: Using the New IntelliSense: Keywords

SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell

Querying the StackOverflow Data Dump – “Every month, StackOverflow dumps out their data to XML. You can import the data dump into SQL Server, and the whole thing is less than 10gb as of this writing.”
A Simple Refactoring – Avoiding Table Scans – “Refactoring SQL code can be pretty easy. Just like refactoring any other programming language, sometimes you have to look around to find the culprit.”
Top 10 Reasons Why Access Still Doesn’t Rock – I LOVE Access….NOT!

Community/Technology Events & Training

Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
Presentations – Thomas Larock provides the materials from his DBA Survivor presentation.
Presentation Materials for my C# 4.0 Dynamic Presentation – Markus Egger has posted his demos from this month’s HDNUG meeting.

Internet, Software, Technology & Science

Access Your Dropbox Files in Google Chrome – I’ve started using Dropbox lately and really like it. I will need to check out this extension.
Google Wave in Action: Real-World Use Case Studies – Includes some great everyday uses of Wave.
APOD: 2010 February 14 – Field of Rosette – The Rosette region is about 5,000 light years distant. The entire field can be seen with a small telescope toward the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn).
Saturn’s Moon Does Harbor an Ocean, New Evidence Suggests – “Evidence from a 2008 plume fly-through by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has turned up short-lived water ions that suggest liquid water does indeed exist inside the moon.”
Jupiter and Venus to Cross Paths Feb. 16 – “On Feb. 16 there will be a celestial “bait and switch” as Venus replaces Jupiter as the evening star.”

Blogging and Social Networking

Twitter daily tip news – Great tip of the day twitter accounts. -Thanks @JohnDCook — http://twitter.com/JohnDCook
Introducing Google Buzz – Buzz is the word of the week!
Google Buzz Explained – Good in-depth article on Google Buzz.

Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career

Put Things in Their Place to Get Organized – “The single-most important step you can take when organizing is ensuring you have a place to put everything.”
Getting Ready for Job Interviews – I picked up several ideas from this article. Great read.

Health, Fitness and Recipes