Weekly Link Post 139
Here is the latest installment of links that I have found interesting in the past week.
Application Development/Design
- The Dynamic Keyword in C# 4.0 – Good article on the Dynamic keyword.
- That No SQL Thing | NoSQL is not about object databases – A couple of good articles on No SQL.
- VS 2010: Generate From Usage – “One of the very useful new features in Visual Studio 2010 is the ability to generate a function declaration when writing the code that calls that function.”
- Facebook API from C# – Getting the list of friends – Interesting.
- Using Delegates in C# – Part 1 | Part 2
- Announcing the Tips and Tricks SWAG Fest Beginning April 12th – Zain is such a nice guy!
- Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit – Windows phone dev resources.
- Tutorial Videos: Exploring how to use Layer Diagrams in VS2010 | Hello World, I am Win Phone 7
- Visual Studio Tips: Cut or Delete the Current Line | Closing Just the Selected Files You Want | Using the Miscellaneous Files Project
SQL Server, Compliance and PowerShell
- .NET Nugget 23: SQL Server Substring Not Like .NET Substring – “I ran into something this week that was very unexpected: the SQL Server implementation of substring does NOT work like the substring implementation I’m use to in .NET.”
- 7 performance tips for faster SQL queries – “SQL developers on every platform are struggling, seemingly stuck in a DO WHILE loop that makes them repeat the same mistakes again and again.”
Community/Technology Events & Training
- Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
- TDD and SOLID Coding Dojo April 24th – SHDNUG will be holding its first TDD and SOLID Coding Dojo on Saturday April 24th at the Freeman Branch library (16616 Diana Lane Houston, TX 77062 – (281) 488-1906) from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm in the large meeting room on the first floor.
- State of .NET by Markus Egger on 03/30/2010 – Shawn Weisfeld has posted videos of the State of .NET presentation.
Internet, Software, Technology & Science
- Add “My Dropbox” to Your Windows 7 Start Menu – This will come in handy since I LOVE Dropbox.
- Odd Cloud on Neptune Seen Splitting Into Two – “A cloudy patch that is typically seen over the south pole of Neptune was spotted in double by astronomers after it briefly split in two, as viewed by ground-based telescopes in 2007.”
- Hot New Stars Take Center Stage in Cosmic Photo – “For hot, young stars, the Orion nebula seems like the place to be, according to a stunning new image taken by a NASA telescope.”
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- 13 small things to simplify your workday – Great tips!
- The 7 Most Motivational Quotes Ever Spoken – Awesome!
- 42 Practical Ways To Improve Yourself – Great list.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Dilbert comics I Found Funny: 03-29 | 04-01 | 04-04
- Movie Trailers: The A-Team | Resident Evil: Afterlife
- –
Great Link Blog Sources
- The Simple Dollar – Weekly Roundup
- John Clayton – Weekly Web Nuggets
- Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
- Alvin Ashcraft – Morning Dew
- Steve Pietrek – Links
- Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
- Mike Gunderloy – Double-Shot
- David Vidmar – Links of the week
- Sam Gentile – New and Notable
- Craig Bailey – On Microsoft
- Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
- Jonathan Gardner – Links
- Greg Duncan – A Feed You Should Read
- Johnathan Giles – Java Desktop Links of the Week
–
Happy Surfing.
^..^







Pingback: Dew Drop – April 5, 2010 | Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew