Christopher Steen

Link Listing - September 28, 2006

• [Tool] Data Dictionary Creator - Rapid database documentation [Via: Jon Galloway ]
• ADO.NET vNext Entity Data Model Designer [Via: p.gielens ]
• VS2003 and Vista - Is the sky really falling? [Via: Jon Galloway ]
• Tip/Trick: Patterns and Practices Guidance Explorer for .NET and ASP.NET [Via: ScottGu ]
• AJAX: A Hacker's Dream? [Via: Ken Cox [MVP] ]

Link Listing - September 27, 2006

• Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Retrieving XML Data with XmlDataSource Control [Via: ]
• Vista can't run VS.NET 2003 [Via: karl ]
• How sausage is made: a look inside the p&p offices [Via: tomholl ]
• How to get noticed at a career fair [Via: JobsBlog ]
• Log4Net Troubleshooting [Via: Haacked ]

Del.icio.us Links

• InVisible - Ruby on Rails Reference 1.1.2
• Redbox - A rails compatible lightbox
• TextMate-like Template Syntax for RADRails

• Intelligencia » Restful.NET
  The Restful.NET library is an open source REST Web Service framework for .NET.

Link Listing - September 26, 2006

• NHibernate 1.2 Beta1 Released! [Via: Ayende Rahien ]
• WSCF 0.7: Looking for three *thorough* testers! [Via: CWeyer ]
• Subtext Akismet API [Via: Haacked ]
• Why Would a .NET Programmer Learn Ruby on Rails? [Via: Scott Hanselman ]
• Webcast Reminder for Wednesday: Discussion of using SQL Server Everywhere Edition to share data between devices and the desktop [Via: Jim Wilson ]
• What's Wrong With This Code (#6) [Via: scott ]
• Reminder: Web Wednesday, AKA devCast - ASP.NET 2.0 Overview [Via: gduthie ]

Link Listing - September 24, 2006

• Web Service Software Factory - Data Access Guidance Package - Code Generation [Via: dhayden ]
• State Machines In Windows Workflow [Via: scott ]

Del.icio.us Links

• This Side of the Fence: Implementing IDesignTimeHtmlProvider
• Checklist for Testing SharePoint Web Parts
• Best Practices for Developing Web Parts for SharePoint Products and Technologies
  Using the programming model behind Windows SharePoint Services, you can create your own Web Parts that provide new functionality to enhance your Web Part Pages. Learn best practices to improve performance and usability of Web Parts, and ways to create Web
• Automating your Web Part builds (and distribution) with WPPackager and NAnt
• The Big Dummies Guide to Setting up your SharePoint Virtual Development Environment
• Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects
• CoreWeb :: C# ServerSide Validation Library
• Getting Started with jQuery
• Interface elements for jQuery
  Interface is a collection of plugins for jQuery java script library. With this plugins you can build Web 2.0 aplications with the same same simplicty as using jQuery and provide a rich user interface.
• jQuery Date Picker
  A jQuery plugin to allow you to add "date picker" elements to your forms.

Link Listing - September 23, 2006

• Tip/Trick: UpdateProgress Control and AJAX Activity Image Animations [Via: ScottGu ]
• Vista RC1 Experiences Highly Variable [Via: SamGentile ]
• Code timers [Via: MarkItUp ]
• Tip/Trick: Optimizing ASP.NET 2.0 Web Project Build Performance with VS 2005 [Via: ScottGu ]
• Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 - September CTP [Via: trobbins ]
• How to call C++ DLL from ASP.NET (C#) code? [Via: EldarM ]

Link Listing - September 20, 2006

• Creating Validator Controls for the CheckBox and CheckBoxList [Via: ]
• Free MOSS 2007 Developer and Infrastructure Training [Via: erobillard ]
• Calling Web Services with MS AJAX using Code Vs. Declaratively [Via: dwahlin ]
• Security Myth: Only Large Development Teams can Write Secure Code [Via: dansellers ]
• When to set AspCompat [Via: scott ]
• Webcast Follow Up: Building Data-oriented Mobile Apps . Looking ahead to SQL Server Everywhere Edition [Via: Jim Wilson ]
• Usercontrols (ascx), webparts and SharePoint 2007 [Via: ]
• C# String Library [Via: Chad Finsterwald ]

Link Listing - September 19, 2006

• Pervasive Tools, a couple more tools [Via: James Avery ]
• VS 2005 trick for obtaining the public key token and blob of a signed assembly [Via: Andrew Connell ]
• Mono available in a virtual machine [Via: fmarguerie ]
• Coding4Fun Hardware Boneyard - Using the CueCat with .NET [Via: Scott Hanselman ]
• September Atlas Control Toolkit Released (Now with Animation Support) [Via: ScottGu ]
• New and Notable 114 [Via: SamGentile ]
• Microsoft DSL Tools 1.0 RTM [Via: ]
• soapui 1.6 beta2 [Via: Ole Matzura ]
• Microsoft Launches SaaS-Oriented Web Site [Via: W^3 ]
• WCF Workshops updated to Release Candidate 1 [Via: FederalDev ]
• Announcing the Windows Communication Foundation Live Service Trace Viewer [Via: CraigMcMurtry ]
• Understanding Workflow in Microsoft Office System 2007 [Via: trobbins ]
• Determine whether a SQL Server exists .. [Via: Sahil Malik ]
• Preventing Dialogs on the Server-Side in ASP.NET or Trace.Fail considered Harmful [Via: Scott Hanselman ]
• MbUnit - Unit Testing on Crack [Via: Scott Hanselman ]

Del.icio.us Links

• Dream | OpenGarden
  MindTouch Dream is a REST-based distributed application framework developed in Mono/.NET.
• Web Safe Colours / Colors, Named Colours, 500+ Colours, Colour Links
• Daily Color Scheme
  Your every-day color resource, we bring you daily-fresh colorschemes
• CoreWeb :: Casting from a Collection to a Data Table using Generics and Attributes
• Installation of .NET server-side application with NSIS
• Query Express
  Query Express is a simple Query Analyzer look-alike, but being small and free it can be run where the SQL Server client tools are not installed or licensed. This makes it especially useful as a query tool for MSDE and SQL Express. It also connects to Orac
• Intro to XPathmania - Extending Visual Studio 2005 to Support XPath Development
• SharpMap - OpenSource Map Engine for .NET 2.0
  SharpMap is a simple-to-use map renderer that renders GIS data for use in web and desktop applications.
• Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities
  Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32.
• Frequently Asked Questions for System.Net.Mail
  This FAQ addresses the System.Net.Mail (SNM) namespace found in the 2.0 .NET Framework.
• MochiKit - A lightweight Javascript library
• Coding Horror: Creating Smaller Virtual Machines

CMAP Job Fair - October 3, 2006

The CMAP Job Fair for .NET Developers is coming to the UMBC Technology Center, near Baltimore-Washington International, on Tuesday, October 3 from 4 pm to 6:30 pm. Here is your opportunity to meet with representatives from companies that have .NET positions from Aberdeen to Baltimore to Washington DC and points in between. Find out where you fit in this hot job market. Learn what the in demand skills are. Chart the course of your career and put it on the fast track. There will be jobs for all levels of experience, including entry level. You are invited to stay for the CMAP Main Meeting, from 6:30 to 9:00, and enjoy networking, pizza, and quality presentations about .NET development.  For more details go to http://www.CMAPJobFair.org/ or write to marketing@cmap-online.org. To be an exhibitor at the CMAP Job Fair, write to marketing@cmap-online.org ASAP. There are only a few slots remaining. See you on October 3. 

Link Listing - September 14, 2006

• Download Firebug and view your XMLHttpRequests [Via: ]
• Mainsoft Releases Grasshopper 2.0 Preview [Via: Mono Project (mono@novell.com) ]
• CSLA .NET 2.1 BETA available for download [Via: rocky@lhotka.net (Rockford Lhotka) ]
• Five New Data Tutorials [Via: Scott Mitchell ]
• Advocating the use of code coverage [Via: ]
• Invirtus VM Optimizer v2.5 gets better... [Via: Andrew Connell ]
• Tip/Trick: Enabling Back/Forward-Button Support for ASP.NET AJAX UpdatePanel [Via: ScottGu ]
• ASP.NET Page LifeCycle diagram [Via: help.net ]
• New and Notable 113 [Via: SamGentile ]
• Xdrive is live [Via: Ryan Carter ]

Link Listing - September 12, 2006

• "Atlas" 1.0 Naming and Roadmap [Via: ScottGu ]
• BetaMarker.com - Early adopters welcome [Via: RoyOsherove ]
• Machine specific tasks with NAnt [Via: jmiller ]
• What's Wrong With This Code (#5) [Via: scott ]

Link Listing - September 10, 2006

• MonoDevelop 0.12 released [Via: Mono Project (mono@novell.com) ]
• Back Button Support for Atlas UpdatePanels [Via: nikhilk@winisp.net ]
• Writing Your First Avalon Program on Windows Vista RC1 [Via: SamGentile ]
• Regulazy 1.02 is out and about [Via: RoyOsherove ]
• Sonic 1.0.3 [Via: swatermasysk ]

Link Listing - September 8, 2006

• CSS Control Adapter Toolkit Update [Via: ScottGu ]
• Finally the Orcas RC Tools [Via: SamGentile ]
• Architecting Service Broker Applications [Via: tomasr@mvps.org (Tomas Restrepo) ]
• SOA, What is it Good For? [Via: ]
• SQL Server Everywhere: the Future of Lightweight Databases [Via: ]
• .NET Framework 3.0 RC1 Install Instructions [Via: trobbins ]

Link Listing - September 7, 2006

• I have seen the light and it is called MbUnit [Via: James Avery ]
• Can't Get Enough of that SBA - Sharing Templates [Via: rhayes ]
• .NET Debugging - Reading material [Via: Tess ]
• XFire 1.2.1 Released! [Via: dandiep ]
• Field Guide to Developers [Via: Joel Spolsky ]
• Mono Summit [Via: Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnome.org) ]
• October 2006 MSDN Magazine now online [Via: toub ]
• Windows Vista RC1 is now available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads [Via: MSDNSubscriptions ]
• Answers to some CSLA .NET questions [Via: rocky@lhotka.net (Rockford Lhotka) ]
• .NET vNext: How LINQ Makes working with business objects better? [Via: Sahil Malik ]
• Casting from a Collection to a Data Table using Generics and Attributes [Via: Joe Finsterwald ]

Link Listing - September 6, 2006

• More on Atlas [Via: James Avery ]
• Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce - Final Manuscript Complete! [Via: brian@softinsight.com ]
• Gracefully Responding to Unhandled Exceptions - Displaying User-Friendly Error Pages [Via: ]
• WCF Security Article [Via: tomasr@mvps.org (Tomas Restrepo) ]
• .NET Memory usage - A restaurant analogy [Via: Tess ]
• Atlas HoverMenuExtender example [Via: ]
• JavaScript Errors caused by a Proxy [Via: ]
• New MonoDevelop is out! [Via: Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnome.org) ]
• Being an Agile Architect [Via: SamGentile ]
• New 2007 Microsoft Office System Virtual Labs Available [Via: ]
• Event Handlers Gone Wild [Via: Toddca ]

Link Listing - September 5, 2006

• Atlas is weighing on me [Via: James Avery ]
• Hex Dump Utility [Via: tomasr@mvps.org (Tomas Restrepo) ]
• CoreWeb :: Script.aculo.us, Prototype and Asp.Net Best Friends Forever [Via: ]
• Ajax Boot Camp: September 30th and October 1st in Fairfax Virginia! [Via: ]
• Start ServiceHosts for all configured Services [Via: Ingo ]
• Finding Great Developers [Via: Joel Spolsky ]
• Introducing jobs.joelonsoftware.com [Via: Joel Spolsky ]
• IronPython 1.0 Ships!! [Via: IronPython ]
• Where Workflow Foundation really shines [Via: rocky@lhotka.net (Rockford Lhotka) ]

Link Listing - September 4, 2006

• Windows Live Writer Plugins Collection - Release Cyclone available [Via: lkempe ]
• Tip/Trick: Creating Re-Usable Project and Item Templates with VS 2005 [Via: ScottGu ]
• Draft of Win 2003 Installation - September 2006 [Via: Jason Haley ]
• Ron Jacobs - Patterns and Anti-Patterns for Service Oriented Architectures [Via: nilsv ]
• Creating Database Unit Tests - new install UI [Via: ]

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services and Interoperability

Come listen to Anil John and learn about the components of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the role Web Services play in a SOA implementation. Web services are touted as the distributed computing technology that can be used to integrate systems, services and applications that live on diverse technology platforms. While true to a great degree, there are implementation issues regarding interoperability that often come into play when seeking to integrate the various systems. Learn about the standards as well as design and development approaches that will improve the chances of interoperability across platforms and technologies.

Did I mention the FREE PIZZA!!

Where: Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals (CMAP) Main Meeting

When: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 @ 6:30pm

Location

UMBC Technology Center
1450 South Rolling Road
Halethorpe, MD 21227

For directions and more information about CMAP visit our website at http://www.cmap-online.org

Link Listing - September 3, 2006

• RSS Subversion Change Log [Via: brian_ritchie ]
• XML Notepad 2006 [Via: Ryan Carter ]
• Updated Windows XP Installation - September 2006 [Via: Jason Haley ]
• .NET vNext: Bridging Architectures [Via: Sahil Malik ]
• .NET vNext - what it means to your architecture? [Via: Sahil Malik ]
• .NET Framework RC 1 is available [Via: trobbins ]

Link Listing - September 2, 2006

• Mono 1.1.7 and NUnit [Via: Jamie Cansdale ]
• Build it quickly, use it as soon as possible, and make it simple [Via: RHoward ]
• Writing Custom Web Parts for SharePoint 2007 [Via: ScottGu ]
• SQL Reporting Services - CSS fix for Firefox [Via: Jon Galloway ]
• VisualSVN - Finally Feel-Good Visual Studio Plugin for Subversion [Via: ScottBellware ]
• PixRuler makes measuring easy [Via: Ryan Carter ]
• New Article on Windows Workflow Rules and Conditions [Via: scott ]
• Understanding LINQ to SQL Query Translations [Via: ScottGu ]
• Service Oriented Database Architecture Paper [Via: donkiely ]
• .NET Framework 3.0 RC is out [Via: Brenton House ]
• Windows Vista RC1, .NET Framework 3.0 RC1 completed [Via: robburke ]
• Language Wars [Via: Joel Spolsky ]