This is is my weekly link post. It is here that I note the web sites and posts that I have run across that interest me – whether it be related to work or play.
Application Development/Design
- David Hayden provides a great article on the Decorator Pattern.
- K. Scott Allen talks about Lazy LINQ and Enumerable Objects. “Someone asked me why LINQ operators return an IEnumerable<T> instead of something more useful, like a List<T>.”
- Paul Stovell has posted an article containing some great XAML and WPF Coding Guidelines.
- Scott Guthrie has posted his October 2nd Links. ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data
- Rick Strahl lets us know about an Introduction to jQuery Article that has been posted.
- Looks like a good list of 10 useful jQuery plugins.
- Matthew Podwysocki has posted a great article on creating classes in F#. “…let’s go back to the beginning and cover object oriented programming with F# from the ground up.”
- Scott Mitchell has posted an article on Retrieving the Just-Inserted ID of an IDENTITY Column Using a SqlDataSource Control.
- Here is a good article from BlackWasp on Debugging Using Assertions.
- Ran across an article by Eric White showing us how to do LINQ to TEXT and LINQ to CSV. “This post presents my current approach for dealing with text files using LINQ.”
- Greg Duncan informs us of Three Free .NET eBooks. Now that is my kind of price.
- Chris Brandsma shows us his implementation of a ToDelimitedString Extension Method. Great sample code.
- Randy Patterson has posted an awesome guide to Resharper with a keyboard shortcut map and all.
- Joel Cochran talks about Lambda Expressions. “…my goal in this article is to bypass all the pocket protector stuff and get right down to brass tacks.”
- Samuel Jack provides some great information on the Agile methodology in his post Trying out Agile. “The more I thought about Agile in the context of our project, the more I felt it was a good idea.”
- Here is a really good review for the book Clean Code.
- Tutorial Video(s): Reflection to Populate a ComboBox from an Enumeration
- Article(s) from Code project: Compiling the 1st F# program using interactive mode
- Forum Thread(s): .NET UML generation from code?
- Snippet(s): Get current windows user |
- Tip(s): Specify whether to run old version when a build fails
SQL Server, Compliance & PowerShell
- Ran across a great article titled SQL WHILE – SQL For Programmers. It demonstrates how to do loops in T-SQL.
- Joe Webb tells us how to disable constraints on a table. “This is most often done to improve performance during a bulk load operation.”
- Simple-Talk has posted an article by Joe Webb on Using Covering Indexes to Improve Query Performance.
- Great article on Simple-Talk titled Why This SQL Server DBA is Learning Powershell. “I started studying PowerShell because I was looking for a quicker, more efficient way to gather information regarding my SQL Servers…”
- Antonio Lupetti provides a great list of 10 Useful Articles about Database Design.
- Scott Bateman has posted a very good article on SQL Server 2008 Sample Databases.
- Denis Gobo tells us how to Convert IP Addresses Between Bigint and Varchar And How to Sort IP Addresses. Great stuff.
Community & Technology Events
- Houston Area User Group Meetings – This is my monthly listing of Houston area user group meetings.
Internet, Software and General Technology
- Code Zest provides a great list of recommended tools.
Blogging and Social Networking
- Ran into a good list of 10 Everyday Ways to Use Twitter for Work.
Self-Improvement, Productivity and Career
- Great article from Zen Habits on 11 Refreshing Ways to Bring Out the Awesomeness in Life.
- Jamie Nischan provides us with some great tips this week. A Green Tea Tip | 4 Foods for More Fat Loss
- Good article on Lifehack that lists 5 Effective Ways to Improve Your Sleep.
Sports, Entertainment and Everything Else
- Funny Captcha via @AzamSharp on Twitter.
- Veteran catcher Brad Ausmus has decided to leave the Astros after 10 years. A farewell video is available online.
- Movie Trailers: House | The Uninvited
- Funny Dilberts this week: 10/5
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Great Link Blog Sources
- Jason Haley – Interesting Finds
- Alvin Ashcraft – Daily Links
- Steve Pietrek – Links
- Arjan Zuidhof – LinkBlog
- Christopher Steen – Link Listing
- Mike Gunderloy – Double-Shot
- David Vidmar – Links of the week
- Sam Gentile – New and Notable
- Craig Bailey – On Microsoft
- Chris Alcock – Morning Brew
- Darren Stokes – Visual Studio Links
- Chris Love – Links of the Week
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Happy Surfing.
