Pick of the week: Developer Productivity – 5 Ways to Kill It

General

• The Windows 7 Taskbar Versus the OS X Dock: An excellent comparison between the new taskbar in Windows 7 and the dock in OS X. Though the two may seem very similar – Apple fanboys may even go so far as to claim that Microsoft copied Apple – core differences in the operating systems present very unique challenges.
• Pimping Your Windows 7 Taskbar – Extending the Windows 7 Taskbar with Managed Code: Greg Duncan highlights a project on CodePlex that lets you take advantage of the new taskbar APIs from managed code.
• Thoughts on Three Monitors for Developers: Roland Weigelt weighs the pros and cons of adding a third monitor to you development rig.
• Five Hours of Webcast on Windows Azure: Eric Nelson presents over five hours of webcasts on Windows Azure, 5 for developers, and even 1 for business decision makers.
• Open Source Software, Self Service Software: Jeff Atwood makes an interesting correlation between the self-service checkout machines in grocery stores and open source software.

Web Development

• Optimizing Your Route Collection for URL Generation in ASP.NET MVC: Eilon Lipton shares some tips on how to optimize your routes.
• FubuMVC: An intriguing new MVC framework inspired by, rather than built on top of, ASP.NET MVC. (via the Herding Code podcast)
• ASP.NET MVC Tip – Don’t Use Delete Links Because They Create Security Holes: Stephen Walther points out how a simple delete link can be a serious security hole via cross-site request forgery. Of course, he also makes sure to give some much safer alternatives.
• New IIS7 Configuration Reference: Scott Forsyth points out that the IIS team has released an excellent configuration reference for IIS7…including detailed information and descriptions straight from the IIS product team.