Pick of the week: Understanding Public Clouds: IaaS, Paas, & SaaS

General

• VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2: Scott Guthrie announces the highly anticipated Beta 2 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0. In additional to all the great new stuff coming in 4.0, Beta 2 includes a go-live license!
• Mapping From IDataReader/IDataRecord with AutoMapper: Jan Van Ryswyck shows how you can use AutoMapper to help alleviate a lot of the tedious, repetitive code typically needed with straight ADO.NET.
• Treating User Myopia: Jeff Atwood offers some excellent UI design advice about how your users more than likely see your application.
• LinqLite: Jason Allor has put together a library to help with writing your own Linq providers.
• Using a Personal Kanban Board: Peter Microserf tells us how using a personal kanban board has helped him get organized and get things done.

Web Development

• VS 2010 Beta 2 From an ASP.NET MVC Perspective: Phil Haack focuses on what VS 2010 means to ASP.NET MVC developers.
• Using Visual Studio 2010 for Silverlight Development: Tim Heuer writes about how to develop Silverlight applications using Visual Studio 2010.
• The Minutes On 9 – Channel 9 Video Interviews with the ASP.NET 4 Team: Scott Hanselman interviews a bunch of ASP.NET team members about what’s awesome in ASP.NET 4.
• Using the New Microsoft Ajax Minifier: Stephen Walther demonstrates how to make use of the Microsoft Ajax Minifier.
• ASP.NET MVC View Model Patterns: Steve Michelotti shares the pros and cons of the various ways you can build your view models.
• MVC 2 Areas and Containers: K. Scott Allen shows an effective way of combining your favorite IoC container with the default controller factory in ASP.NET MVC 2.
• Modern CSS Layouts – The Essential Characteristics: Smashing Magazine examines key concepts for creating successful CSS layouts using the latest technologies, like CSS 3 and HTML 5, that are starting to be more and more supported by browsers.
• ClientIDMode in ASP.NET 4.0: Rick Strahl gets into the nitty-gritty details on what the new client ID mode is in ASP.NET 4.0 and how to use it.
• MVC Web Testing Strategies – Verifying Content: Jimmy Bogard investigates the challenges of testing rendered content and shows one possible approach.
• HTML 5, A 3 Minute Guide: Curious what all the fuss is over HTML 5? Check out this simple introduction to some key differences.