General
- The Tortoise And The Hare: Tim Barcz has a must-read post comparing enterprise development to the fable of the tortoise and the hare. As someone who's been dealing with this sort of cycle for the last few years, I couldn't agree more. Diligent developers should be striving to be the tortoise, writing maintainable, unit-tested code that breaks the cycle of the hare - quickly written applications that degrade so quickly another rewrite is the only way to fix them.
- Hidden Gems - Not The Same Old 3.5 SP1 Post: As I'm sure you're already aware, SP1 for .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 shipped this week. Scott Hanselman takes a look at the "metric buttload" of changes with this release.
- 12 Unit Testing Tips For Software Engineers: A great article by Alex Iskold with 12 tips for unit testing.
- Implementing Repository And Specification Patterns Using Linq: Ritesh Rao shows how to get your hands dirty using Linq.
- Inversion Of Control Is NOT About Testability: Jeffrey Palermo reminds us that IoC is not about testability - it's about a good design, of which testability is a byproduct.
Web Development
- Conditional-CSS: This slick tool lets you include conditional statements right in your CSS files to target specific browsers.
- ASP.NET Performance: High CPU Utilization Case Studies And Solutions: Alik Levin, of the Microsoft ACE Team, takes a look at a number of issues that can cause high CPU utilization on your web site.
- Keep Your Link-Juice By Using A Custom HTTP Module For 301 Redirects: Dana Coffey shares some SEO-foo - using a custom HTTP module to permanently redirect requests from an old URL to a new one.
- Filters In ASP.NET MVC Preview 4: Phil Haack writes about the four types of action filters you'll find in the 4th preview of ASP.NET MVC.
- Build Better Pages With Firebug: This is an excellent tutorial on what is without a doubt the MVP of web development tools - Firebug.
- ASP.NET Gets No Respect: ASP.NET is a great platform - the best, in my opinion - for building anything on the web, yet it just doesn't have much visibility in the most trafficked web sites. Why? Rick Strahl has the answers!
