Weekly Web Nuggets #4

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General

  • Lambda, Lambda, Lambda: Howard Dierking gives a nice overview of Lambda functions, one of the many new language features in C# 3.0.
  • Introduction to WPF: Eran Kampf has written a very nice high level introduction to WPF. He uses the example of a data-driven UI to build a working WPF application.
  • One Single Tip to Comment Your Code: A technique so simple, it just might work!
  • Sticky Notes: This sweet add-in for Visual Studio 2008 lets you attach virtual sticky notes to the classes & projects!
  • SQL Server 2008 & Unstructured Data: Jose Barreto writes about the changes coming to SQL Server 2008 in regards to storage of unstructured data (aka, blobs).
  • Gigantic Silverlight 2 Poster: Come and get it! If you mixed Mix08 (sadly, I did miss it), you can still get the hot item of the sessions - a huge poster of Silverlight 2.
  • User Interfaces Design Patterns: The stereotype that says developers don't have a design bone in their body is usually true. So for all of us, this is a great resource of UI design patterns!

ASP.Net

  • The Life of an ASP.Net MVC Request: Stephen Walther gives a very in-depth overview of what happens when you make a request to the oh-so-awesome ASP.Net MVC framework.
  • SyntaxHighlighter: If you've got a code-related blog or web site, you often find yourself needing to post code samples. Sure, you could post screenshots, but those aren't exactly copy-n-paste friendly. This little bit of javascript will let you post code in style! (pun intended...seriously...it uses js and stylesheets)
  • ASP.Net MVC Source Code Available: Scott Guthrie shares the exciting news that the ASP.Net MVC source code is freely available on CodePlex!