Pick of the week: Software Externalities
General
- Through the Eyes of Expression Blend: Check out these excellent step-by-step guides on using Expression Blend.
- Git# - First Public Release: Miguel de Icaza announces the first public release of Git#, a managed library for working with Git repositories.
- Technical Debt Quadrant: Martin Fowler explains the subtle, but important, differences between the many things we often classify as technical debt.
Web Development
- Implementing RESTful Routes & Controllers in ASP.NET MVC 2.0: Ben Scheirman shows how to easily implement RESTful APIs using the next version of ASP.NET MVC.
- ASP.NET MVC 2.0 Preview 2 - Areas and Routes: K. Scott Allen takes a look the ins and outs of the new areas functionality in ASP.NET MVC 2.0.
- Common Web.config Transformations with Visual Studio 2010: Scott Kirkland shares some examples of the new web.config transformations in Visual Studio 2010.
- CSS Differences in Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8: A good reference to all the quirks we have to deal with when targeting the browser we love to hate.
- Announcing Microsoft Ajax Library (Preview 6) and the Microsoft Ajax Minifier: Scott Guthrie rolls out the preview of some really neat new ASP.NET AJAX components, including a client script loader and a script minifier.
- How the Script Loader in the Microsoft Ajax Library Will Make Your Life Wonderful: James Senior reveals much more awesomeness than I had originally expected in the new Script Loader.
- 10 Features Why ASP.NET 4.0 is Better For Public Website: Ronald Widha lists 10 new features that make ASP.NET 4.0 a great platform for public sites.
