Links (6/26/2007)

.NET

1. Switch Statements with Enums best practice
2. Validation with Enterprise Library 3.x
3. Iterate through an enum
4. Convert integer to Enum instance
5. Convert Enum value to int
6. Convert string to enum
7. DLinq (Linq to SQL) Performance (Part 2)
8. BCL Refresher: Converting the Non-Generic Collections
9. Using Mock Objects When Testing LINQ Code
10. Unit Test Tip: Encode test data as part of your test xml comments
11. Polymorphism, Up-casting and Down-casting
12. Object Instantiation in C#. Part III Abstract Factories
13. Use of ObjectComparer
14. Remoting Architecture in .NET
15. ThreadTester with new Ability: StopWhenTrue() and thread polling
16. Functional programming concepts using only C# 2.0
17. Dependency Patterns
18. Windows Workflow Foundation Runtime Footprint
19. Declaring a read-only abstract property

Web

1. Firewalls breaking ASP.NET AJAX
2. Surfing the Web the PowerShell Way
3. Updated ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit Release and New ASP.NET AJAX Videos/Articles
4. SubSonic's New Query Engine: Give it a REST
5. Never access the controls collection in Page_Init or Page_PreInit with declarative data-binding in ASP.NET 2.0
6. View State Analyzers
7. Finding Child Item Controls in ASP.NET
8. What is the Rails Question? - on the Microsoft platform
9. Telerik RadControls: Christmas in June: free license for PeterBlum VAM
10. Integrating Castle MonoRail into Legacy Code

Visual Studio

1. The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document
2. TFS Offline Pending Changes in Visual Studio
3. More Regarding Offline Work With TFS
4. Speeding up Visual Studio 2005
5. Papa's Got a Brand New Font! - DejaVu
6. A Visual Tour of ReSharper 3.0
7. Intellisense in ReSharper 3.0 Only Works After the First Letter

Development

1. **** the interview zoo - hilarious and true
2. 10 Developers For The Price Of One
3. The UML Class Diagram: Part 1
4. Why Scrum Works?
5. Why Design By Contract Is Not Popular
6. Scott Berkun on Development Methodologies
7. How to Build Simple Console Apps with Ruby and ActiveRecord
8. Motley says: "As an interviewer, I need to prove I am better than the candidate"

Miscellaneous

1. The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity