Links (10/30/2007)

.NET

1. **** Refactoring: Replacing Enums with the Strategy Pattern
2. Dispose Pattern and Object Lifetime
3. Loving LINQ
4. Difference between " and ' ? - use '(single quotes) for text that cannot appear on UI
5. What Does Protected Internal Mean?
6. .NET 2.0 Cast operator vs. As operator
7. Composite Application Block (CAB) Programming Essentials - Crucial For CAB Performance
8. Community Convergence XXXIV
9. Limit Rows In DataTable or DataSet
10. Microsoft Unveils Vision and Road Map to Simplify SOA, Bridge Software Plus Services, and Take Composite Applications Mainstream

Web

1. 65 Excellent Flash Designs
2. Two ASP.NET features that are usually missed or misunderstood... - The tilde (~) and Alt-Shift
3. CSS Round Corners
4. ASP.NET: clear user control output cache
5. Caching In 10 Minutes
6. ASP.NET: clear user control output cache

Visual Studio

1. Did you know... you can use Ctrl+H to bring up the Quick Replace Window?
2. Did you know... You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results?
3. Important Notice: VS 2008 Beta2 VPC Images Expiring on Nov 1st
4. Creating a Custom Code Snippet
5. Visual Studio Tip: Use Code Snippets
6. The dark side... - I'm on the dark side too!

Development

1. Copying a SQL Server Database to Another Environment
2. "Introduction to Ruby" Video Series

Miscellaneous

1. Come on people - "setup and login are not verbs!  If you want to use them as verbs you must split them into set up and log in. The same with backup and back up". I have to admit I do this also.