Links (3/9/2008)

.NET

1. LazyParser.NET
2. PowerShell Script to access an Excel file
3. Highway to PowerShell V2 - WOW
4. Shout Out: New PowerShell Book
5. .NET Reflector 5.1
6. 2008 Window Scripting Games - Advanced PowerShell Event 7
7. "LINQ to SQL Overview" video
8. Windows Vista Controls for .NET 2.0 - Give your .Net applications on Vista the "Vista look"...
9. Using DB4Objects as a prototyping tool. Part I
10. Why I Love F#: Lists - The Basics
11. Various Cheat Sheets (.NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET Ajax, CSS, JavaScript, RegEx, ...) - Free Download
12. Understanding Variable Capturing in C#
13. Remoting Using PowerShell V1
14. Microsoft FxCop 1.35 for download
15. dotNetTips.Utility
16. Adventures in F# - F# 101 Part 3
17. Maybe I'm just a little slow - extension methods are cool for avoiding NullReferenceExceptions
18. Getting a Shield Icon on your Winform Buttons
19. CSLA .NET 3.5 property code reduction
20. Reverse a String .NET - Array.Reverse(char[])
21. Singleton Factory
22. Edit and Continue in an ASP.NET Web Application
23. Indexing and searching business entities using Lucene.Net Framework, part 1
24. Indexing and searching business entities using Lucene.Net Framework, part 2
25. Indexing and searching business entities using Lucene.Net Framework, part 3
26. A simple trick to code better and to increase testability
27. Architecting LINQ To SQL Applications, part 7

Web

1. **** New drop of ASP.NET MVC Framework now available
2. **** First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2
3. Top-10 Web App Design Mistakes
4. Generate an object model from an XML string
5. ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Screencast Tutorials
6. ASP.NET MVC Preview 2
7. The IE8 VPC - IE8 the easy way  - sigh, another browser to support
8. Silverlight 2 not working on Production Web Server
9. File upload component for Silverlight and ASP.NET
10. .NET Debugging Demos Lab 5: Crash
11. .NET Debugging Demos Lab5: Crash - Review
12. .NET Debugging Demos Lab 6: Debugging Challenge (Memory leak)
13. Activities and WebSlices in Internet Explorer 8
14. RELEASED: Virtual Earth JavaScript Intellisense Helper
15. IE8: Must have software for AJAX Developers
16. Why Isn't IE8 Passing Acid2?
17. CAPTCHA Controls for .NET
18. Automatic Application Pool Isolation in IIS7 - why you'll want to use this
19. Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Controls Available, including Source and Unit Tests
20. Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Control Samples
21. asp:MediaPlayer and asp:Silverlight controls update
22. Plates overflowing with CSS
23. How to insert a video - ExpressionWeb
24. Silverlight Samples Update - Samples updated to Silverlight 2 Beta 1. Also updated Reflector add-ins
25. Recommended reading: IHttpContext and Versioning
26. IE7Pro 2.1 Released
27. Web Service Software Factory: new release!
28. New MvcContrib build released on CodePlex - Build 0.0.1.75 Beta
29. Writing well-formed xml to the debug output window
30. MVC with WF: Part IV, decoupling view from controller
31. MVC with WF: Part V, marshalling commands from WPF to WF
32. MVC with WF: Part VI, Injecting a controller in a subview / workspace
33. MVC with WF: Part VII, IOC on the cheap
34. MVC with WF: Part VIII, Broadcasting for all to see
35. Part 2 : Building and binding hierarchical data from the database to the ASP.NET Navigation Controls
36. Extending Firebug, Hello World! (Part I.)
37. Firefox Extension: Better Organize Your Tabs with Tree Style Tab
38. WCSF 2.0 Hidden Gem - Creating interface projects
39. Web Resources demystified: Part 2
40. First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2
41. css-boilerplate - A simple CSS framework
42. Silverlight 2.0 user control...head start
43. Common console commands for the typical ASP.NET developer
44. An Introduction to the YUI Library
45. Firecookie - Extension for Firebug
46. Link building 101 with ASP.Net MVC
47. Installation Tips for Silverlight Tools Beta 1 for Visual Studio 2008
48. Ease your MVP - article describes how MVP integration in ASP.NET 2.0 can become easier with .NET generics and Hierarchy in Presenters
49. Testing controller actions inside ASP.Net MVC
50. Stress Test ASP.NET Web Application With Free WCAT Tool
51. This is how ASP.NET MVC controller actions should be unit tested

Visual Studio

1. Did you know... You can press Ctrl+/ to reach the Visual Studio command line? - #163
2. Did you know... How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog? - #164
3. Did you know... How to pretend the configuration manager doesn't exist, besides closing your eyes and saying i don't see you? - #165
4. Did you know... How to hide or show the "Project location is not trusted" message box? - #166
5. Did you know... How to stop the Toolbox from auto-populating with items found in the solution? - #167
6. PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 released
7. The Future of IntelliSense
8. Intellisense is not a contract. or where have all the interfaces gone?
9. The Visual Studio Gallery

Development

1. Agile development
2. Mix 08 Sessions Published - http://sessions.visitmix.com/
3. "Understanding Programming Languages" free ebook
4. Updates: ShellRunas v1.01
5. UAC got ya down?
6. 35 (Really) Incredible Free Icon Sets
7. Sam Gentile's Inessential List of Tools

Miscellaneous

1. Vista: Takes too long to shut down?
2. FolderShare - Backup, Access and Share you files anywhere
3. GRAW 2 Co-Op Collection 2
4. COD4 Title Update is now live (Updated)
5. Windows Server 2008 as a Workstation Part III
6. AVG 8.0 Available
7. How to attach MP3 sound effects to PowerPoint animation elements
8. No more Delayed Windows Vista File Open Dialogs