Links (5/7/2008)

.NET

1. MethodBase Without Reflection
2. Tip: how to simplify value access from a dictionary? With an extension method!
3. Windows PowerShell V2 Community Technology Preview 2 CTP2
4. F# in 20 Minutes - Part I
5. Workflow Foundation 101
6. Combine LINQ Queries with Regular Expressions
7. Yet Another Generic Factory Method
8. 5 Minutes of Innovation in C# - Episode #1 - Generics
9. LINQExtender - LinqExtender is a toolkit on CodePlex for creating custom LINQ providers without knowing anything of how expression is parsed or processed and focusing on only the business logic

Web

1. Contrasting Two MVC / LINQ to SQL Applications for the Web
2. Understanding CSS Positioning part 1
3. WebGrid - The plug and play grid - am going to check out this free ASP.NET grid
4. Weather Forecast with Yahoo! Weather RSS Feed
5. Accessing the ASP.NET Authentication, Profile and Role Service in Silverlight
6. 11 Best Web Developer tools for Firefox and Internet Explorer
7. ASP.NET Performance Engineering - Stress Test Your Architecture, Design, And Code
8. ASP.NET Podcast Show #110 - Integrating ASP.NET AJAX with Google Maps
9. ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions... What are the new features anyway? How can I start?
10. Avoid using the Session in The Page Constructor

Visual Studio

1. Did you know… You can specify to only show components in your Solution in the Object Browser? - #208
2. Did you know… You can create a custom list of components for the Object Browser - #209
3. Did you know… You can add references to your solution directly from the Object Browser - #210
4. ReSharper 4.0 vs CodeRush/Refactor! -- Smack Down results
5. Unescape my Strings

Development

1. Borland Q1 2008 results - CodeGear sold to Embarcadero Technologies
2. The Bookshelf - what developers should read
3. Understanding Model-View-Controller
4. Instructional Design: One Quick Tip
5. SAP / PeopleSoft Office Integration Kit

Miscellaneous

1. GTA4 Walkthrough
2. Fix your Vista Folder Views - A batch file to un-"Photo" your Vista Folders
3. Spencer Harbar's must have Mac OS utilities
4. Triple Boot MacBook Pro
5. Replace Notepad.exe with EditPlus.exe on Windows Vista