Links (6/15/2008)

.NET

1. Interface vs. Abstract Class in C#
2. Getting rid of strings (2): use lambda expressions
3. How to Implement an Interface Without Making Members Public Using Explicit Interface Implementation
4. Understanding foreign keys and relationship columns in Dynamic Data
5. LINQ Workshop with Ernst & Young - Which Data Access Technology should I use?? - My Thought
6. Deferred Loading in LINQ to SQL
7. Dynamic UI with WPF and LINQ
8. TechEd 2008 notes: How LINQ Works
9. Back to Basics - Life After If, For and Switch - Like, a Data Structures Reminder
10. Learning WPF with BabySmash - Factories, Interfaces, Delegates and Lambdas, oh my!

Web

1. OpenXmlDiff.Exe: A Utility to Find the Differences Between Two Open XML Documents
2. A jQuery Client Status Bar
3. Rewriting the TextBoxWatermarkExtender as an ASP.NET AJAX Plugin
4. GridView Multiple Filter Ajax Control
5. Bulk Edit with GridView without xxxDataSource (SqlDataSource, ObjectDataSource, etc)

Visual Studio

1. SlickEdit 2008 is pretty... well... slick
2. Did you know… You can use Tracepoints to log “printf” or “console.writeline” info without editing your code? - #237
3. Review: SlickEdit
4. ReSharper 4.0 Keyboard Short Cuts
5. Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements
6. C# Debugging Improvement for VS 2008 SP1- Part II
7. VS 2008 Tracepoints – Debug output without touching your code (Say goodbye to Debug.Write ?)

Development

1. Unit tests are for functionality, not code!
2. Effective Dashboard Design Practices
3. SQL Powershell - Unrestrict Growth size on all Database Files that has AutoGrowth set as None
4. TechEd 2008 notes: Evolving Frameworks
5. TechEd 2008 notes: How not to write a unit test

Miscellaneous

1. How to compact a Virtual PC image
2. Password-protecting Compressed Folders in Windows XP
3. Enabling Bluetooth on MacBook Pro and Windows Server 2008 x64