Links (7/13/2008)

.NET

1. IsNull Extension Method
2. CR_Documentor 2.0.0.0 Released: Now With Sandcastle Preview and Open Source Goodness
3. List of LINQ Providers
4. LINQtoSQL Practical Best Practices
5. Poll Results: Threading, Mock Frameworks and unit test frameworks
6. LINQ Farm: More on Set Operators

Web

1. CSS: Simple Rules for Better Organization and More Efficiency
2. Challenge-Me: JavaScript Including Engine - Part I
3. Challenge-Me: JavaScript Including Engine - Part II
4. Challenge-Me: JavaScript Including Engine - Part III
5. Static Singletons for ASP.NET Controls
6. 3D Client-side Tabstrip using JavaScript
7. Building Your First jQuery Plugin
8. Using AJAX with ASP.NET 2.0
9. Three New Master Page Tutorials Published
10. How to use httpModules to troubleshoot your ASP.NET application

Visual Studio

1. Refactoring DRY tests with ReSharper's Inline Method
2. Referencing 32 bits assemblies and running programs on 64 bits
3. Going lean in Visual Studio (even more than Jimmy!)
4. Did you know… How to turn on and off Simplified Tools Options - #257
5. Going lean in Visual Studio

Development

1. It's not the client's job to know what he needs - It's our job to find out – not sure i agree with jeff on this one – at least 100% of the time.
2. Design Patterns - Factory Method Pattern
3. Design Patterns - Abstract Factory Pattern
4. Why Developers & Testers will LOVE Vmware's Lab Manager

Miscellaneous

1. 50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers
2. VMWare Fusion and the MacBook Pro
3. Outlook: How do I back up my signatures?
4. Just reclaimed 17GB of disk space without uninstalling or deleting a single file!!!