DotNetSlackers: The Technology Post for June 16th, 2009

The Technology Post for June 16th, 2009

Posted by: Jason N. Gaylords Blog, on 16 Jun 2009 | View original | Bookmarked: 0 time(s)

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Series Post #31

As a reminder, I will not be around really for the remainder of the week. If you dont get a post from me, dont be surprised. :) Normal posts will begin again on June 22nd.

.NET Languages C# and Visual Basic

ADO.NET - System.Data.OracleClient Update ADO.NET Team Blog (Suggested by Kevin Dente)

Architecture, Design Patterns, and Testing

Architecture - Questions every team and dev lead should ask themselves - Roy Osherove (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
Service - Declarative Hyperlinking in RESTEasy - Solomon Duskis (Suggested by Mike Amundsen)
Testing - Mocking indexer setters with Moq - Bertrand Le Roy (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC

ASP.NET MVC - Web 2.0 Portal using Asp.Net MVC, Microsoft Ajax Client Templates and jQuery with drag and drop widget personalization (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Desktop and Server Technology

Browser - Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser Opera (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
Database - Events in Oracle 11g Database - Packt Publishing
IIS - Application Pool Identities IIS (Suggested by Scott Watermasysk)
SharePoint - News Agency Integrates Editorial Processes with Familiar Productivity Tools Microsoft Case Studies (Suggested by Kirk A Evans)
Windows - Microsoft Brings Low-Power Networking to Windows 7 - Green Environment News (Suggested by Microsoft Press)

Web Design, Layout, and Graphic Design

CSS - 10 astonishing CSS hacks and techniques Cats Who Code (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
CSS - Build better CSS font stacks Code Style (Suggested by Smashing Magazine)
CSS - Effective Tips and Tricks from the Masters of CSS Noupe (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
CSS Inline Styler (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
Layout - 40+ Helpful Resources On User Interface Design Patterns Smashing Magazine (Suggested by Dana Coffey)
Web Design - 30 HTML Best Practices for Beginners NetTuts
Web Design - Make your pages load faster by combining and compressing javascript and css files - Smashing Magazine
Web Design - Stop Counting Clicks UX Booth (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
Web Design Tired of Using Lorem Ipsum? Malevole (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)

JavaScript and JavaScript Libraries

JavaScript - 24 JavaScript Best Practices for Beginners - NetTuts
jQuery - Dissecting JQuery text() ElegantCode (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery - jQuery Inline Form Labels Trevor Davis (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery - Stunning jQuery animations Web Expedition (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery Plugin - 20 Amazing jQuery Plugins and 65 Excellent jQuery Resources Specky Boy (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery Plugin - How To Create A Twitter jQuery Plugin Divertuoso (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery Plugin - jquery.fieldtag.js watermarks for inputfields (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
jQuery Plugin jTouch (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)
jQuery Plugin - toChecklist plug-in for jQuery (Suggested by Umut Muhaddisoglu)

Mobile Devices

Apple - 100 Excellent iPhone Apps for Web Designers and Developers Web Design Schools Guide (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Podcasts and Videos

Database - Paul Randal on Developers and Databases - .NET Rocks! (Suggested by Elijah Manor)
NetFx Dime Casts.NET #118 - Exploring Code Contracts: Taking a look at Pre/Post Conditions (Suggested by Derik Whittaker)

Technology Deals

20% off any Outlet Inspiron 530 desktop priced $500+ (before tax & fees). Enter code VRQQMC22G6$DFN at checkout http://bit.ly/CbdNJ Exp 6/17 (Posted by Dell Outlet)

Visual Studio and Other IDEs

Visual Studio - Visual Studio 2010: Web.config transforms - Gunnar Peipman (Suggested by Elijah Manor)

Job Opportunities (Sorted by State)

District of Columbia - AIS is looking for 2 cleared SharePoint/.NET Developers to work in DC. Go to http://bit.ly/ZpJgB Added 6/10/2009
Pennsylvania - VB6/VB.Net Developer. Contact James Colley at 888.768.3946. Added 6/11/2009

Call For Speakers (Sorted by Date)

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Upcoming Technology Events (Sorted by State) Want something listed? Post your comments. Also, whats the best way for me to list these events? By date order or by state, then city, then date?