LINKBLOG for June 13, 2008
Jun 13th, 2008 by AZuidhof
Sorting out Internationalization with Michael Kaplan – Hanselminutes Show #117
Noone knows more about the intimate details of Globalization, Internationalization, and Localization than Michael Kaplan – I never understand a word of his postings
Top 16 Podcasts – Follow Steph
Reasonably technology-agnostic list, there might be something new to you hereHow to Translate PDF & Word Documents with Google Translation – Amit Agarwal
Cool tip Say dad bought you a digital camera from Japan but the problem is that the PDF manual that came with the camera is also written in Japanese. ‘Nice VS 2008 Code Editing Improvements – Scott Guthrie
Getting rid of strings (2): use lambda expressions – Andre Loker
var info = Reflect.GetMethod(dt => dt.ToShortDateString());
instead of
var info = typeof (DateTime).GetMethod("ToShortDateSting");
‘No strings attached so to speak ‘
CleverUnit tests are for functionality, not code! – Dennis van der Stelt
Duplicate Killers: De-duplicate Your Data with Free Tools – Gina Trapani
Small review of several handy toolsEntLib Validation Application Block – Required String Validator – Steve Michelotti
‘ So overall, the RequiredStringValidator check for both null and empty string. Thus, you don’t have to feel like you’re kludging the StringLengthValidator into doing two different jobs ‘
‘ (…) so an Architect therefore is more about diplomacy, relationships and pulling strings together, it isn’t an adversarial role ‘. Dave also shows the difference – in his opinion – between architects and tech leadsBusiness Process Automation – Don’t Just Shift the Costs! – Jeff Lynch
‘ Developer Call To Action: The next time your senior management talks about automating business processes with customers and suppliers, don’t just develop a BPA system that shifts the costs, work to eliminate them altogether! ‘
Handy reference if you are new to the TFS world; or even when you know it inside-out, for that matter
small reviewUnleashing the Full Power of Regular Expressions in Microsoft Office Documents – David Saelman
‘ Part 1: A method of utilizing Regular Expressions to perform power searches in MS Office Documents using .NET and the MS Office Primary Interop Assemblies ‘
‘ An introduction to dependency injection design pattern and frameworks illustrated by simple example ‘ uses Spring.NETMinimally Agile – Dave Rooney
‘ Recently I had a conversation with a long time friend that made me realize that in my writing and conversation I often come across as a fanatic. Oppppsssss ‘
As long as you realize this and think about it the next time you give your opinion …Making research actionable: an introduction to design criteria – Sarah Nelson
‘ (…) in improving specific experiences, Design Criteria can play the critical role, because they’re research-based, and tailored to each project ‘Learning WPF with BabySmash – Keeping it DRY with XAML Styles – Scott Hanselman
‘ I appear to have just touched the surface of Styles, but I’m continuing to dig in. WPF is starting to make sense to me. Just a smidge ‘ Nice to see this online living example of Scott’s efforts in refactoring the initial version of his BabySmash…ASCII Pronunciation Rules for Programmers – Jeff Atwood
‘ What the heck is an octothorpe? I know this as the pound key, but that turns out to be a US-centric word; most other cultures know it as the hash key ‘ As a non-native speaker this is even more interesting to me!Network Monitor 3.2 (aka NetMon, NM3) Beta Released – Gred Duncan
‘ Now with application network conversation tracking UI ‘Is Agile Project Management a Fad? – Glen Alleman
‘ Why is it called “agile” project management? Could it be called “agile project” management ‘Ask the Readers: How Can You Take More Personal Responsibility? – Leo Babauta
Putting Dependency Injection in its Place – Jacob Proffitt
Domain Driven Design and Development In Practice – Srini Penchikala
‘ Domain driven design effort begins where domain modeling ends ‘
Long and well documented article on DDD
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