Design Patterns

Books Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software *** Head First Design Patterns *** http://www.msquaredweb.com/DesignPatterns/HeadFirstDesignPatternsInCSharp.zip C# 3.0 Design Patterns **

Links Design Patterns Uncovered: The Builder Pattern | Javalobby http://java.dzone.com/articles/design-patterns-builder .NET Design Patterns (GOF) – DoFactory http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx GOF Patterns Series in C# Unleashed http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article605-gof-patterns-series-in-csharp-unleashed.aspx The GOF "Chain of Responsibility" Design Pattern http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/rmcochran/chain_of_command01172007143425PM/chain_of_command.aspx OOP and Design Pattern Resources - David Hayden - CodeBetter.Com http://codebetter.com/blogs/david.hayden/archive/2006/01/18/136713.aspx Design pattern in .NET: template method - Zhanli's - MSDN Blogs http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zhanli/archive/2010/06/26/design-pattern-in-net-template-method.aspx GOF Design Patterns Quick Review. http://www.mydeveloperconnection.com/html/gof_design_patterns.htm Practically Applying Design Patterns – Amazed saint * * * http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/2008/01/design-patterns-part-i-and-ii.html http://amazedsaint.blogspot.com/2008/01/practically-applying-design-patterns.html http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cpp/applyingpatterns2/applyingpatterns2_src.zip Design Patterns: Object Creational: Abstract Factory http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1398599 Design Patterns in C# http://www.abhisheksur.com/2010/05/design-patterns.html

Coca Cola India – Diwali 2010 Ad

here are the lyrics

jaata kahan hai diwane.. sab kuchh yahaan hai sanam
jab honge hum sath tere.. khushiya chalen sang sang
o raaja tu aaja.. humare sang aaja.. o jhum le zaraa!

ita remix of a song form 1956 movie 'C.I.D'

Download http://cid-7786a33555a957e5.office.live.com/self.aspx/Music/Coca%20Cola%20-%202010%20-%20Diwali%20Special.mp3

Silverlight – Message Box

How to make a Silverlight MessageBox.Show that waits until a choice is made ? – Forum  http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/t/155304.aspx

Refactoring Silverlight ChildWindow for a non-modal use – Tim Heure ** http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/05/10/silverlight-childwindow-non-modal-refactor.aspx

Others * http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/CustomMessageBox.aspx http://ajdotnet.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/silverlight-bitspieces-part-9-a-messagebox-replacement/ http://www.lyquidity.com/devblog/?p=46

Threading

Using Delegates Asynchronously - O'Reilly Media http://ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/02/24/asyncdelegates.html

Refactoring

Martin Fowler http://www.refactoring.com/sources.html

Neil Ford: 10 Ways to Improve Your Code - InfoQ http://www.infoq.com/presentations/10-Ways-to-Better-Code-Neal-Ford http://nealford.com/downloads/10_Ways_to_Improve_Your_Code(Neal_Ford).pdf

Neal Ford – The Productive Programmer... Part 1        http://www.nealford.com/mypastconferences.htm

Code Smells Listing http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/People/SmellsToRefactorings

Refactoring – examples from the book (Java/JUnit) http://david.koontz.name/home/Projects/Entries/2008/4/13_Photo_of_the_Day.html

Refactoring – Chapter 1 (C#) http://www.thycotic.com/articles/refactoring/Csharphandout.pdf

Task Schedule Library

http://taskscheduler.codeplex.com/
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/tsnewlib.aspx
http://quartznet.sourceforge.net/

Skills Development

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Sharpening-the-Tools Dan North advices programmers on how to advance from beginner to expert: practice the basics, learn from others, understand trends, share knowledge, maintain the toolbox, learn how to learn, and start all over again.

http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/

Personal development books http://www.whitetailedeagle.com/web/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=13

Pomzen Software http://www.whitetailedeagle.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=7

Pomodoro application https://sites.google.com/a/dylan.id.au/software-blog/home/pomodoro

InfoQ: Sharpening the Tools

InfoQ: Sharpening the Tools

Silverlight MVVM Validation

Input Validation – UI Exceptions & Model Validation Errors « Karl On WPF – .Net

http://karlshifflett.wordpress.com/mvvm/input-validation-ui-exceptions-model-validation-errors/

Using a ViewModel to Provide Meaningful Validation Error Messages « Josh Smith on WPF

http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/using-a-viewmodel-to-provide-meaningful-validation-error-messages/

Silverlight, Validation and MVVM - Part II

http://www.thejoyofcode.com/Silverlight_Validation_and_MVVM_Part_II.aspx

Pervasive

http://www.connectionstrings.com/pervasive

http://www.techknowledge.co.jp/btc_e.html

http://www.pervasivedb.com/pages/results.aspx?k=exchange

http://www.pervasivedb.com/btrieve/Pages/Default.aspx

http://www.pervasivedb.com/PSQLv9/Pages/Default.aspx

http://cs.pervasive.com/forums/t/8018.aspx ACC: Description of Btrieve/Xtrieve .DDF files http://support.microsoft.com/kb/113877 Btrieve Data Types http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CPddQnv7b9gJ:ww1.pervasive.com/library/docs/psdk/794/prog_api/BtrDType3.html+btrieve+byte+to+string&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

Btrieve API programming using VB6 - Pervasive Community Site

http://cs.pervasive.com/forums/p/4227/4227.aspx

Btrieve API and VB.Net - Pervasive Community Site

http://cs.pervasive.com/forums/p/2771/12147.aspx

native Btrieve Access using Visual Basic 2005 / 2008 | dbcoretech

http://www.dbcoretech.com/?p=364

DacEasy Access via BTRCALL - Pervasive Community Site

http://cs.pervasive.com/forums/p/7421/7421.aspx

BTRCALL versus BTRV - PowerBASIC Peer Support Forums

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/showthread.php?t=39390

Btrieve API and VB.Net - Pervasive Community Site

http://cs.pervasive.com/forums/p/2771/12147.aspx

C# (C sharp): Microsoft - Convert a struct to a Char[]

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=367798

Pervasive: Btrieve - Accessing Btrieve using VB6

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=25435&page=11

House Hunt..

http://www.indiaproperties.com *

http://www.makaan.com *

http://www.99acres.com *

http://www.magicbricks.com *

http://pune.quikr.com/ **

http://classifieds.sulekha.com/pune/rentals/home.aspx ***

http://pune.craigslist.co.in/ ***

Project Management

Principles 1: The Essence of Driving  A Crash Course in Project Management - Ivo Manolov http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ivo_manolov/archive/2010/07/18/10039624.aspx

Rock Solid Leadership http://www.rock-solidmovie.com/

Change is Good, You Go First by Mac Anderson

Kurt Lewin - Three step model and change theory http://www.scribd.com/doc/21556594/Change-Management-Lewin’s-3-Step-Model http://rapidbi.com/management/kurt-lewin-three-step-change-theory/

Silverlight MVVM

MVVM Frameworks

Laurent Bugnion’s Light MVVM http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/getstarted/

Nikhilk Kothari’s FX Framework http://projects.nikhilk.net/SilverlightFX

Michael Sync’s Silverlight MVVM Toolkit http://silverlightmvvm.codeplex.com/

Microsoft’s Prism and MEF http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/ http://mef.codeplex.com/

Caliburn and Caliburn Micro http://caliburn.codeplex.com/

source: http://wildermuth.com/2010/08/08/DevLink_Talks_-_Slides_and_Code

MVVM Resources

Laurent Bugnion’s:: Understanding the Model-View-ViewModel Pattern (MIX10) *** http://live.visitmix.com/MIX10/Sessions/EX14 http://blog.galasoft.ch/archive/2010/03/16/sample-code-for-my-mix10-talk-online.aspx

Shawn Wildermuth:: Silverlight Patterns: Model-View-ViewModel In Silverlight 2 *** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd458800.aspx

Shawn Wildermuth - Architecting Silverlight 4 with RIA Services, MEF and MVVM - Part 1 ** http://wildermuth.com/2009/12/15/Architecting_Silverlight_4_with_RIA_Services_MEF_and_MVVM_-_Part_1

Jason Dolinger:: Model-View-ViewModel ** http://blog.lab49.com/archives/2650

Stack Overflow:: Good Silverlight-MVVM Practice Example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413451/good-silverlight-mvvm-practice-example

Craig Shoemaker:: Hands-On Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) http://weblogs.asp.net/craigshoemaker/archive/2009/02/26/hands-on-model-view-viewmodel-mvvm-for-silverlight-and-wpf.aspx

Dan Wahlin:: Getting Started with the MVVM *** http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2009/12/08/getting-started-with-the-mvvm-pattern-in-silverlight-applications.aspx

THE MODEL-VIEW-VIEWMODEL (MVVM) DESIGN PATTERN FOR WPF ** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx

Advanced MVVM http://bubbleburst.codeplex.com/ http://www.identitymine.com/forward/?p=750 http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com/advanced-mvvm/

MVVM in DataGrid

Handling DataGrid.SelectedItems in an MVVM-friendly manner http://geekswithblogs.net/lbugnion/archive/2010/05/19/handling-datagrid.selecteditems-in-an-mvvm-friendly-manner.aspx

Silverlight Tips & Tricks: Make Silverlight DataGrid be more MVVM friendly =) - Alexey Zakharov's Blog http://weblogs.asp.net/alexeyzakharov/archive/2009/06/06/silverlight-tips-amp-tricks-make-silverlight-datagrid-be-more-mvvm-friendly.aspx

Misc

A vent about MVVM Development http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/159237/356897.aspx

iPhone Sudoku in Silverlight using MVVM http://www.orktane.com/Blog/post/2010/01/23/iPhone-Sudoku-in-Silverlight-using-MVVM.aspx

Validation

1. Input Validation – UI Exceptions & Model Validation Errors « Karl On WPF – .Net
2. Using a ViewModel to Provide Meaningful Validation Error Messages « Josh Smith on WPF
3. Silverlight, Validation and MVVM - Part II
4. Data Driven Applications with MVVM Part III: Validation, Bringing the UI Closer

Music

Man Chandre Lyrics– Connections Album by A R Rehman http://www.mail-archive.com/arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com/msg58491.html

Background Score - JTYJN http://www.indianbackgroundscore.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=297&p=638&hilit=jaane#p630

Miscellaneous

Scientifically Tested Code Reading Skills http://omergertel.com/2010/07/04/how-to-read-code/

Optimizations For Improving Page Load Times - MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptjunkie/ff743754.aspx

Code Reviews http://codebetter.com/blogs/kyle.baley/archive/2010/06/22/rietveld-update-or-how-to-make-code-reviews-fun-without-canceling-them.aspx

Balsamiq – A Mockup Tool - http://www.balsamiq.com/builds/mockups-web-demo/ http://codeclimber.net.nz/archive/2009/11/26/why-sketchflow-is-not-a-mockup-software.aspx

http://blog.davidsandor.com/post/Mockup-to-XAML-e28093-A-Balsamiq-Mockup-to-XAML-conversion-tool.aspx

http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/website-wireframing/

Wireframes Articles InfoQ http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/05/agile-usability-books http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/06/agile-wireframes

Wallpapers & Icons

http://simpledesktops.com/browse/

http://www.tutorial9.net/resources/icon-pack-256x256-business-icons/

Code Analysis – FxCop, Resharper, CodeRush

http://winterdom.com/2007/02/livingwithresharper http://devnet.jetbrains.net/message/5215136;jsessionid=F40F7E5B995D04C36BB1EBF0C721ABEC http://jesseliberty.com/2010/05/28/code-rush-vs-resharper/ http://ira.me.uk/2010/05/22/writing-better-code/ http://code.google.com/p/resharper-tdd-productivity-plugin/ http://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop/archive/2007/08/09/what-rules-do-microsoft-have-turned-on-internally.aspx

Source Control

TFS http://arcware.net/how-to-exclude-files-from-tfs-source-control/ TFS Power Tools http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb980963.aspx TFS Report Refresh http://usmanshaheen.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/tfs-2010-report-refresh-frequency/

Display Folder Size In Windows 7 and Vista [ Applies To All Windows ] http://www.troublefixers.com/display-folder-size-in-windows-7-and-vista-applies-to-all-windows/

Database Version Control

Coding Horror

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/12/is-your-database-under-version-control.html

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/02/get-your-database-under-version-control.html

Walkthroughs (Creating and Updating Version-Controlled Database Schemas) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa833298(v=VS.90).aspx Data Generation / Static Data 1. http://leon.mvps.org/StaticData/ 2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa833237(v=VS.80).aspx

Lyrebird

Best Penalty Ever?

WCF Security Articles

Configuring WCF for client certificate authentication - Carlo Folini http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/cfolini/archive/2008/01/04/90561.aspx

WCF over HTTPS - Christophe Geers http://cgeers.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/wcf-over-https/ Transport Security(basic)/HTTPS UserNamePasswordValidator ServerCertificateValidationCallback

9 simple steps to enable X.509 certificates on WCF - CodeProject http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/9StepsWCF.aspx?display=Print Message Security(Certificate)/PeerTrust

Securing WCF Services with Certificates.- CodeProject http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/wcf_certificates.aspx Message Security(Certificate)/ChainTrust

How To Configure WCF Security Using Only X.509 Certificates - CodeProject http://www.codeproject.com/KB/webservices/WCFx509Security.aspx TransportWithMessageCredential Transport Security(Certificate) Message Security(Certificate)

WCF certificate authentication under Windows Vista - Windows Live http://romualdas.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DCDC5E439E70339D!1006.entry?sa=894596551 Transport Security(Certificate) PeerOrChainTrust/mapClientCertificateToWindowsAccount

Use Transport Security and Message Credentials – MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms789011.aspx

WSHttpBinding + Transport Security (Code/Config) NetTcpBinding + Transport Security (Code/Config)

WCF – 2 Way SSL Security using Certificates - Imaya's Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/imayak/archive/2008/09/12/wcf-2-way-ssl-security-using-certificates.aspx Transport Security (Certificate)

Thoughts on BasicHttpBinding, Security and SSL - Sajay MSDN Blogs http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sajay/archive/2007/01/05/thoughts-on-basichttpbinding-security-and-ssl.aspx BasicHttpBinding UserNamePasswordValidator TransportWithMessageCredential

Programming WCF Security - MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731925.aspx

Improving Web Services Security Guide - patterns & practices http://wcfsecurityguide.codeplex.com http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648360.aspx wsHttpBinding Message Security Certificates

Certificate Authentication – MSDN Forum http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/wcf/thread/4e12a513-ba7f-485d-93a7-2f093f1ccd8d

Misc http://webservices20.blogspot.com/ http://wcfsecurity.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=How%20Tos http://www.grimes.demon.co.uk/workshops/secWSThirteen.htm

[.NET 1.1] How to send a client certificate by using the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes in Microsoft Visual C# .NET http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895971

SSL & Client Certificates http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3107625/ssl-works-without-client-certificate

message security in WCF http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/wcf/thread/78e45a28-1c56-427b-a776-6e22f5cf2c19

WCF Interoperability http://www.schnieds.com/2008/08/multiple-wcf-endpoints-net-20-clients.html http://devlicio.us/blogs/ziemowit_skowronski/archive/2007/07/18/interoperability-between-wcf-and-wse-3-0.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648129.aspx

Working with Certificates http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731899.aspx

How to: Secure a Service with an X.509 Certificate http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788968.aspx

Securing Services and Clients http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms734736.aspx Message Security in WCF http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733137.aspx Transport Security Overview http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms729700.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-513&Locale=en-us#tab1

Best Practices for Security in WCF – MSDN *** http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms731059.aspx

WCF Throttling & Concurrency

Configuring WCF Throttling Behaviors - Csharp Code Samples *** http://csharp-codesamples.com/2009/04/configuring-wcf-throttling-behaviors/ http://csharp-codesamples.com/2009/02/data-transfer-using-self-hosted-wcf-service/

WCF Throttling – CodeProject ** http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WCF/WCFThrottling.aspx

Shivprasad Koirala *** http://computerauthor.blogspot.com/2010/06/wcf-concurrency-single-multiple-and.html http://computerauthor.blogspot.com/2010/06/3-ways-to-do-wcf-instance-management.html

InstanceContextMode and ConcurrencyMode : The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site * http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/p/153655/345670.aspx

Cryptic WCF error messages (part 5 of N) - Yaron Naveh's Web Services 2.0 Blog *** http://webservices20.blogspot.com/2008/10/cryptic-wcf-error-messages-part-5-of-n.html

Misc * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1826955/getting-system-servicemodel-communicationobjectabortedexception-from-a-single-cli http://geekswithblogs.net/SoftwareDoneRight/archive/2008/05/23/clean-up-wcf-clients--the-right-way.aspx http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-IE/wcf/thread/97f7b58f-0b1d-442b-b4ee-d298585419c3