The Morning Brew

Software

• ThreeSharp - Version 1.3 - This library for accessing Amazon S3 from C# reaches version 1.3
• SCSF April 2008 Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 Published to CodePlex - Blaine Wastell announces the availability of the latest Smart Client Software Factory alpha release - this version supports VS 2008 only

Information

• Design for Performance Up-Front? - Scaha Goldshtein muses on the topic of performance, sparking further some interesting debates
• The cost of abstraction - Ayende has three posts in this series, talking about the relative performance costs of putting operations behind an interface
• ".NET 3.5 Enhancements" Training Kit Available (Hands on Labs) - Greg Duncan notes the availability of a new training kit covering the enhancements of the .NET 3.5 Framework - topics inclde MVC, Dynamic Data, Entity Framework, and a whole host more.
• Simpler Code Add-In for Visual Studio 2008 - In support of his book, Keyvan Nayyeri shows how you can build a simple Visual Studio Add-in
• NHibernate and the Unit of Work Pattern - Gabriel Schenker looks at implementing the Unit Of Work pattern using NHibernate - with good helpings of TDD, Unit Testing and Mocking - interesting reading.
• MVC: New Membership Starter Kit Release - Troy Goode announces an update to his Membership Starter Kit based on ASP.NET MVC
• A NET Cryptography Primer, Part Two - This part looks at hashing passwords and salt generation
• TDD: The Road So Far - Rob Conery expresses more of his thoughts on Test Driven Development.- Lots of interesting comments too
• CHAPTER 3: Communicating and Collaborating - Dan Bunea continues his agile mini books series looking at communication and requirements