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

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