The Morning Brew

Software

• CR_Documentor 2.0.0.0 Released: Now With Sandcastle Preview and Open Source Goodness – Travis Illig announces the availability of CR_Documentor 2.0.0.0 – an IDE plugin which gives you a preview of the XML comment as it would be rendered in the generated documentation.
• SQL Load Test Tool – Peter Provost talks a new tool for Team Systems which generates Team Systems unit tests from SQL Profiler traces allowing you to do database load testing.
• Announcing the .NET Extension Library – Karl Seguin is rethinking his earlier views on Extension Methods, and has released this library of Extension methods that add core functionality to help develop your projects. One suce example is some help for caching. Project is hosted on CodePlex.
• Open Source ASP.NET 3.5 AJAX Portal – Omar AL Zabir annouces an update to his DropThings sample portal written in .NET 3.5. Full source code is available on CodePlex.

Information

• ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 Release (Part 1) – ScottGu gives the low down on the upcoming ASP.NET MVC Preview 4 release – once again, lots of new and exciting things await us.
• Using an ORM? Think Objects! – K. Scott Allen urges developer making the switch to ORM for thair data access to reset their minds and start truly thinking about objects.
• Extension Method Factoid: They don’t override methods (even the override-able ones) – A useful reminder of the limitations of Extension Methods – this kind of behaviour could confuse people if they are not aware of it.
• Obsolete in Isolation – Ayende talks about his approach to brown fields projects, with some interesting discussion in the comments.
• Last In – First Out: Presumed Hostile – Your Application is Out to Get You – Michael Janke talks about things you should consider when thinking about your security model, particularly talking about trust.

Community

• LINQ to XML talk at Vista Squad, London on Wednesday of this week – Mike Taulty is speaking on LINQ to XML at the Vista Squad user group. The Blog entry states that there are only 11 places left so you might need to be quick if you want to attend.
• VBUG Manchester: XML – The missing LINQ with Dave McMahon (28 Aug 2008) – Dave McMahon will be talking about Linq to XML at the August VBUG Manchester meeting

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