The Morning Brew

Software

• Babel Obfuscator: Babel 2.0.0.0 Has Been Released – Alberto Ferrazzoli highlights the release of Babel 2.0, the second major release of this Code Obfuscator which is a complete re-write removing the dependency on the Microsoft Phoenix Framework, and includes nice features to remove any unused code
• Out-of-band security bulletins – Ronan Geraghty highlights two major security fixes from Microsoft released yesterday and in KB971092 Fails to install – Guy Barrette talks about some problems he had installing Visual Studio update, and highlights a work around

Information

• Commenting your Code – Buck Woody shares his code commenting best practices. His examples are for SQL code, but the principles follow into most languages
• Every character has a story #32: U+1e9e (CAPITAL SHARP S, Microsoft edition – Part 1) – Michael Kaplan explores some of the interesting aspects of character sets, and non a-z characters. In part 1 he looks at the font representations of one such character, and in Part 2 looks at some of the issues surrounding input, sorting and case
• Ravings of a Developer TS : Hey Microsoft Coders! Free Stuff (Training, Books, Magazines) to Sharpen your skills! – Angela Binkowski highlights some great free resources for the Microsoft developer, including subscriptions to MSDN Magazine, free e-books and a huge range of free e-learning courses
• Migrating From Visual Basic 6 and earlier – Bruno Terkaly shares a collection of resources for anyone looking at migrating from VB6 or older, along with some tools for those still working in VB6. I also like the screenshot of VB3…that brings back some happy memories 🙂
• Macto, a module features spec sheet for authentication – Ayende starts the planning process for his Macto Prison Management System sample application with a look at how he structures his feature sheets with an example for the authentication system.
• Are You Using Multiserver Queries? – Ben Nevarez highlights a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2008 allowing you to run queries on a group of servers simultaneously – this looks very useful
• Dependency Injection with StructureMap – Following on from his exploration of the concepts behind SOLID, Sebastian at Coding Efficiency looks into Dependency injection using the StructureMap framework
• MEF: Making Extensibility Fun – Martin Rue takes a look at extensibility using the Microsoft Extensibility Framework, telling a story of how MEF can be applied to real problems

Community

• MSDN Flash Podcast – Mike Ormond highlights the UK MSDN Flash Podcast being produced by Eric Nelson, looking forward to listening to some of these on my next train journey

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