The Morning Brew

Software

• AutoPoco v0.2 Released – Hot on the heels of his previous release, Rob Ashton has updated AutoPoco with improved configuration and support for generating collections of entities.
• Entity Framework Profiler goes out out beta – Ayende announces the date for the Entity Framework Profiler to loose its beta badge, meaning you have a few more days to obtain a copy with the 30% beta discount.
• Introducing ReSharper 5.0: Structural Search and Replace – The JetBrains team show off the new Structural Search functionality of ReSharper 5 which allows you to search for code based on how it is structured.
• MvcContrib – Portable Area – Visual Studio project template – Eric Hexter shares a Visual Studio Project Template to help you get up and running with the ASP.NET MVC Contrib Portable Areas functionality

Information

• New <%: %> Syntax for HTML Encoding Output in ASP.NET 4 (and ASP.NET MVC 2) – Scott Guthrie continues his series of posts on new ASP.NET Features with a look at the new encoding output syntax available in ASP.NET 4 which provides a short hand for HTML Encoding things you output into the page.
• Using AntiXss As The Default Encoder For ASP.NET – Phil Haack picks up on a comment posted on Scott’s post (linked above) which asked if the output encoding could be hooked up to the Anti-XSS library, and Phil gladly points out how this can be achieved via the webconfig encoderType attribute of the httpRuntime section. Barry Dorrans also picks up this topic in his post Replacing the ASP.NET encoder with AntiXSS
• Is ASP.NET MVC Exposing My Secrets? – Brad Wilson talks about what can be mistaken for a secret data leak when using the Editor For functionality in ASP.NET MVC, however this actually points to some bad design in your underlying entities if this problem bites you.
• LINQ: Enhancing Distinct With The PredicateEqualityComparer – Paulo Morgado looks at implementing a simple Equality Comparer which takes a predicate allowing you to perform custom distinct operations in LINQ, and shows how your can make its use simpler when writing your LINQ statements.
• SQL SERVER 2008 – Introduction to Snapshot Database – Restore From Snapshot – Pinal Dave takes a look at the new SQL Server 2008 functionality of Snapshot databases, showing how you can use them to manipulate data in your database, and restore the database to the state it was in at snapshot time – a possible bonus for doing data related testing of your applications.
• Ten Reasons to use the Managed Extensibility Framework – Jeremy Likness takes a look at 10 reasons that you should take a look at the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) based on his real world use of the library.
• ASP.NET 4.0 Part 15, Data Enhancements – Dan Maharry continues his series of posts on the changes in ASP.NET 4, exploring the data related functionality (Dynamic Data and Entity Framework)
• Introducing .NET 4.0 Parallel Programming – CodeProject – Mohamad Halabi takes a look at the new features of .NET 4 for Parallel Programming, introducing the use of tasks, PLINQ and PLINQ extensions, along with discussing Debugging, deadlocks and race conditions.

Community

• Europe Virtual ALT.NET: Recording of Discussion on Software Craftsmanship @ E-VAN 06 April 2010 – The recording of the European Virtual Alt.Net Virtual meeting from Tuesday which featured Robert ‘Uncle Bob’ Martin, David Starr and Mark Nijhof discussing Software Craftsmanship is now available.
• Community For MVC.Net: April Presentation – MVC 2 from The Source – Another speedy recording turn around is the C4MVC virtual event from last night featuring Phil Haack talking about the new features in ASP.NET MVC 2 whose recording is available now.
• Visual Studio 2010 Launch Events – Ireland & Northern Ireland – There are a number of events taking place across Ireland and Northern Ireland celebrating the .NET 4 / Visual Studio 2010 launch. Events are taking place in Dublin, Belfast, Galway and Cork, and spaces are available for all events.
• DevExpress Declared ComponentSource Bestseller: Let’s Celebrate with an Easter Egg! – Rachel Hawley of DevExpress announces a competition to win one of two copies of DXperience Universal or the VCL Subscription package celebrating DevExpress’s recent Best-seller status on ComponentSource.

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