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- YUICompressor 2.4.8 Released – Joey Smith announces the latest release of the YUICompressor, and the first since they shifted to a contributor model. As a result this release contains contributions from over 10 individuals, and includes updates to both CSS and JavaScript minification
- Just released – Prism for Windows Runtime – Blaine Wastell of the Patterns and Practices team at Microsoft announces the release of Prism for the Windows Runtime, previously codenamed ‘Kona’ targeting the development of Windows 8 applications. The release is amde along with an AdventureWorks based reference implementation, three quickstarts and associated documentation.
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- Express names in code: Bad vs Clean – Mateusz Roszczak discusses guidelines and recommendations to help with naming in your code, one of the trickiest skills to master in programming
- Creating a Basic CRUD Application with Backbone.js Starter Kit – Kazi Manzur Rashid kicks off a new series of posts looking at building a Create Read Update Delete (CRUD) style application using his Backbone.js based application starter kit
- Working with TypeScript in Visual Studio 2012 – Gaston Hillar gives a nice introduction to TypeScript development in Visual Studio in this Dr Dobbs article
- Overwhelmed by JavaScript Dependencies – Martijn Faassen discusses dependency management in JavaScript based applications, and shares how he has automated some of the processes. Be sure to check out his followup post JS Dependency Tools Redux for more discussion about the various dependency management libraries also available
- The CORRECT Way to Code a Custom Exception Class – Doug Seelinger shares a templates for implementing exception classes which includes all the best practice techniques, along with support for correct serialisation of the data within the exception.
- Getting Started With Glimpse In ASP.NET MVC – John Sonmez shares an introductory tutorial on working with Glimpse with ASP,NET to see what is going on at the server end from right within your browser