Community Convergence LVII
Welcome to the fifty-seventh issue of Community Convergence. In this post I’ll focus on new articles from the C# team, as well as events taking place at PDC.
From the C# Team
Eric Lippert
- Closing over the loop variable considered harmful
- Three Umpires(The Compiler Calls ‘em as it Sees ‘em)
- Simple names are not so simple
- Simple names are not so simple, Part Two, plus, volcanoes and fried foods
- I have a Fit, but a lack of Focus.
Kirill Osenkov
- Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Known Issues – Part 2
- A million-dollar pen vs. a pencil
- Bezier Curves and Car Manufacturers
- Irony(.NET compiler construction framework)
Luca Bolognese
Dustin Campbell
Sam Ng
Charlie Calvert
- Videos: Azure Services in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 with Jim Nakashima, Part I
- Video: Azure Services in Visual Studio Beta 2, Part II
- Video: Azure Services in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, Part III
- Microsoft SDK for Facebook Released
- HDI Video: Generate from Usage in Visual Studio 2010 with Karen Liu
- Classic, Lightweight and ScriptFree MSDN Library Views
- New Article by Bill Wagner on Dynamic Method Bags in C# 4.0
- New Article on Detecting Memory Leaks . NET Applications
- CSharp “How Do I Videos (Podcasts)” for the Zune Software
- Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 does not Load: The “Application Cannot Start” and Raster Font Errors
- Running IronPython Scripts from a C# 4.0 Program
- Getting Started with IronPython
- New Video on Sharepoint and C# by Kathleen McGrath
- IronRuby and IronPython for .NET 4.0 Beta 2 Available
From others at Microsoft
Mitsu
Jason Zander
- Announced at TechEd Europe, Teamprise Client Suite Acquisition
- VS2010 Beta 2 Feedback Survey
- Tutorial: Getting Started with TFS in VS2010
Scott Guthrie
- Add Reference Dialog Improvements (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)
- WPF 4 (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)
- VS 2010 Code Intellisense Improvements (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)
- Searching and Navigating Code in VS 2010 (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)
Scott Hanselman
- Download Podcasts with Powershell
- Herding Cats: Organize your Desktop Icons with Stardock Fences for Windows
- Oredev 2009 - LIVE (now recorded) Closing Panel Video
- Hanselminutes on 9 - Debugging Crash Dumps with Tess Ferrandez and VS2010
- Offline installer for Windows Live Essentials - WLSetup-All.exe
- Using a Bluetooth Jawbone Headset for BT-Audio (Microphone or Speakers) on Windows 7
- Windows 7 with BitLocker and Still Booting To VHD
Brad Abrams
- Lightweight LINQ Parser
- Index for Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update
Dan Fernandez
Downloads and Announcements
- New site dedicated to the Rich Internet Application (RIA) tools for Silverlight from Microsoft
- A Tentative Content Plan for MSDN Magazine in 2010