Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability

This is a PDF book from Microsoft, seems quite well written at first glance

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8A2E454D-F30E-4E72-B531-75384A0F1C47&displaylang=en

Linked server double hop

This is the best article I've found regarding the proper setup of servers for double hop in MS SQL 2005: http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/archive/2006/08/10/694657.aspx

It is the best overview and most complete and yet simple explanation of the problem and the solution.

PC maintenance and optimisation

PC maintenance and optimisation

http://www.cio.com/article/print/450652

How to make objects available as datasources for databound controls

This attribute goes to the class:

   1:  // makes objects of this class suitable for binding to controls

   2:  [System.ComponentModel.DataObject] 

And this goes to the method:

   1:  // this attribute is so that the method will show up in the 

   2:  // ObjectDataSource wizard

   3:  [System.ComponentModel.DataObjectMethodAttribute(

   4:  System.ComponentModel.DataObjectMethodType.Select, true)]

Open source version control

Nice list and good comparison of 7 open source version control systems:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/18/the-top-7-open-source-version-control-systems/

Stanford free online courses

This looks really cool, now to find some time...

http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/09/17/stanford-frees-cs-robotics-courses/

ADO.NET Entity Framework Tutorial

Looks nice and well written, I will post more details when I actually try it:

http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_general/netframeworkclasses/article.php/c15489/

Nice online dictionary with audio

It has the pronunciation, this is cool!!!
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

Finally CodePlex supports svn!!!

Now I don't know yet how good this support is, but you can read all about it here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/codeplex/archive/2008/09/14/codeplex-launches-support-for-tortoisesvn.aspx

They used to support svn in the past but it required a local installation of SvnBridge. Now it is integrated into their repository.

Typical URL format is https://projectname.svn.codeplex.com/svn

20 tech habits to improve your life

Very good read, with some useful tips: 20 tech habits to improve your life

The .NET source code

Official site for the .NET source code, including instructions (although out of date in VS 2008 last time I checked, they were for VS 2005...)
http://referencesource.microsoft.com/serversetup.aspx

For VS 2008 SP1 there is another option which is not included in the Microsoft website at this moment:

Wizard implementation in C#

Very nice article explaining the implementation of a wizard in C#. The article skips over some details of the implementation (i.e. it is unclear at some points) but this is not a problem because clarification can be obtained by looking at the source code which is provided. On the other hand, the article has a comprehensive coverage of various events and it is definitely a worthwhile read. No doubt Microsoft will come up with some wizard component in the future, but until they do, this is a good alternative, and it any case a very educational resource.

Part 1
Part 2