SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 Released

SP2 for SharePoint 3.0 Services: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953338

SP2 for Office SharePoint 2007 Server: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953334

WPF and Entity Framework

WPF Data binding with Entity Framework: http://thedatafarm.com/LearnEntityFramework/tutorials/wpf-databinding-with-entity-framework/

WPF data binding to Entity Framework Entities : http://blah.winsmarts.com/2007-2-WPF__DataBinding_with_any_object,_Including_LINQ-ADONET_Entity_FrameWork.aspx

Entity Framework tutorials: http://www.thedatafarm.com/Blog/2008/04/04/EightEntityFrameworkTutorialsOnDataDeveloperNET.aspx

Good Links, April 26, 2009

Resources for 70-502 exam (WPF): http://www.wpfdude.com/certification.aspx

SharePoint SDKs updated: http://andrewconnell.com/blog/archive/2009/04/26/SharePoint-WSS-3.0-amp-MOSS-2007-SDK-Updated-April-2009.aspx

Good Links, April 25, 2009

The MVVM pattern in WPF applications: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx

Using a CollectionViewSource to display Master-Detail sorted EntityCollections: :http://blog.nicktown.info/2008/12/10/using-a-collectionviewsource-to-display-a-sorted-entitycollection.aspx

Family tree WPF open source application: http://www.codeplex.com/familyshow

XAML WPF cheat sheet : http://blog.blueboxes.co.uk/2009/02/03/xaml-for-wpf-cheatsheet/

XAML binding cheat sheet : http://www.nbdtech.com/blog/archive/2009/02/02/wpf-xaml-data-binding-cheat-sheet.aspx

List of WPF applications: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/tags/wpf/portfolio/default.aspx

Links to getting started with Subversion (SVN)

Source Control Overview book: http://www.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html

Version control with subversion complete online book: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

Using Tortoise SVN complete online book: http://tortoisesvn.net/support

Setting up and running Subversion and Tortoise SVN with Visual Studio and .NET: This quick tutorial will show how to start creating a repository and adding Visual studio Solutions and projects to it and then how to work with SVN:  http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/subversion/

Simple settings to add some Tortoise SVN tools as external tools and a toolbar to be used from within Visual studio: http://garrys-brain.blogspot.com/2007/07/tortoisesvn-and-visual-studio.html

An open source Visual studio plug-in for SVN : http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/

Codeproject article about SVN and Tortoise SVN: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/books/Subversion_TortoiseSVN.aspx

Good Links, April 22, 2009

• Best practices for building SharePoint solutions: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd458798.aspx
• Entity Framework in layered architecture: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700340.aspx
• Validating user input in WPF: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/wpfvalidation.aspx

Free web design templates

http://openwebdesign.org/

http://www.opendesigns.org/

http://www.oswd.org/

Good Links, April 5, 2009

Web design:

Common web usability problems: http://designreviver.com/tips/7-common-web-usability-problems/

9 Great UX presentations: http://komunitasweb.com/2009/03/9-great-ux-presentations-to-help-you-build-better-website/

Why consistency in web design is critical: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/why-consistency-is-critical/

Quick usability checklist: http://www.uxbooth.com/blog/quick-usability-checklist/

50 Free web image galleries: http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/50-excellent-image-galleries-you-can-use-today/

Homepage design: http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2007/08/home-page-design.php

Good Links, April 3, 2009

Hotfix for asp:menu problems with IE 8 : http://weblogs.asp.net/bleroy/archive/2009/03/23/asp-menu-fix-for-ie8-problem-available.aspx

Office SharePoint Designer is now a free product: http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=XT103616701033&Origin=HH103607651033&CTT=5

Better tooltip with Jquery: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/build-a-better-tooltip-with-jquery-awesomeness/#comments

Using Power point to design interactive UI prototypes: http://boxesandarrows.com/view/interactive

Using Flash to design interactive UI prototypes: http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/quick-and-easy-flash