After years of development and architecture, my concerns have shifted to user experience. Why? Well I think Willie Sutton (the bank robber) had it down… Focus on what you are after.
Software is about users…
Books I recommend:
> Rework : As Seth Godin puts it, “ignore this book at your own peril.” This comes from the guys at 37signals, and it has changed my approach to software design.
> About Face: This is a fantastic book with significant depth and yet very readable.
> Don’t Make Me Think: This is a good book, a good intro perhaps, but a bit basic. Still it’s a classic and well deserves it’s place on the list.
> Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning good but not very fun to read.
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WEB
- SAMMY: A JQuery plug-able app framework: Sammy is a tiny javascript framework built on top of jQuery. It’s RESTful Evented JavaScript.
- Code Style: Code Style answers key questions for Web developers. Which Web fonts are most common? How to use media dependent style sheets? Make more robust, accessible Websites with open standards technology.
- Twilio: BUILD POWERFUL VOICE & SMS APPS. Twilio provides a web-service API for businesses to build scalable, reliable communication apps.
- TypeTester: Compare screen type to see readability of various settings.\
- EZ-CSS : Putting the “less” in table-less layouts. A very easy, nestable css framework. VERY EASY.
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(also look at http://elasticss.com/ A simple css framework to layout web-based interfaces, based on the printed layout techniques of 4 columns but with capabilities to unlimited column combinations. and capacity to make elastic, fixed and liquid layout easily.)
- Launchlist - Your one stop website checklist!
MOBILE
- Sencha Touch: (Haven’t used this but…) The First HTML5 Mobile App Framework Sencha Touch allows you to develop web apps that look and feel native on Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices. These are the EXTJS guys. (I’m definitely going to take a crack at these guys)
- JQTouch — A jQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone,
iPod Touch, and other forward-thinking devices.
.. Sundry ..
ipad detritus: http://mir.aculo.us/2010/06/04/making-an-ipad-html5-app-making-it-really-fast/
web checker: http://launchlist.net/ (checks for issues / problems / etc…)
jquery online primer: http://www.rebeccamurphey.com/jqfundamentals/
Very cool slider (JQUERY) http://papermashup.com/build-a-jquery-content-feature-like-mailchimp/
jquery UI tools: http://flowplayer.org/tools/index.html
Aside : (cool EF blog post on write first modeling) HERE
Icons (Gcons): http://www.greepit.com/open-source-icons-gcons/
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DDD has changed our modeling approaches. Eric Evans book has lead to a variety of innovative ideas such as DCI (Data Context Integration) and recently Erick Flemming introduced me to CQRS. I’ve spent the past few days running around the web consolidating a resource packet. Here are the links I’ve read and recommend:
Unshackle Your Domain
: Greg Young > InfoQ Link : Nice video but long (1 hour)
Clarified CQRS
: Udi Dahan’s righteous post on his blog here. Nice graphic.
CQRS à la Greg Young
An even more detailed / concrete post by Mark Nijhof that can be found here http://elegantcode.com/2009/11/11/cqrs-la-greg-young/comment-page-1/#comments. He ahs great hand drawn diagrams (previewed below, but the code is the best part… real working example)
> He has a working example of a banking application (winforms) here: http://github.com/MarkNijhof/Fohjin
> And a video on vimeo here: http://vimeo.com/7838858
Domain-Driven Design (the book)
Don’t forget Eric Evans DDD book that you can find here:http://www.amazon.com/Domain-Driven-Design-Tackling-Complexity-Software/dp/0321125215/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270092554&sr=8-1
Other articles & frameworks
Sadly there are currently no .NET CQRS frameworks I could find. That said there are some Java. The front runner seems to be.
They have great documentation and a similar diagram as Mark (minus a command bus)
http://code.google.com/p/axonframework/
On InfoQ: http://www.infoq.com/articles/cqrs_with_axon_framework
EventSourcing & Snapshots
http://jonathan-oliver.blogspot.com/2009/03/event-sourcing-and-snapshots.html
Asynchronous Event Sourcing using Actors (SCALA)
Article : http://jonasboner.com/2009/02/12/event-sourcing-using-actors.html
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Not all of the videos below are silverlight, but many are… Silverlight is going BIG TIME at MSFT. I’m onboard and all about it. (I just dumped my FLEX project)
alan.huffman .NET, Silverlight, Web Development Mix 10, Silverlight, Videos
| Name |
Short Cut |
Result |
| Macro: [1] |
Ctrl+Shift+R
Ctrl+Shift+R
Ctrl+Shift+P |
Record a new temporary macro
Stop recording macro
Play the recorded macro |
| Multiple Copy / Paste [1] |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
cycle through clipboard |
| Navigate to Prev/Next Cursor [1] |
Ctrl+- |
Previous Cursor Position / Next |
| Matching Brace [1] |
Ctrl+]
Ctrl+} |
Navigate to previous brace |
| Opening Various Windows [1] |
Ctrl+Alt+O
Ctrl+Alt+K
Ctrl+Alt+L |
Output Window
Task List
Solution Explorer |
| Bookmarks [1] |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+N
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+P
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+L |
Create/Remove Bookmark
Move to Next Bookmark
Move to previous
Clear all bookmarks |
| Commenting [1] |
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U |
Comment Block
Uncomment Block |
| Full-Screen Coding Window [2] |
Alt+Shift+Enter |
Hides all windows except for coding window |
| Toggle Outlining [2] |
Ctrl+M+M |
Expand / collapse a outline of code |
| Kill Line [2] |
Ctrl+L |
Kills (deletes) entire line |
| Code Snippets [2] |
Ctrl+K+S |
Access Code Snippets (if, region, etc..) |
| Fuzzy Navigate To [2] |
Ctrl+, |
Navigate To Search |
| Stop Debugging |
Shift+F5 |
Stop debugging |
| Find Usages |
Shift+F12 |
Find usages |
| Create Property |
type “PROP” + Tab + Tab |
Creates a new property |
Sources:
[1] http://www.codeproject.com/KB/tips/VSnetIDETipsAndTricks.aspx
[2] http://www.itscodingtime.com/post/Visual-Studio-2010-Keyboard-Mouse-Shortcuts.aspx
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Do your self the favor of learning WCF even if you don’t use it – b/c MVC & WCF are using lots of the same components.
This blog series is amazing: http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/archive/2010/01/06/introducing-wcf-webhttp-services-in-net-4.aspx
> Especially (IMHO) this blog on ROUTES: (used in MVC & WCF 4.0) : http://blogs.msdn.com/endpoint/archive/2010/01/25/using-routes-to-compose-wcf-webhttp-services.aspx
Beyond that, if you are using ASP.NET MVC RC2… well you need a book, and Jeffrey Palermo has been writing one that you can help him edit on : GIT
> http://github.com/jeffreypalermo/mvc2inaction
Learn, Build, Reap.
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Though dojo is an amazing javascript framework, it’s complexity is mirrored by its various documentation sources. Erick Fleming and I have been working with dojo and some of the more recent additions. This is what we’re using:
This is where the main documentation for dojo can be found, search is good but must be dead on – use google :site docs.dojocampus.org if you don’t know exactly what you are looking for.
- There is also a doc-staging.dojocampus.org that has some more recent information – use cautiously.
We don’t use the existing api.dojotoolkit.org site very much. The redesign site is better.
> But you may need to switch to OLDER versions (drop down)
You can find up to date & tracked bugs, status, etc.. on this site. Very helpful when you are having *strange* issues.
> Also be careful if you are using a CDN, sometimes the patches have not made their way to the CDN’s and you need to use the latest build (e.g. a local copy)
Here are were you can find tests of the various widgets in action – helpful for seeing what works, how it works etc…
This is an amazing site / amazing test suite… check it out just for fun (if nothing else).
Directory:
Eye popping, cool D.O.H. = Dojo Objective Harness (WOW these guys are bad asses)
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