A set of articles on Ruby

Following are a set of articles on Ruby:

• Learning Ruby via IronRuby and C#: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7
• Getting IronRuby Up and Running
• Running Applications in IronRuby
• Using IronRuby To Implement Dynamic Business Rules
• Improve your C# with IronRuby

The C# Design Patterns Series

Here is a set of articles on C# design patterns series from GeekDaily:

• Part 1 – An Overview
• Part 2 – The Decorator Pattern
• Part 3 – The Abstract Factory Pattern
• Part 4 – The Observer Pattern
• Part 5 – The Facade Pattern
• Part 6 – The Visitor Pattern

Log4Net Tutorials

Here are a set of article on Log4Net:

• Log4Net Tutorial pt 1: Getting Started
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 2: Basic XML Configuration
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 3: Appenders
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 4: Layouts and Patterns
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 5: Using Logger Objects
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 6: Log Event Context
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 7: Filters
• Log4Net Tutorial pt 8: Lossy Logging
• Log4Net Recommended Practices pt 1: Your Code
• Extension Methods for Deferred Log4Net Message Formatting
• Using log4net

Some related posts:

• BizTalk 2006: Log4Net stops logging ?
• Setup a Log4Net Logger in your ASP.Net Web application
• Why Log4Net?

Stephen Walther on ASP.NET MVC

Chapter 1 – An Introduction to ASP.NET MVC

Chapter 2 – Building a Simple ASP.NET MVC Application

Chapter 3 – Understanding Controllers

Chapter 4 – Understanding Views

Chapter 5 – Understanding Models

Chapter 6 – Understanding HTML Helpers

jQuery resources

• Main site
• Documentation
• API Explorer
• jQuery-based user interface downloads / demos
• Collection of user-submitted plugins
• An Intensive Exploration Of jQuery With Ben Nadel (the video)
• Ultimate Collection of 40+ jQuery Tutorials and Resources
• An Introduction to jQuery UI – Part 1, Part 2
• 6 jQuery Chart Plugins For Your App
• 25 Powerful and Useful jQuery Tutorials for Developers and Designers
• 11 jQuery Plugins to Enhance HTML Dropdowns

Visual Studio – Debugging

Visual Studio – Debugging

1. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend- Intro – Lesson 1
2. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 2 – Breakpoints in SubExpressions
3. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 3 – BreakPoint HitCount
4. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 4 – Debugging Threads
5. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 5 – Using TracePoints
6. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 6 – Watch and Immediate Windows – Advanced Techniques
7. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 7 – Advanced Techniques – Using Object ID
8. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 8 – The Garbage Collector – GC
9. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 9 – The Set Next Statement
10. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 10 – Debugging Threads
11. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 11 – SQL Server Stored Procedures
12. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 12 – Debugging Javascript In Web Pages
13. The Art of Debugging – A Developer’s Best Friend – Lesson 13 – Debugging VBScript

Other Visual Studio related articles:

• Exporting Visual Studio Solutions with SolutionFactory

SQL Server 2008 Spacial Data

Here is a series of articles talking about the spacial data support by SQL Server 2008:

• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 1
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 2
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 3
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 4
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 5
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 6
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 7
• SQL Server 2008: Spatial Data, Part 8

Also: Virtual Earth & SQL Server 2008

• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: Spatial Data Management in SQL Server 2008
• Part 3: Getting Started with Virtual Earth
• Part 4: Integrating SQL Server 2008 and Virtual Earth
• Part 5: Conclusion

Related links:

• Finding the distance between two points given their lat/long

IoC – StructureMap Links

Here are some links to IoC, and specifically to StructureMap:

• StructureMap Home Page

• AutoWiring in StructureMap 2.5+

• “BuildUp” Existing Objects with StructureMap

• Conditional Object Construction in StructureMap (i.e. Fun with Lambdas)

• IoC libraries compared
• StructureMap Tutorial
• Introduction to StructureMap
  

MassTransit Stuff

Following are some links to articles or web sites related to MassTransit:

• MassTransit 101
• MassTransit Google Code
• Message/Service Bus – Mass Transit
• Google Group on MassTransit
• MassTransit blogs from Chris Patterson, and Dru Sellars
  

MVC and MVP Patterns

Following are a few links related to MVC and MVP design patterns:

• MVC Pattern
• MVC Pattern Implementation in Asp.Net
• MVP Pattern
• MVP Pattern Implementation in Asp.net

Read more information from Patterns & Practices and in Martin Fowler article.