Reflector + MDNUG + Developer Resources
[Repost of my email to dotnet@stanski.com in regards to topics talked about at the recent Melbourne .NET User Group meeting]
Heya guys,
To all those who attended the MDNUG meeting tonight, great to see you all there!
Okay, so we talked about reflector a little and everyone sounded very impressed, and i’m sure many will not recall the website address so i’ll post it on here, and on my blog a bit later. (Posting here for everyones’ benefit)
Also will post websites for various other tools and resouces we talked about that I can remember.
Lutz Roeder’s Reflector: http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet [also some other useful little tools on that website, so just dig around!]
There’s also a great addin tool by Denis Bauer by the name of Reflector.FileDisassembler listed here: http://www.denisbauer.com/NETTools
He’s also got a great “ASP.NET Version Switcher” application, for the times when you need to switch between ASP.NET 1.0/1.1/2.0.
If you are trying out VS.NET 2005 and are finding that the debug is no longer working, this is the application you need, if you don’t want to use the built in tool in the IIS Management Console.
Chris also mentioned the VS.NET powertoys blog, and for those who didn’t catch the URL, no wait, there was no URL given…
Anyway, the URL for that is: http://weblogs.asp.net/powertoys
Lots of add-ins for VS.NET 2002/2003 on there, there was even a recent powertoys contest run by Josh Ledgard the main guy running the powertoys blog.
Trying to remember everything else…
Ah yes, the other additional resources websites for developers:
Here are the main weblogs that you should check out:
Most of the Microsoft guys: http://blogs.msdn.com
Everyone else + Microsoft guys: http://weblogs.asp.net [this one and the above are the same, except top one is only the Microsoft bloggers]
Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com
ASP.NET: http://www.asp.net [Resources on only ASP.NET]
Windows.NET: http://www.windows.net [Resources on only Windows Forms.NET]
MSDN Webcasts: http://msdn.microsoft.com/webcasts
MSDN Webcasts blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/msdnwebcasts [Good for checking out the upcoming and past MSDN WebCasts]
DotNetRocks: http://www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks
MSDN TV: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv
The .NET Show: http://msdn.microsoft.com/theshow
VB TV: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbtv
Note: The websites above that have videos and audio streams do have them available for download, so just save them and watch them when you are free.
I’ve downloaded plenty, but haven’t yet watched them all. Don’t have the time…
All of the above and more is linked on the main MSDN Website: http://msdn.microsoft.com
If I can remember anything else in the next few days i’ll post it up on my blog (http://will.id.au/blog), and as I always seem to be doing lately, i’ll post up a summary of the User Group meeting.
I’m sure i’ve missed a few items that you guys were interested in.
Also, in regards to the O/R mapping stuff, you can find a lot of those links on Chris Garty’s blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/chrisgarty (lots of handy links there)
I’ll actually post this email up on my blog “as is” for future reference if anybody needs to find it.
Cheers,
William
http://will.id.au
PS: Sorry if this is a bit like spam for some of you!
PPS: Oh, and yes, I do subscribe to several hundred weblogs (but that’s including all the individual blogs that get aggregated on weblogs.asp.net/blogs.msdn.com). But no, i’m not crazy. And yes, I do go through most of it.
PPPS: One final note, if you don’t already have a weblog, I strongly recommend you sign up for a free account somewhere and get Frank Arrigo (http://blogs.msdn.com/frankarr) to add you to the aus-dotnet OPML file.
I’m recommeding a blog because it is a great place to:
1) leave links that you might need later on, and for others who may find it useful
2) good way to communicate with others, share your wealth of knowledge
3) get yourself an online presence.