Daily Links 29/09/2009

Helpful extension methods for Show / Hide animations in Silverlight

Silverlight Ad Publishing Resources

Creating the Glow Effect in Code

Dynamic TextBlock for Silverlight (TextTrimming property behaviour from WPF)

Silverlight 3 DataGrid : Beyond Databinding
Some handy code bits for silverlight datagrid

Data Performance and Fault Strategies in Silverlight 3

What's New In Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 4.0 Part- I

Auto-Start ASP.NET Applications (VS 2010 and .NET 4.0 Series)

NCloak
NCloak is a tool to help protect your intellectual property inside your code.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - May Preview

Had some issues with VS hanging after build the solution - this solved it

Programming for Absolute Beginners

Microsoft supporting web startups and independent web developers by providing free software's for 3years
see also BizSpark for startups & DreamSpark for students

Daily Links 11/09/2009

A Plethora of Silverlight Behaviors/Triggers

Get up to speed on SketchFlow FAST

Silverlight and Web Analytics - the Next Generation

Silverlight and localizing string data

Improving the performance of web services in SL3 Beta

Accessing Security and Authentication in Silverlight using .NET RIA Services

5 Minute Overview of MVVM in Silverlight

Export to pdf firefox extension

Bug Shooting
"free screenshot utility that was developed for software tester" "Screenshots can also be sent to Skype or a default E-Mail application"

Scott Hanselman's 2009 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

Cleaning System volume information for Windows Vista
You can also use windows disk cleanup utility, which will at least save your last restore point.

Telerik Offers Free Developer Team Management Tools
Invaluable if you're using TFS for your work item management. (Supports scrum template)