Sam Gentile's Blog (if (DeveloperTask == Communication && OS == Windows)

Multithreading and Concurrency

• Software Transactional Memory Part IV - Thread-Bound Transactions
• Software Transactional Memory Part V -  Integration with System.Transactions
• Parallel LINQ
• Restating the Concurrency Problem
• Herb Sutter is starting a new column on Effective Concurrency
• Shared nothing parallel programming

Software Design/Smart Clients/CAB/Web Clients

• Using NUnitAsp to test Pages w/Forms Authentication
• Build your own CAB #12 - Rein in runaway events with the "Latch"
• Build your own CAB #13 - Embedded Controllers with a Dash of DSL
• A whole pile of goodness taking CAB forward from the folks at SCSFContrib. which includes A full implementation of the UI layer for CAB done in WPF with 100% code coverage in tests!! (see Bill's post)

WCF/SOA

• ChannelFactory Behaviors
• David Chappell declares the REST vs. WS-* War over. Here's hoping

Orcas/LINQ

• ScottGu continues his excellent series with LINQ to SQL (Part 4 - Updating Our Database)

ADO.NET Entity Framework

• The ADO.NET Entity Framework June 2007 CTP is now available. See the team blog for changes

Ruby/Subversion

• My team-mate Steve points to some great resources on the Beauty of Ruby as well as finding a Web-based Subversion Browser

Other Link Blogs

• Interesting Finds: July 10, 2007 PM Edition
• Daily Grind 1182