The Weekly Links 10

This is the 10th post in an ongoing series of weekly roundups of links useful to developers.

Tools

• WebSharper – A web development framework based on F#.  Yes, a functional programming language.  Absolutely insane. The standard version is a free download.
• WebMatrix – Scott Guthrie announces the release of a new light-weight web development platform from Microsoft.
• Scripting Toolkit ISO – SAPIEN Technologies has released a free “Scripting Toolkit” CD that contains copies of all of their free tools, trial versions of their paid applications, samples of ebooks and training videos.
• Knockout – A UI Library for JavaScript.
• Microsoft Download Centre – Get email notifications of all the recent releases from Microsoft.  Link courtesy of Simon.

Information

• Working with Zip Files in .NET – Richard Lee, an intern on the BCL (Base Class Library) team in Microsoft, gives an overview of the new API for working with ZIP files.  For those working with ZIP files today, I would recommend either the DotNetZip or SharpZipLib libraries.
• VS 2010 Productivity Improvements, Part IV – Somasegar, the Vice President of Microsoft’s Developer Division, continues his series of posts looking at the new features available in Visual Studio 2010.  Check out the earlier posts – Part I, Part II and Part III.
• Dive Into HTML 5 – Joey deVilla gives an overview of the contents of the Mark Pilgrim’s Dive Into HTML 5, a free online book.
• Microsoft WebMatrix in Context and Deploying Your First Site – Scott Hanselman gives a tutorial on deploying your first site using the new WebMatrix platform.
• MEF 101 – Part1 - Abhijeet Patel starts a series of posts looking at the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), a new library in .NET 4.0 that simplifies the design of extensible applications and components.
• Using PowerShell to import test users into Active Directory – Corey Roth blogs about a PowerShell script he wrote to import test users into AD for SharePoint development.
• Create a Build Script with Rake in Iron Ruby that Integrates StyleCop, Simian, FxCop, MSpec and NCover - Kazi Manzur Rashid blogs about an all encompassing build script he has created.
• WebApps – One of the new StackExhange sites, specifically targeted at those building web applications.

Events

You can now check out developer events in Northern Ireland using my calendar.

It is obviously the summer, as there are NO local events in the coming week.

• PyCon 2010 – On Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July Python.ie are running a two day conference PyCon 2010 in Dublin.