Izindaba #6

Time for another weekly roundup of news that focuses on .NET and general development related content:

1. NUnit 2.4.3 Released - Another update that includes mostly bug fixes.
2. SketchPath - A XPath development and XML analysis tool.
3. PowerShell Toolbox - Collection of PowerShell links.
4. LLBLGen Pro v2.5 Released - Frans Bouma reports on the new features in the latest release of this .NET ORM.
5. Mocking Linq: Preview - News from Eli Lopian on the forthcoming support for mocking LINQ queries from the TypeMock.
6. ASP.NET Hotfixes - Scott Guthrie on the latest VS 2005 Slow Performance when Debugging Hotfix.  Also check out the links to various other ASP.NET Hotfixes and Scott's ASP.NET 2.0 Tips, Tricks, Recipes and Gotchas page.
7. VS 2008 Custom Dictionaries - News from the Code Analysis Team on the custom dictionary support added to VS 2008 Code Analysis.
8. ASP.NET AJAX Control Extenders in VS 2008 - Scott Guthrie explains how to use ASP.NET AJAX Control Extenders in VS 2008.
9. In Defense Of WebForms - Mats Helander argues the virtues of WebForms.
10. LINQ to SQL (Part 7 - Updating your Database using Stored Procedures) - Scott Guthrie continues his excellent LINQ to SQL series.
11. Dependency Injection - Good or bad? - Eli Lopian links to the various debates on the merits/pitfalls of using DI.
12. Three Critical Enablers for Agile - Fred George shares some thoughts on some critical enablers required to make agile processes succeed.
13. Leading by Example - Some thoughts on how to become a good technical leader from Jeff Atwood.
14. Strongly Typed Languages Considered Dangerous - Bree Schuchert debates strongly and dynamically typed languages - interesting read.
15. Fast XP on a VPC - A guide to really slimming down and speeding up virtual PC's running XP.
16. Beyond Tetris Series - Series from GameSetWatch in which many classic puzzle games are examined from the vantage point of a game designer and game programmer.

Happy reading