What to read on the weekend? Recommended, issue number 4

This is a selection of articles on the topic of web development on the .NET platform (and not only). The day before the weekend, I offer a set of interesting links that should be visited during the free moments on the weekend to learn something new and interesting.

You can follow the cycle of these tips at the following link .

Themes of the issue :

• video tutorial on developing Windows Azure from 12 videos [ link ];
• Competition: register sites - get a chance to win an Xbox360 + Kinect [ link ].

WebForms :

• ASP.NET AppDomain - what is it and why is it important to understand how it works? [ link ];
• ASP.NET WF4 / WCF and asynchronous calls [ link ];
• Tailspin Spyworks Tutorial - test demo project on ASP.NET [ link ];
• An example of a productive solution on Windows Azure and Windows Server 2008 R2: StockTrader 5 [ link ];

ASP.NET MVC :

• How to create your website from scratch using Orchard CMS. Part 1. Introduction to Orchard CMS [ beginning and continuation ];
• Exploring the Action Filters mechanism in ASP.NET MVC 3 using the example of HandleError [ link ];
• Building web applications focused on working with data using ASP.NET MVC and Ext JS [ link ];
• Uploading files to RAZOR with jQuery Uploadify [ link ];
• Using Windows Azure Table Storage in ASP.NET MVC [ link ];
• How data annotations work for validation in ASP.NET MVC [ link ];
• Walkthrough: Using TDD with ASP.NET MVC [ link ];
• Todo application on ASP.NET MVC3 and Windows Azure Tables [ link ];
• A selection of guides, videos, labs and other materials on ASP.NET MVC 3 [ link ];
• Building dynamic templates with Razor [ link ];
• Hosting ASP.NET MVC3 binary builds on a server using Visual Studio 2010 [ link ];
• Comparing helper methods in Razor [ link ];
• Continuing the series of articles “ASP.NET MVC 3 in details” [ link ];

Tools :

• Released Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 [ link ];
• IIS7 Native API (C ++) Starter Kit - a new tool for creating extensions for IIS [ link ];
• Expression Web 4 Service Pack 1 with HTML5 and SS3 support released [ link ];
• After VS2010 SP1, new tools for developers [ link ];
• New beta version of Visual Studio LightSwitch Beta 2 released (+ resources) [ link ];
• The final version of Internet Explorer 9 and additional resources [ link ];

Other :

• Video. How to quickly install Drupal on Windows using Web Platform Installer [ link ];
• Rules and guidelines for overriding GetHashCode [ link ];
• SQL Server 2008 certified by the FSB of Russia [ link ];
• 30 CSS selectors that you need to memorize [ link ];
• JavaScript notes on .Net [ link ];
• Sessions of web development reports at a future MIX11 conference [ link ];
• We get acquainted with Lucene.NET [ link ] and the Language of queries Lucene.NET [ link ];
• Detailed step-by-step tutorial on how to use Visual Studio LightSwitch [ link ];
• JavaScript Garden in Russian - Ready! [ link ];
• A great introduction to the Windows Identity Foundation [ link ].