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The Daily Grind 1136

by Mike Gunderloy
Monday, May 7, 2007

It's amazing how full a calendar can be even without a real job.

Software

A simple Wizard control for .Net 2.0 with full designer support.- Just what the title says, and free.
TargetProcess 2.4 Released - SCRUM, Reporting and Productivity! - New version of this Web-based agile project management software.
Trace Modeler - Tool for modeling with UML sequence diagrams. Free 0.9.6 download is here, will be for sale when it hits 1.0.

Information

Ajax View: Providing Insights into Web-App Behavior in the Wild - Interesting approach to fine-tuning Web apps from Microsoft Research.
The absolute bare minimum every programmer should know about regular expressions - An introductory tutorial. (via dzone)
Shortest Tutorial Ever on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - Basic advice for people who want to chase a Google ranking.

Community

Enterprise Library Contrib - The patterns & practices folks are gearing up to open some of their projects to community contributions.
Diabetes Walk 2007 - Blog Matching Challenge and Silverlight Presentation in Portland - Scott Hanselman is raising money for diabetes research again. It's a good cause.

Sponsors

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.