The Weekly Links 7

This is the 7th post in an ongoing series of weekly roundups of links useful to developers.

Tools

• Outlook .PST File Tools – Jean-Christophe Cimetiere describes two open source tools, available on CodePlex.com, for working with Outlook .PST files.
• TekPub ASP.NET MVC 2 Starter Kit – Rob Conery announces the release of version 0.5 of the starter kit.
• Dropbox API and RestSharp for a C# developer - Damian Karzon describes how to connect to the Dropbox API from C# code, using the RestSharp client.
• SquishIt – The Friendly ASP.NET JavaScript and CSS Squisher - Justin Etheredge describes how to use SquishIt, a JS and CSS minimiser.

Information

• Code Contracts Part 2 – Preconditions - Part 2 of a series from Kevin Hazzard on Code Contracts.
• Code Metrics: Measuring LoC in .NET applications – Gunner Peipman has a useful article on measuring LoC in our solutions, part of a series of articles around this topic.
• C#: System.Lazy<T> and the Singleton Design Pattern - James Michael Hare describes how to implement the Singleton design pattern more cleanly using the Net 4.0's new System.Lazy<T> type.
• Test-Driven Javascript – James Shore shows how to develop your JavaScript code using the TDD methodology.
• Video – Code Leaders and Beautiful Teams – Roy Osherove offers a video on team leadership and beautiful teams that he gave at QCON London earlier this year.
• Creating Enterprise Search Metadata Property Mappings with PowerShell – Corey Roth offers another handy tip.

Events

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

Events in the coming week include:

• Going Deeper into Visual Studio 2010 – Another MW-MTUG event in Derry on Wednesday 2nd June.
• Windows Phone 7 Developer Hub – A full day event for mobile developers in Dublin next Thursday (3rd June).
• Idea Hacking #1 Storytelling – A new type of event for Derry on Thursday 3rd June.
• Going Deeper into Visual Studio 2010 – NIMTUG hosts Paul Fallon to give his VS2010 talk in Belfast on Thursday 3rd June.

Careers

• Citi Group (via NIJobFinder.co.uk) – Graduate roles with initial 12 week training programme.  Roles in Programming, Application Support or Quality Assurance, based in Belfast.
• Blue Zinc IT – Technical Support Specialist, based in Holywood.
• Fidesa – Software Developers required for the company’s Belfast office.
• First Derivatives – Various developer and consultant roles, based in Newry, Belfast and further afield.
• Queens University, Belfast – Various engineering roles in the fields of data security, network security and intelligent surveillance systems in the Centre for Secure Information Technologies
• Export Technologies - .NET Developers required for this Belfast startup.
• Aepona – Several roles available, based in Belfast.
• Southern Regional College – Web Application Developer, based at the Portadown campus.