MSDN Magazine: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/default.aspx
[2012.04.11] Powershell-related blog
http://tfl09.blogspot.com/
[2010.10.23] VS/MSBuild blog
http://www.freetodev.com/
[2010.10.21] How to extend MSBuild
http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-tools/extending-msbuild/
[2010.06.16] A simple tutorial on building a 4-tier app
http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article18.aspx
[2010.06.11] .NET Best practices section in c-sharpcorner.com
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Articles/ArticleListing.aspx?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=68
[2010.06.07] Microsoft MSDN’s Data Access page. All things data access-related here.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/default.aspx
Data Access Practices Using Microsoft .NET (sub-page of above)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/ff707264.aspx
[2010.06.01] DimeCasts.net – Lots of 10-minute-ish videos on how to do things .NET
http://www.dimecasts.net/Home
Microsoft Patterns and Practices Main page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/practices/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/practices/bb190351.aspx
Professional C# 2nd Edition : Data Access with .NET:
http://stardeveloper.com/articles/display.html?article=2002042001&page=1
- Chapter from an older book. Good if you are not using EF or LINQ. Doesn’t cover .NET 3.5 improvements to DAL though.
.NET Data Access Architecture Guide:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Ee817654(pandp.10).aspx
- Older, last updated 2003. Good as long as you are not using EF or LINQ.
Designing Data Tiers and Passing Data Through Tiers:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Ee817644(pandp.10).aspx
- Considered outdated, but has a lot of information that is relevant until you start using EF or LINQ.
