Those of you who have attended my events in recent months know that I always put together a brief handout of useful URLs to sites and articles with additional information related to my seminar content.  I know you can't always make it to my events (although I do enjoy seeing you when you can), so I have decided to share the handout online in my blog.  My fellow developers, enjoy!

Leveraging Application Blocks in Your Applications

• 4GuysFromRolla: An Introduction and Overview of the Microsoft Application Blocks
• http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/062503-1.aspx
• Microsoft Patterns and Practices
• http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/
• Patterns and Practices Community
• http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/community.asp

Rapid Application Development with Visual Studio 2005

• Visual Studio 2005 Developer Center
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/
• Microsoft Developer Tools Roadmap
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/roadmap.aspx
• Visual Studio 2005 Technology Preview Newsgroups
• http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=whidbey 

XML, XQuery, and CLR Integration in SQL Server 2005

• Introducing SQL Server 2005, code-named “Yukon”
• http://www.microsoft.com/sql/yukon/productinfo/
• An Overview of SQL Server “Yukon” for the Database Developer
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql90/html/sql_ovyukondev.asp
• Overview of Native XML Web Services for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql90/html/sql2005websvc.asp

Introducing SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services

• SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
• http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/default.asp
• Code Access Security in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/dngrfCodeAccessSecurityInSQLServer2000ReportingServices.asp
• Using Forms Authentication in Reporting Services
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/ufairs.asp?frame=true

And as always, happy coding!

- Jacob