Can’t wait to take my fresh copy of the Visual Studio “Orcas” March CTP for a spin.

Btw, You can get its installation here and get it as a Virtual PC here.

http://aabs.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/new-features-in-visual-studio-orcas/

We use the Strategy pattern all the time (some knowingly and some by some sort of fluke).

Here is a nice a way to implement Strategy without the overhead of interfaces. It’s a bit anti-OO, but is useful when there is no concrete need to create a new type just to perform some logic.

http://www.lowendahl.net/showShout.aspx?id=115

Very concise article. This articles briefly explains what to look for in C# 3.0.

http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/csharp/Csharp_3_0_An_Introduction.aspx

This video made me realize how LINQ is definitely going to change the way we approach data in the next few years.

http://blogs.msdn.com/charlie/archive/2007/01/26/anders-hejlsberg-on-linq-and-functional-programming.aspx