Useful Vista Sidebar Gadget Links

For anyone looking to create gadgets or other gadget developers looking for some info, here's some useful links

Tutorials:

• http://microsoftgadgets.com/Sidebar/DevelopmentOverview.aspx
• http://www.gadgettutorials.com/
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/vista/gadgets-pt1.mspx
• http://weblogs.asp.net/esanchez/archive/2006/12/14/my-first-vista-sidebar-gadget.aspx
• http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa974179.aspx - How to make the gadgets really "standardised"

Tips: 

• http://blog.snagy.name/2007/06/vista-gadgets-tips-and-tricks.html
• http://davecra.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• http://scriptasylum.com/tutorials/xml_javascript/xml_javascript.html - XML files in JS
• http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/tamir/archive/2007/01/03/Gadgets-download.aspx - Setting MIME types

Official sidebar blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/sidebar/default.aspx

Official Sidebar gadget forum: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1063&SiteID=1

Sidebar API: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965852.aspx

Javascript help: http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

A good sidebar gadget forum: http://www.thehobbylounge.com/