Day: August 9, 2012

Top Links

• Properties in JavaScript: definition versus assignment (Axel Rauschmayer)
• Prototype 1.7.1 (Andrew)
• Microsoft Unity 2.1 (MS Downloads)
• Windows 8 Notifications: Scheduled Notifications (Jim O’Neil)
• Going Native 2.0, The future of WinRT (Alexandre Mutel)

 

.NET / Visual Studio

• Invoking Methods Using Reflection (Richard Carr)
• Tips and Tricks for C# Windows 8 developer: Read and write roamed application settings (David Catuhe)
• HOW TO MAKE YOUR WINDOWS 8 APP MORE …WELL … MORE WINDOWS 8! (Ramez Debbas)
• Of what possible legitimate use are functions like CreateRemoteThread, WriteProcessMemory, and VirtualProtectEx? (Raymond Chen)
• "Programming with the Kinect for Windows Software Development Kit: Add gesture and posture recognition to your applications" Book (Greg Duncan)
• New in RavenDb Studio 1.2: Quick Links and New in RavenDb Studio 1.2: Low-Bandwidth mode (Samuel Jack)
• Share Text in between Windows 8 Metro Application using Share Contract (Dhananjay Kumar)
• Let’s Get it Started – The New JustCode Getting Started Wizard in Action (JustCode Team)
• O’Reilly deal of the week to 23:59 PT 16/Aug/2012 – 5-Star Ebooks (Tatworth)
• JSON CSharp Class Generator 1.3 (CodePlex)

 

Web Development

• JavaScript isNaN() Coerces Values When Testing For Numbers (Ben Nadel)
• Using MiniProfiler with SqlDataSource ASP.NET WebForms Control (Chris Pietschmann)
• Tips on jQuery development in WebStorm (K. Safonov)
• Circle Hover Effects with CSS Transitions (Manoela Ilic)
• Getting Bitwise with JavaScript (Rebecca Murphey)
• Knockout.js pro tips – working with templates (Filip W)
• Beginning Windows Azure – Azure’s new offering (Piotr Kwapin)
• & Thou Shalt Remember Me in Right Order (Vishal Joshi)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Announcing SonicAgile – An Agile Project Management Solution (Stephen Walther)
• ‘Stupid’ Question 18:In RE to best practices- what is the max amount of parameters a function should have (OO lang.)? (Iris Classon)
• Debugging and Fixing a Failing Test (Jim Holmes)
• Estimating is often helpful. Estimates are often not. (Esther Derby)
• Buildbot Part II – Running automated build and tests (Mariange Marcano)

 

Silverlight / WPF / Windows Phone

• Microsoft Unity 2.1 for Silverlight (MS Downloads)
• Intellisense with RichTextBox in WPF as Behavior (korsarz33)
• Docking For WPF– AvalonDock (Roopesh Shenoy)
• 2000 WPF Things #621 – An Example of Handling Preview Keypress Events (Sean Sexton)
• APress Deal of the Day – 9/Aug/2012 – Pro Silverlight 5 in VB (Tatworth)
• Tips and Tricks for C# Windows Phone 8 Developer (David Catuhe)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Defrag: Net Speed Apps, TrustedInstaller, Renaming Account Folders | The Defrag Show (Larry Larsen & Rhymes With Orange)
• Video: Fight Code with Code using Code Contracts (Paul Ballard)
• The Verge Mobile Show 011 – August 7th, 2012 (Brendan Murphy)
• ShopTalk Episode 28 (Chris Coyier)
• SOA, Cloud, and Service Technologies – Part 3 of 4 (Bob Rhubart)

 

Community / Events

• BUILD, DevCamps, and Generation App (G. Andrew Duthie)
• Upcoming FREE Webinar: Striking a Balance Between SharePoint Governance and User Engagement (Joel Oleson)
• I Was a Teenage Hacker (Jeff Atwood)
• Facebook Developer World HACK 2012 (James Pearce)
• New Upcoming Windows 8 Developer Camps in Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee (Jennifer Marsman)
• Women in IT: New Microsoft employee on work/life balance (MS JobsBlog)
• Every Windows 8 event Microsoft UK is doing can now be found… (Eric Nelson)

 

Database

• How To Support Multiple SQL Server Package Configurations in SSIS (Ray Barley)
• SSIS: Transfer SQL Server Object using SMO (Vinoth NM)
• New book: Training Kit (Exam 70-462): Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases (Kim Spilker)
• SQL SERVER – Expanding Views – Contest Win Joes 2 Pros Combo (USD 198) – Day 4 of 5 (Pinal Dave)
• Index Seek on LOB Columns (Ted Krueger)
• IndexedDB: Keys: Efficiently Retrieving Data From a Database (Kristof Degrave)

 

SharePoint

• 10 coolest new features of SharePoint 2013 (Kunaal Kapoor)
• Receiving null value when using SPFarm.Local on SharePoint 2010 (Tom Hearn)

 

PowerShell

• Running PowerShell AppFabric cmdlets in MSBuild on x64 (Elton Stoneman)

 

Miscellaneous

• Marketplace share (or how we became a victim of our own success) (Sebastian Holst)
• Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 official: Windows 8, NFC and a fingerprint reader, arrives in October (Dana Wollman)
• New data: Windows Phone closes gap vs. BlackBerry (Todd Bishop)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: August 9, 2012 (Jason Haley)
• Geek Reading August 8, 2012 (Rob Diana)
• Double Shot #932 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Morning Brew #1164 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows 8 Developer Links – 2012-08-09 (Dan Rigby)
• Daily Windows Phone Development News 8 Aug 2012 (Windows Phone Geek)

 

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