Dew Drop – February 19, 2014 (#1726)

Top Links

• Introducing ASP.NET Project “Helios” and Supplemental to ASP.NET Project “Helios” (Levi Broderick)
• 101 [+ 7] C# LINQ samples, one project… (Greg Duncan)
• Why shall I use Application Insights? (Matteo Emili)
• The World’s Simplest AngularJS Example in Visual Studio (Deborah Kurata)

 

Web Development

• What is the difference between JavaScript null and undefined? (Mitch Harpur)
• Tricks for GPU Composited CSS (Ariya Hidayat)
• Taming Callback Hell in Node.js (Brad Carleton)
• Getting started with OData v4 in ASP.NET Web API (Filip W)
• PhpStorm 7.1.3 EAP 133.925 (Mikhail Vink)
• Easy ASP.NET log correlation with Serilog and Seq (Nicholas Blumhardt)
• Gulp.js : A Better Alternative to Grunt.js (Shiju Varghese)
• JavaScript Animation that Works (Part 4 of 4) (Steven Riche)
• Node v0.10.26 (Stable) (node.js Team)
• What’s the Role of the Server in Single Page Applications (SPAs)? (Dan Wahlin)
• Interacting with Content Items on the Screen with the LightSwitch API (Kevin Mehlhaff)
• Azure Storage Bindings Part 1 – Blobs and Azure Storage Bindings Part 2 – Queues (Mike Stall)
• Get coding fast with Code School and the Google Drive API (Scott Knaster)
• NPR Touts Benefits of Consuming Your Own APIs (Stuart Iler)

 

XAML

• XAML Bullet Graph : introduction and some tips (Marina Stoyanova)
• Build for both–an instruction video pivot page for Windows Phone apps (Joost van Schaik)
• 2000 WPF Things #1,012 – Using a Different Data Template for the Face of a ComboBox (Sean Sexton)
• Using Application Insights with an existing Windows Store App and Using Application Insights with a new Windows Store App (Gordon W. Beeming)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Evolutionary Optimization Using C# (James McCaffrey)
• Embedded Assembly Loading with support for Symbols and Portable Class Libraries in C# (Harry Singleton)
• Building a release pipeline with Release Management with Visual Studio 2013 (Martin Hinshelwood)
• Running .NET apps on Docker (Michael Friis)
• If you cancel an operation while it’s in progress, then it’s not surprising that it’s only half-done (Raymond Chen)
• Community Callout – FakeItEasy CodeRush Templates and So you want to write a CodeRush plugin (Rory Becker)
• 2000 C# Things #1,036 – Specifying Multiple Type Parameter Constraints (Sean Sexton)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• The Brackets Scrum to Kanban Switch (Kevin Dangoor)
• Keeping Everybody Happy with Separate Agile Systems (Richard Hensley)
• Complaint-Driven Development (Jeff Atwood)
• Programming Laws and Reality: Do We Know What We Think We Know? (Capers Jones)
• Cost of Delay: Why You Should Care, Part 6 (Johanna Rothman)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• The easiest way to build Native iOS UI. (Lance Bullock)
• Should I Consider an Open Source or a Commercial UI Library for my Next iOS App? (Michael Crump)
• Monetizing Apps (Marc LaFleur)
• Building Services That Work in All Apps. No Silos. (TJ VanToll)
• Continuous Integration for Your Mobile App (Tom Opgenorth)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Webinar Recording and Q&A: ReSharper Secrets with Igal Tabachnik (Robert Demmer)
• Windows Phone 8.1 Swype-like keyboard demonstrated on video (Tom Warren)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Jennette McCurdy (Chris Hardwick)
• Microsoft Cloud Show Episode 016 | Interview with Marc Anderson on Recent Changes Impacting Customers on Office 365 (Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson)
• The Amp Hour #185 – An Interview with Hank Zumbahlen – Zoppa Zumbahlen Zateticism (Dave Jones & Chris Gammell)
• The Verge Mobile Show 080 – February 18th, 2014 (Evan Rodgers)
• TechEd Countdown Show: The One with Pre-TechEd MVA Goodness | The Countdown Show (RicksterCDN & Joey Snow)
• RiYL Episode 041: Colin Spoelman (Brian Heater)

 

Community / Events

• Philly ALM User Group – Andy Schwam will discuss – Getting The Most from Team Foundation Server 2013 (Brian Minisi)
• New User Group – Philly Area Xamarin Group (James Nichols)
• 3 Myths That Confuse the Debate Over America’s Schools (Bill Gates)
• Dev of the Week: Rafał Kuć (Alec Noller)
• First Ladies in Tech Event Next Tuesday (Sarah Galbraith)
• Microsoft employees set new charitable giving record: $113M to 19K non-profits in 2013 and Girl power: Seattle ranks 3rd for women entrepreneurs (Taylor Soper)

 

Database

• How to count the number of rows in a table in SQL Server (Jes Schultz Borland)
• MongoDB and MySQL – Comparing Scalability, Data Distribution & Query Model – Part 3 (Pinal Dave)
• Not unit testing your databases? You should be (Dave Green)
• The CASE Statement and Performance (Grant Fritchey)
• “Expert Cube Development” Second Edition Available Soon! (Chris Webb)
• Dealing with the mysterious “True” column in BIML (Koen Verbeeck)

 

Miscellaneous

• Satya Nadella on The Future is Software (JD Meier)
• Nokia teases ‘X’ Android phone for Mobile World Congress, new branding render reveals more (Daniel Rubino)
• Windows Phone 8.1 icons provide clues to Cortana, dual sims, more (Kip Kniskern)

 

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading February 18, 2014 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1302 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Daily News Digest 2/19/2014 (Silverlight Show)
• The Morning Brew #1551 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows App Developer Links – 2014-02-19 (Dan Rigby)

 

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