Dew Drop – May 13, 2015 (#2013)

Top Links

• Bringing Node.js to Windows 10 IoT Core (Arunesh Chandra)
• JavaScript moves forward in Microsoft Edge with ECMAScript 6 and beyond (Brian Terlson)
• Xamarin Studio Cheat Sheet – Free PDF Download (Michael Crump)
• Announcing PostSharp 4.2 Preview 1 (Gael Fraiteur)

 

Web Development

• Rethrowing Errors In JavaScript And Node.js (Ben Nadel)
• Fixing ASP.NET MVC Authentication Infinite Redirects (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
• How’d You Build That Map? (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Effectively insert list of objects with Dapper (Johan Danforth)
• A minor update to the Azure Toolkit for Eclipse – now with Maven projects! (Brian Benz)
• Practical Web Audio (Brian Rinaldi)
• Learning to git bisect (David Humphrey)
• What HTTP/2 Means for REST APIs (Martin W. Brennan)
• Inspiration for Text Styles and Hover Effects (Mary Lou)
• Azure Bits #1 – Up and Running (Rik Robinson)
• Welcome the Newest Brackets Committer: Marcel Gerber (Ryan Stewart)
• Git protocol errors when using Bower package manager (Sacha Barber)

 

XAML

• WPF Commanding: Enable Disable Button with Command Property (Mahesh Sabnis)
• FreshMvvm Quick Start Guide (Michael Ridland)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• MSBuild: unnecessary rebuilds because of generated AssemblyAttributes.cs (Kirill Osenkov)
• What’s New in Visual Basic 14? String Interpolation and Multiline Literals (Peter Vogel)
• How does Task Manager compute Up Time, and why doesn’t it agree with GetTickCount? (Raymond Chen)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Insights – Get to know your fakes part 3- Warnings (Alex)
• Why Physical Task Boards Still Matter (Joel Bancroft-Connors)
• Topic modeling for the newbie (Marie Beaugureau)
• Should a New Developer Bother Learning UML? (Paul Ballard)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Bridges connect the world – iOS and Android on Windows 10. What? (Rene Schulte)
• Advanced WatchKit Interface Controller Techniques (Mike Swanson)
• See What’s Cooking–JustMock for Devices Beta Available (Iana Tsolova)
• Baby steps with Microsoft Band (Part 1) (Ariel Ben Horesh)
• A Scalable Introduction to Vector Drawables (Jérémie Laval)
• Apple Watch and the skin as interface (Alistair Croll)
• #Ebook Deal/Day: Abusing the Internet of Things – $21.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL (O’Reilly Media)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• .NET Rocks! – Shepherding Novice Developers with Jeff Casimir (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Ingrid Michaelson (Chris Hardwick)
• RunAs Radio – Ignite Recap with Stephen Rose (Richard Campbell)
• Countdown to Ignite: The One About the Secret Blooper Reel | Microsoft Ignite Countdown (D. Begley, Golnaz, RicksterCDN, Joey Snow & Kaitlin McKinnon)
• Functional Geekery Episode 21 – Andrea Magnorsky (Steven Proctor)
• SQL Server Radio Show 21 – Get Up Stand Up (Matan Yungman)
• XAML Case Study: Putting it All Together, Office and XAML (Andrew Coates & Jason Morse)
• Tuesdays With Corey: Top Six Azure sessions from Microsoft Ignite | Tuesdays With Corey and Debunking Azure Myths: Lack of a Robust Partner Ecosystem (RicksterCDN)

 

Community / Events

• Happy 150th birthday Nokia! (Vlad Dudau)
• MVP Virtual Conference (Chris Love)
• 50 Years of Warren’s Wisdom (Bill Gates)
• Git Merge 2015: Session Videos Now Available (Kelsey Schimmelman)
• Easing back into it (Rockford Lhotka)
• On the Topic of Impostor Syndrome (Rey Bango)

 

Database

• Monitor SQL Server Transaction Log File Free Space (Mike Eastland)
• Troubleshooting Common SQL Server Bulk Insert Errors (Tim Smith)
• Fetch once, write many times (Jamie Thomson)
• How to Find Objects that Contain a Certain String in SQL Server (Matan Yungman)
• SQL Server 2016 Managed Backup | Data Exposed (Scott Klein)

 

PowerShell

• Natively Query CSV Files using SQL Syntax in PowerShell (Chrissy LeMaire)
• SQL SERVER – PowerShell Script – When Was SQL Server Last Restarted? (Pinal Dave)
• Download Channel 9 Series (Alexandre Brisebois)

 

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading May 12, 2015 (Robert Diana)
• The Morning Brew #1859 (Chris Alcock)
• The Daily Six Pack: May 13, 2015 (Dirk Strauss)
• Daily News Digest 5/12/2015 (Silverlight Show)
• Windows App Developer Links – 2015-05-13 and Xamarin App Developer Links – 2015-05-13 (Dan Rigby)
• Visual Studio – Developer Top Ten for May 12th, 2015 (Dmitry Lyalin)

 

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