Dew Drop – September 17, 2015 (#2092)

Top Links

• WinTools 1.1, TypeScript 1.6 RTM, and Tools for Apache Cordova Updates (Kraig Brockschmidt)
• Announcing the NuGet 3.2 release (Jeff Fritz)
• Announcing TypeScript 1.6 (Jonathan Turner)
• Learn about the samples for Universal Windows Platform (Windows Apps Team)
• Xamarin for iOS 9: Search Deeper (Miguel de Icaza)

 

Web Development

• More Child-Element Animations Using ngAnimate In AngularJS (Ben Nadel)
• Building Single Page Applications using Web API and angularJS (Free e-book) (Christos Sakell)
• JavaScript Basics: Url / Page Rediction via document.location (Chris Pietschmann)
• Not enough space on the disk – Azure Cloud Services (Maarten Balliauw)
• Top 7 Features of HTML5 (Arun Karthick)
• PhpStorm 9.5 EAP 142.4912 (annalebedeva)
• JavaScript Testing with Latest Firefox and Chrome on AppVeyor (Ariya Hidayat)
• Future of JavaScript – ECMAScript 6 (ES2015) Block Scoping (Rami Sayar)
• Limited Time Discount from Packt Publishing and The Morning Dew – 50% off eBooks (Alvin A.)
• Get Docker on Demand for Amazon Web Services (Mike Graboski)
• Node v4.1.0 (Stable) (Node.js Foundation)
• Microsoft Adds New Identity Features to Azure (Paul Ballard)
• How to Use the Slack API to Build Slash Commands Powered by Google App Engine and Go (Romin Irani)
• React 0.14 Hits Release Candidate, Adding New Package Split, Refs Syntax, and More (Sergio De Simone)

 

XAML

• Blend for Visual Studio 2012 by Example: Beginner’s Guide Discount Offer (Ricardo Peres)
• Repro steps for issue with NuGet UWP packages (Rockford Lhotka)
• Using system accent color brush from code in Windows 10 UWP (Joost van Schaik)
• Effective pixel sizes for different Windows 10 devices (Matt Lacey)
• Windows.ApplicationModel.VoiceCommands namespace (Windows Dev Center)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 (MS Downloads)
• Parsing Microsoft Word document using C# (Ipinder Suri)
• Developer’s Guide to Open Source Licenses (DAVID MARÍN)
• Why doesn’t GetAddrInfo work from behind a proxy? (Raymond Chen)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• 10th State of Agile Survey (Ben Linders)
• Pablo Picasso was Wrong (Peter Saddington)
• What’s Your Motivation? (Sarah Dutkiewicz)
• Satya Nadella on company culture and work-life balance (Vu Anh Nguyen)
• Version Control Guidance – Alternative Branching Strategies and Version Control Walkthrough (Branching Strategies) Part 1 – MAIN Only and Simplicity Rules (Willy-P. Schaub)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Building Windows 10 Games with Unity 5 (Greg Duncan)
• Getting Your Local Environment Set Up to Develop Mobile Apps (Jen Looper)
• Talking to the IoT (Kyle Dent)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Simple Programmer Podcast 055: Don’t Be a Douchebag (John Sonmez)
• .NET Rocks! – Designing Universal Apps with Billy Hollis (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• Docker and Containers | Visual Studio Toolbox (Steve Lasker & Robert Green)
• Office Dev Show – Episode 11 – Getting Started with AngularJS | Office Dev Show (Sonya Koptyev)
• 177 JSJ UI Validation with Oren Rubin (Joe Eames, Charles Max Wood, Jamison Dance, Dave Smith & Aimee Knight)
• RiYL Episode 125: Dean Haspiel (Brian Heater)
• The Web Ahead 106: Focusing on Customer Top Tasks with Gerry McGovern (Jen Simmons)
• Away From the Keyboard Episode 19: Stacey Mulcahy Inspires Our Youth (Richie Rump)
• Memory Compression in Windows 10 RTM (Seth Juarez)
• Azure AD and Identity Show: 10 Ways to Secure Productivity with Azure AD | Azure AD + Identity (Simon May)

 

Community / Events

• Rudy Huyn confirms new Dropbox job, will continue to work on his Windows Phone apps (John Callaham)
• Geek of the Week: Alexis Jeffcoat from the Chemical Heritage Foundation (Jill Sybesma Lim)
• Roundup: A Guide To Five Fall Festivals Coming To Philadelphia This Weekend (Jillian Wilson)
• How to Steal the Microsoft API Prize at Hack the North (Mansib Rahman)

 

Database

• SQL SERVER – Notes about scheduler with Operating Systems (Pinal Dave)
• SQL Prompt 7 by RedGate (Chris Yates)
• Filtered Indexes and IS NOT NULL (Kendra Little)

 

PowerShell

• Azure DSC Extension v2.5 released (PowerShell Team)

 

Miscellaneous

• Minecraft: Story Mode Hits Xbox in October (Xbox Wire)
• Amazon’s next flagship Fire tablet revealed in leaked photos (Chris Welch)
• How to use the Windows RT 8.1 Start menu (Mauro Huculak)
• Expanding the availability of Send (Outlook Team)
• Amazon Prime Members Can Now Get The Washington Post For Free For 6 Months (Sarah Perez)
• Groove Music Support for Sonos is Here (The Windows Team)

 

More Link Collections

• Weekly C# Digest #67 (Jakub Chodounský)
• Geek Reading September 16, 2015 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1553 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Daily Six Pack: September 17, 2015 (Dirk Strauss)
• Windows App Developer Links – 2015-09-17 and Xamarin App Developer Links – 2015-09-17 (Dan Rigby)

 

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