Day: September 22, 2016

Top Links

• September Update to docs.microsoft.com (Jeff Sandquist)
• Reusing Configuration Files in ASP.NET Core (Connie Yau)
• Use iPad to Program Robots with Swift Playgrounds (Swift Team)
• .NET Rocks! – Arctic Ocean Geek Out (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)

 

Web Development

• How to locate a particular object in a JavaScript Array (Dhananjay Kumar)
• How to log different levels of information in your ASP.NET Core app (Jon Hilton)
• A simple, client-side approach to measuring Speed Index (Dean Hume)
• Easing the use of the AWS CLI (Gabriel Schenker)
• Increased account security via OAuth 2.0 token revocation (Michael Winser & Wesley Chun)
• Background Segment Effect (Manoela Ilic)
• Azure Functions in practice (Troy Hunt)

 

XAML

• MIDI Enhancements in Windows 10 (Pete Brown)
• CompositionProToolkit Your New Windows.UI.Composition Helper (Greg Duncan)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• A pragmatic look at why TFS and VSTS can be customized in a different way (Matteo Emili)
• When a disk cache performs better than an in-memory cache (befriending the .net GC) (Dan)
• Report from the battlefield #6 – Auto-Property Initializers + a non-binary serialization (Michał Komorowski)
• The case of the system() call that returned before finishing (Raymond Chen)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Using physical boards alongside your Team Services/TFS Kanban and Taskboards – Agile Cards by Spartez (aupsy)
• [Release] Mockups 3.5! Improved Material Design Support, iPhone 7, macOS Sierra compatibility, and more! (Giacomo (Peldi) Guilizzoni)
• Zuul 2 : The Netflix Journey to Asynchronous, Non-Blocking Systems (Daniel Jacobson)
• Voron Performance: A snapshot (Oren Eini)
• License now displayed on repository overview (Ayman Nadeem)
• You Are Not Here to Do a Good Job (Carolyn Sullivan)
• Undercover Testability Killers (Erik Dietrich)
• Import Git repos and view work item attachments – Sept 21 (Jamie Cool)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Extending Web Technology with Android (Active Theory)
• Part 5: Building a HTML5 Flappy Bird Game Clone with Adobe Animate CC (Christopher Caleb)
• #Hololens – Adding 3D text hologram in our Holo World using AirTap (Bruno Capuano)
• Unity 5.5 Holographic Remoting with HoloLens Walkthrough (Rene Schulte)
• Apply Photo Filters With Core Image in Swift (Francesco Franchini)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• PowerShell Tools for Visual Studio 2015 | Visual Studio Toolbox (Robert Green)
• 230 JSJ Node at Capital One with Azat Mardan (Aimee Knight, AJ O’Neal, Charles Max Wood, Jamison Dance & Joe Eames)
• Developer on Fire Episode 167 | Anthony Shaw – Innovation and Inspiration (Dave Rael)
• 041 jsAir – Test all the things with Cypress with Brian Mann and Gleb Bahmutov (Kent C. Dodds)
• Developer Tea – Listener Question: Naren Asks About Realistic Working Hours (Jonathan Cutrell)

 

Community / Events

• Xamarin at Microsoft Ignite (Julia Black)
• Microsoft Ignite keynote viewing choices! (RicksterCDN & Bridget Hudson)
• Free Webinar on September 26th: Introduction to Akka.NET and Akka.Cluster (Aaron Stannard)
• Power of Connecting: Adobe’s First Women’s Summit (Donna Morris)
• Announcing the 2016 Philly Geek Award nominees! (Michaelangelo Ilagan)
• Geeks of the Week: Mo Manklang and Brendan Kingston (Neil Bardhan)
• Bryan Cranston Coming to the Free Library of Philadelphia (Shelby Lordi)

 

Database

• Compare SQL Server NOLOCK and READPAST Table Hints (Sergey Gigoyan)
• Auto Update Statistics Enhancement in SQL Server 2016 (Ahmad Yaseen)
• SQL SERVER – Set AUTO_CLOSE Database Option to OFF for Better Performance (Pinal Dave)
• How to format a set of SQL scripts in one go using SQL Prompt (David Atkinson)

 

SharePoint

• Preparing Your Toolbox for the SharePoint Framework (John Liu)

 

PowerShell

• DSC Resource Kit September Release (Katie Keim)

 

Miscellaneous

• Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14931 for PC (Dona Sarkar)

 

More Link Collections

• Xamarin App Developer Links – 2016-09-22 and Windows App Developer Links – 2016-09-22 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #2184 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #1742 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Collective #248 (Pedro Botelho)

 

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