Dew Drop – December 22, 2016 (#2389)

Top Links

• Snack Pack 4: Interactive Learning with Xamarin Workbooks | The Xamarin Show (James Montemagno)
• Extend Slack with Node.js (Tomasz Janczuk)
• .NET Rocks! – Managing Angular with Jules Kremer (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• Windows Bridge for iOS: Customizing the Surface Dial Experience (Antoine Haas)

 

Web Development

• Exploring Recursive Promises In JavaScript (Ben Nadel)
• JavaScript, Date and ISO 8601 part2 and JavaScript, Date and ISO 8601 part3 (Daniel Fisher)
• PhpStorm 2016.3.2 is out (Anna Lebedeva)
• WebStorm 2017.1 Early Access Preview (Ekaterina Prigara)
• Updating Your Templates in PhpStorm (Gary Hockin)
• The Ultimate Guide to Building a WordPress Plugin (Ratko Solaja)
• Creating a Custom WordPress Messaging System, Part 3 (Tom McFarlin)
• Adding Authentication to a Web Application with Auth0, React, and JWT (Jose Aguinaga)
• Block Reveal Effects (Mary Lou)
• Microsoft Azure Storage Import/Export Announcements (Rena Shah)
• All websites have something of value for attackers: reputation (Troy Hunt)

 

XAML

• AdDuplex – your one stop shop for Windows app and game marketing and monetization (Windows Apps Team)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• The New and Improved Visual Studio 2017 RC: A Review (Ollie Bannsiter)
• NET Core 2.0 Planned for Spring 2017 (Jeff Martin)
• What is the maximum numeric value for a socket, and what is the maximum number of sockets a Windows program can create? (Raymond Chen)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• #Ebook Deal/Day: Agile Application Security – $21.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL (O’Reilly Media)
• Graphics tests, the last line of automated testing (Christian Bay)
• Use Feedback to Break Biases (Kim Scott)
• Why I only work remotely (Yan Lhert)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• The Fundamental Android App Localization Guide: Part I (Tim Leers)
• Microsoft Certified for IoT Device Catalog (Chris Pietschmann)
• Willy Wonka Was Actually Talking about NativeScript (Rob Lauer)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Vote for Your Favorite Podcasts in the 2016 Software Developer Podcast Awards (John Sonmez)
• NDP Episode #13: Docker with Distributed NoSQL Databases (Nic Raboy)
• Getting started with PHP, Java, and SQL Server on Linux | Visual Studio Toolbox (Dmitry Lyalin)
• 243 JSJ Immutable.js with Lee Byron (Aaron Frost, Charles Max Wood & Joe Eames)
• Brynn Smith: The Alton Browncast #65 (Alton Brown)
• SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 75: Testing Storage Devices (Carlos Chacon, Jr.)
• Developer on Fire Episode 193 | Gregory Brown – A Perspective of Going Beyond (Dave Rael)
• Talk Python to Me #90 – Data Wrangling with Python (Michael Kennedy)

 

Community / Events

• Xamarin Dev Days Available On-Demand (Jayme Singleton)
• SQL in the City Streamed was a blast (Annabel Bradford)
• Around The World With MVPs: Hong Kong (MVP Award Program)
• How Microsoft partners help others rise above tech’s diversity gap (Suzanne Choney)

 

Database

• Ten Ways to Set MAXDOP (Brent Ozar)
• JSON in SQL 2016 (Prashanth Jayaram)
• Why 2017 is the year of Database DevOps and why database professionals should lead the charge (Simon Galbraith)

 

PowerShell

• SQL Server 2016 PowerShell cmdlets for SQL Agent (Rajendra Gupta)
• Database CI with Redgate DLM Automation, PowerShell and Jenkins (Alex Yates)
• SQL Server – PowerShell Script – Getting Properties and Details (Pinal Dave)
• How to export all URLs of Firefox tabs at once (Emin Atac)

 

Miscellaneous

• Small Basic Troubleshooting: Sound.Play doesn’t work on some versions of Windows 10 (Ed Price)

 

More Link Collections

• Xamarin App Developer Links – 2016-12-22 and Windows App Developer Links – 2016-12-22 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #2249 (Chris Alcock)
• Collective #274 (Pedro Botelho)
• Reading List (Bruce Lawson)

 

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