Month: January 2018

Top Links

• How to set up Kubernetes on Windows 10 with Docker for Windows and run ASP.NET Core (Scott Hanselman)
• Getting Started with VS App Center (Jesse Liberty)
• MSTest V2: in-assembly parallel test execution (Pratap Lakshman)
• Easy way to create a C# lambda expression from a string (with Roslyn) (Filip W.)

Web & Cloud Development

• 5 Top WordPress Extensions for Visual Studio Code (David Ramel)
• Including linked files from outside the project directory in ASP.NET Core (Andrew Lock)
• Azure Functions Proxies (Eric Williams)
• VS Subscriptions and linking your VSTS account to AzureAD (Justin Marks)
• Marvin.JsonPatch 2.1.0 Released (Kevin Dockx)
• Zero Garbage Collector for .NET Core 2.1 and ASP.NET Core 2.1 (Konrad Kokosa)
• Developers rejoice : JavaScript refactoring now available in Brackets (Rajnish Bharti)
• Role-Based Authorization in Razor Pages (Hisham Bin Ateya)
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 87 – Avoid Bad Request Errors in Azure Storage Table (Michael Crump)
• TypeScript 2.5: Optional catch Binding (Marius Schulz)
• How I Built My First Electron App & You Can Too Pt.1 — Problem, Idea & Tech Stack (Alex Devero)
• Migrating NServiceBus from v5 to v6 – Injecting IMessageSession when using NServiceBus.Host (Philipp Dolder)
• HTTPS deployment tips (Scott Helme)
• Top REST API best practices (Vladimir Pecanac)
• Designing Globally Resilient Apps with Azure App Service and Cosmos DB (Chris Pietschmann)

XAML, UWP & Xamarin

• Xamarin.NuGet – Native Behaviors (Alex Dunn)
• Android Emulator Quick Boot (Jon Douglas)
• UWP Tip #15 – UWP Community Toolkit – Part 12, Working with Headings (Me)
• Target Surface Hub and Windows 10 S on a Snapdragon processor with your UWP apps (Dev Center Team)
• Securing Communications via Certificate Pinning in UWP (Lee Richardson)

Visual Studio & .NET

• Challenge: Find the bug in the fix (Oren Eini)
• Distributing Content and Showing a ReadMe file in a .NET Core Nuget Package (Rick Strahl)
• Switching C# version in Visual Studio (Gunnar Peipman)
• Sunsetting StructureMap (Jeremy D. Miller)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• ebook deal of the week: Agile Project Management with Kanban (Kim Spilker)
• Scaling Agile – Big Room Planning (Ole Jepsen)
• Merging conflicts in the browser (Brian Harry)
• Respawn 3.0 Released (Jimmy Bogard)
• Commit together with co-authors (Joel Califa)
• Software Complexity Is Killing Us (Justin Etheredge)
• Introducing a DevOps culture (Nebbia Technology)

Mobile, IoT & Game Development

• How to Build Private Alexa Skills with Alexa for Business (Akersh Srivastava)
• #Tutorial – How to build an #Amazon #AlexaSkill using Visual Studio 2017, C# and #Azure (1 de N) (Bruno Capuano)
• Overview of Wearable Development Platforms (Bala Durage Sandamal Siripathi)
• Expert Opinions: What does the future look like for Native apps vs. PWAs? (Jason Beres & Stephen Fluin)
• How to Get Started in Game Development (Jason Weimann)
• Microsoft acquires PlayFab, accelerating game development innovation in the cloud (Kareem Choudhry)
• Fantastic buttons and where to find them–in the Mixed Reality Toolkit (Joost van Schaik)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• .NET Rocks! – Identity Server Update with Dominick Baier and Brock Allen (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• Indie Dev Podcast, Episode 39 – Amanda Lange, Microsoft (Dave Voyles)
• SmartHotel360 Demo App Overview | Visual Studio Toolbox (Robert Green)
• AAWP Insight #243: Don’t Panic! (Steve Litchfield & Rafe Blandford)
• Defrag Tools #189 – Inside Show | Defrag Tools (Andrew Richards & Chad Beeder)
• IoT Developer Show | Intel® Movidius™ Neural Compute Stick (Gerald M.)
• Revision Path 227: Rafael Smith (Maurice Cherry)
• no dogma podcast #88 – Aaron Bedra, Threat Modelling (Bryan Hogan)
• Scott Hanselman Talks with Team XGLU – the Winners of the 15th Imagine Cup! (Scott Hanselman)
• Software Engineering Daily – Design Principles From Functional Programming with Runar Bjarnason (Jeff Meyerson)

Community & Events

• (Former) Program Manager for Visual Basic details why he’s leaving Redmond and moving back to Chicago. (Anthony D. Green)
• 20+ Super Things To Do In Philadelphia This Week, January 29-February 4 (Jillian Wilson)
• So, You’d Like to Start an Open Source Project (Mike Pennisi)

Database

• Microsoft® SQL Server® Data-Tier Application Framework (17.4.1 GA DacFx) (MS Downloads)
• Generic Approach to Identify Modified SQL Server Rows (Dinesh Asanka)
• SQL SERVER – Puzzle – Strange Behavior With Extra Comma in Create Table Statement (Pinal Dave)
• Using the MySQL sys schema to optimize and maintain a database (Sean Li)
• Using EXPLAIN to profile slow queries in Azure Database for MySQL (Leon Hao)
• Deleting Azure SQL Database VNETs (Arun Sirpal)
• Presenting with SSMS (Day 29) (Wayne Sheffield)
• Proof of Concept: Making a case to move from relational (Matthew Groves)

MS Teams

• Introducing Flow Integration in Microsoft Teams (Merwan Hade)
• New ways to use apps and get more done in Microsoft Teams (Microsoft Teams team)

PowerShell

• The Happy PowerShell Prompt (Aaron Powell)
• These MVPs’ Powershell Module Makes Submitting Community Contributions Faster And Easier! (MVP Award Program)
• Distilling Microsoft’s DSC Update (Jan 2018) (Don Jones)

Miscellaneous

• Microsoft Launcher for Android update brings another round of customization tweaks (Dan Thorp-Lancaster)
• Save up to 55% on exam prep titles (Kim Spilker)

More Link Collections

• Windows App Developer Links – 2018-01-30 and Xamarin App Developer Links – 2018-01-30 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #2516 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #2024 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Collective #386 (Pedro Botelho)
• Interesting links of the week (01/22 – 01/28, 2018) (Mike Eaton)

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