Dew Drop – January 10, 2018 (#2640)

Top Links

• Help make docs.microsoft.com better! (Erin Rifkin)
• Introduction to Game Development with Unity and C# (Lance Talbert)
• .NET Core January 2018 Update and .NET Framework January 2018 Security and Quality Rollup and .NET for UWP January 2018 Update (Rich Lander)
• Understanding the performance impact of Spectre and Meltdown mitigations on Windows Systems (Jenny Erie)

Web & Cloud Development

• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 76 – Uploading and Downloading a Stream into an Azure Storage Blob (Michael Crump)
• How to disable preloadEnabled on an Azure App Service (Benjamin Perkins)
• Guide to Using Redis with Node.js Released (Dave Johnson)
• 64 bit ASP.NET Core on Azure App Service (Glenn Condron)
• Performance of compiled queries in Entity Framework Core 2.0 (Gunnar Peipman)
• Docker for Mac with Kubernetes (Jim Armstrong)
• Styling Comma Separated Lists in CSS (Mark Heath)
• Insider’s guide into interceptors and HttpClient mechanics in Angular (Max NgWizard K)
• PhpStorm 2017.3.3 EAP 173.4301.15 (Maxim Kolmakov)
• Harden Your Azure Infrastructure Using Azure Security Center Just-In-Time VM Access (Thomas Janetscheck)
• Use AWS Lambda and API Gateway with Node.js and Couchbase NoSQL (Nic Raboy)
• The Complete Guide To Deploying JavaScript Applications – Part 1: Database, and API Deployment (Prosper Otemuyiwa)
• Streaming Content in ASP.NET Core (K. Scott Allen)
• Azure Security Center and Microsoft Web Application Firewall Integration (Shalini Pasupneti)
• 12 Things to Help Large Organizations Do Angular Right (Victor Savkin)
• API Life Cycle Basics: API Logging (Kin Lane)
• Kubernetes v1.9 releases beta support for Windows Server Containers (K. Barnard)
• Dynamic Redux Reducers (Tyler Gaw)

XAML, UWP & Xamarin

• [POLL] What CustomRenderers Or Effects Do You Create In Xamarin.Forms? (Adam Pedley)
• Delivering Rich Media Experiences with the Xamarin.Forms Video Player (Adam Fisher)
• Your first UWP application: Use this shortcut to get started (Simon Bisson)
• UWP Tip #14 – UWP Community Toolkit – Part 11, PullToRefreshListView Control (Me)
• Xamarin Release: 15.5.3 Servicing Release (Bri Brothers)

Visual Studio & .NET

• Compare files in Visual Studio IDE using DiffFiles Tool (Abhijit Jana)
• 4 Common Datetime Mistakes in C# — And How to Avoid Them (Carlos Schults)
• Functions as Data: Functional Programming in C# (Ed Charbeneau)
• Introducing Jasper — Asynchronous Messaging for .Net (Jeremy D. Miller)
• Do you know that, you can easily copy code from C# Interactive Window? (Kunal Chowdhury)
• Working with to-do items in ReSharper (Maarten Balliauw)
• .NET Framework 4.7.1 is available on Windows Update, WSUS and MU Catalog! (Preeti Krishna)
• How do I get the computer’s serial number? Consuming Windows Runtime classes in desktop apps, part 4: C# (Raymond Chen)
• The .NET Ecosystem: Dive Into Runtime Tools and Languages (Barry Luijbregts)
• DotNetZero vNext (Eric Williams)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• Discussing Teamwork and Measures on Agile for Humans (Johanna Rothman)
• Delegation As a Developer: Building the Next You (Erik Dietrich)
• 5 Common Productivity Myths You Need To Stop Believing (Kat Boogaard)
• If your backlog is not refined then you are doing it wrong (Martin Hinshelwood)
• Do Developers Influence the User Experience More Than Designers? (Paul Boag)

Mobile & IoT

• Alexa Display Template Skill Deep Dive Part 3: Things That Kill Alexa Skills (April Hamilton)
• Resource Roundup: Top Alexa Tips and Tutorials for Smart Home Skill Builders (Jennifer King)
• Embedding NativeScript in an Existing iOS App (Rob Lauer)
• Visual Studio for Mac as the default editor for Unity (Jb Evain)
• Cortana coming to more devices in 2018 through Devices SDK and new reference designs (Jordi Ribas)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• AiA 171: Why People Are Sticking With AngularJS (1.x) (Alyssa Nicoll, Charles Max Wood & Joe Eames)
• AFH 084: Ryan Ripley on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast (Ryan Ripley)
• ngAir 143 – Angular PWA with Stephen Fluin (Justin Schwartzenberger)
• Azure HDInsight Application Platform Overview | Data Exposed and Extending Azure HDInsight to install open source components | Data Exposed (Seth Juarez)
• Software Engineering Daily – Kubernetes on AWS with Arun Gupta (Jeff Meyerson)
• Microsoft Cloud Show Episode 233 | Meltdown, Spectre, Predictions, Wishes & Thoughts from 2017 and for 2018q (Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson)
• RunAs Radio – ReverseDSC with Nik Charlebois (Richard Campbell & Greg Hughes)
• Interview with Aaron Bjork (Release Notes) (Donovan Brown & Aaron Bjork)

Community & Events

• PSCore 6 – Jeffrey Snover and the PowerShell Team hosting AMA on 11th Jan 9am PT (Mark Wragg)
• What’s the good word for 2018? – Welcome to 2018 from That Conference! (Kevin Davis)
• February PhillyXP Meetup (Anthony Sciamanna)
• How to Get Involved with Microsoft Developer Community (Steve Smith)

Database

• Application Database Security Design Part 2 – Multiple Levels of Access to SQL Server (K. Brian Kelley)
• SQL Server 2017 CU3 adds execution statistics for scalar-valued, user-defined functions (Erik Darling)
• SQL SERVER – 2017 – How to Remove Leading and Trailing Spaces with TRIM Function? (Pinal Dave)
• Multi-Server Queries (Day 9) (Wayne Sheffield)

PowerShell

• FetchRemote function to work with git in Powershell (Michael Freidgeim)

Miscellaneous

• Razer’s ‘Project Linda’ Razer Phone dock is the Continuum Microsoft dreams of (Daniel Rubino)
• paint.net 4.0.20 is now available! (Rick Brewster)

More Link Collections

• Xamarin App Developer Links – 2018-01-10 and Windows App Developer Links – 2018-01-10 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #2502 (Chris Alcock)

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