Day: August 29, 2018

Top Links

• TechBash 2018, an Affordable Regional Developer Conference (Andy Schwam)
• Mobile CI/CD 101 (Slava Chernikoff)
• Looking at the unit testing improvements in Rider 2018.2 (Chris Woodruff)
• Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 17744 available now! (Clint Rutkas)

Web & Cloud Development

• How to Use a jQuery MultiSelect UI Component in Your Web App (Alberta Williams)
• Go 2 Draft Designs (Go Team)
• Quickstart with Docker in PhpStorm (Anton Monakov)
• React Tutorial: Building and Securing Your First App (Bruno Krebs)
• Dean Schuster of truematter on Solving UX Challenges with Kendo UI (John Willoughby)
• Improvements on ASP.NET Core deployments on Zeit’s now.sh and making small container images (Scott Hanselman)
• Code Your First API With Node.js and Express: Connect a Database (Tania Rascia)
• The Angular Library Series — Publishing (Todd Palmer)
• Build a collaborative playlist over WhatsApp with Rails, Twilio, and Spotify (Phil Nash)
• A Peek into TypeScript Succinctly (Stephanie Callaway)
• Sign-In experiences and Testing authentication to your bot using the Bot Framework Emulator (Azure Bot Service Team)

XAML, UWP & Xamarin

• Getting Started with Xamarin.Forms and Navigation with MvvmCross (Nick Randolph)

Visual Studio & .NET

• C# Back to Basics – Methods in C# (Marinko Spasojevic)
• Exploring MoreLINQ Part 7 – Batching (Mark Heath)
• Deep-dive into .NET Core primitives, part 2: the shared framework (Nate McMaster)
• .NET Core Opinion #1 – Structuring a Repository (K. Scott Allen)
• Using .Net Core Console Apps as a Baseline for Teaching Programming (Tim Purdum)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• Step 5 of extracting a data-rich service (Martin Fowler)
• 5 Key Factors for a Successful Software Team (Shield UI Team)
• You Can’t Manage Time: 7 Other Ways to Increase Team Productivity (Maddy Osman)

Mobile, IoT & Game Development

• Announcing Contact and Motion Sensor APIs and Integration into Alexa Routines, Unlocking New Customer Scenarios in Home Automation, Monitoring, and Control (Brian Crum)
• Build a Game Skill for the Alexa Skills Challenge: Games and Compete for Over €50,000 in Prizes (Kristin Fritsche)
• React Native vs. Ionic Explained: A Step-by-Step Evaluation (Spec India)
• What Are Push Notifications? What We Learned from Sending 40 Billion Messages [Infographic] (KC James)
• #MakeCode – Some #Minecraft, #Lego EV3 and kids activities for the end of the summer! (Bruno Capuano)
• BMI Calculator in Flutter — Part 1 — Gender (Marcin Szałek)
• Flutter Platform Channels (Mikkel Ravn)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• AiA 204: “Real Ward Angular” (AiA Team)
• MJS 076: Kevin Griffin (MJS Team)
• Azure Site Recovery between Regions | Tuesdays With Corey (RicksterCDN)
• Go on Azure: Part 1—Build Go apps with Visual Studio Code | Azure Friday and Go on Azure: Part 2—CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes with VSTS | Azure Friday (Rob Caron)
• SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 144: Is SSIS still relevant? Part 1 (Carlos L. Chacon)
• ngAir 174 – What’s New With NativeScript With TJ VanToll (Justin Schwartzenberger)
• Exploring the Fluent Design System | On .NET (Cecil Phillip & Rich Lander)
• RunAs Radio – Stories from the Field with Mike O’Neill (Richard Campbell & Greg Hughes)
• Giving Back: The Role of Ethics in Open Source and Online Communities | The Open Source Show (Rob Caron, Lacey Butler & Allison Cordle)
• AFH 098: Humanizing the World of Work (Ryan Ripley)
• SE-Radio 336: Sasa Juric on Elixir (Nate Black)
• Software Engineering Daily – DataOps with Christopher Bergh (Jeff Meyerson)
• Functional Geekery Episode 125 – Verónica López (Steven Proctor)
• Developer Tea – Suffering, Fear and Safety (Jonathan Cutrell)

Community & Events

• Let’s be Transparent (Nick Nguyen)

PowerShell

• Monitor Performance Counters using PowerShell in SQL Server Agent Job Step (Pablo Echeverria)

Miscellaneous

• Microsoft Windows zero-day vulnerability disclosed through Twitter and Microsoft adds support for Google Gmail IDs to Azure Active Directory (Mary Jo Foley)
• Announcing Windows Server 2019 Insider Preview Build 17744 (Dona Sarkar)
• The evolution of Windows 8 charms (Raymond Chen)

More Link Collections

• The Morning Brew #2653 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #2166 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Xamarin & Windows App Developer Links – 2018-08-29 (Dan Rigby)

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