Top Links
- Windows Server 2019 and Automation with Pivotal Application Service for Windows 2.5 (David Dieruf)
 - Migrating Blazing Pizza (server side Blazor and client side Blazor) (Michael Washington)
 - A First Look at the Vue CLI (Marina Mosti)
 - Svelte 3: Rethinking reactivity (Rich Harris)
 - Redesigning the New Project Dialog (Pratik Nadagouda) – Insight into the VS 2019 UX design process.
 
Web & Cloud Development
- Could TypeScript replace JavaScript? Use of programming language spin-off soars (Liam Tung)
 - Sanity Check: Nested Templates Maintain Lexical Binding In Angular 7.2.13 (Ben Nadel)
 - Comparing speed of Blob Storage, AppService and CDN on Azure for static file serving (Jiří Činčura)
 - Validating phone numbers with Twilio using ASP.NET Core Identity and Razor Pages (Andrew Lock)
 - Exploring Azure Data Factory – Mapping Data Flows (Carmel Eve)
 - Using Entity Framework Core to process Azure Service Messages in ASP.NET Core (Damien Bowden)
 - Design Principles for Cloud Native Apps in ASP.NET (Dustin Ewers)
 - Using Angular Elements with NgRx (Santosh Yadav)
 - Query Tags in EF Core for ASP .NET Core Web Apps (Shahed Chowdhuri)
 - Web.config customErrors element with ASP.NET explained (Thomas Ardal)
 - Microsoft and VMware unveil new cloud service that lets VMware customers run their apps on Azure (Tom Krazit)
 - Typescript: No Index Signature (Scott Watermasysk)
 - WASM: Universal Application Runtime (Milos Gajdos)
 - What Kubernetes Does and Doesn’t do for Security (Sonya Koptyev)
 - Containerized Activities in Durable Workflows – Part 4 (Mark Heath)
 - Node v12.1.0 (Current) (Michaël Zasso)
 - Python at Netflix (Amjith Ramanujam & Ellen Livengood)
 - Postman Quarterly Release Overview: Q1 2019 (Stacee)
 
XAML, UWP & Xamarin
- XAML Markup Extensions (Fons Sonnemans)
 
Visual Studio & .NET
- Fixing Random, part 26 (Eric Lippert)
 - It’s Never Been Easier to Automate Your Builds With Dotfuscator Professional (Nathan Arthur)
 
Design, Methodology & Testing
- Are These Defense Mechanisms Preventing You From Being Productive? (Kat Boogaard)
 - Microsoft is working on an “open design” philosophy, but there’s still a long way to go (Laurent Giret)
 
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- How to Update Your Alexa Skills for Spanish in the US (German Viscuso)
 - Toppling the Giant: Kotlin vs. Java (James Porter)
 
Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos
- Syntax Podcast – Hasty Treat – AMA – Money x Investments x Online Presence x More! (Wes Bos)
 - InfoQ Podcast: Doug Kirkpatrick on Self-Management, Professional Growth and Great Cultures (Doug Kirkpatrick)
 - Revision Path 292: Melvin Hale (Maurice Cherry)
 - Flutter ARKit Tutorial | iOS (MTechViral)
 - Software Engineering Daily – Container Platform Security with Maya Kaczorowski (Jeff Meyerson)
 - The Azure IoT team gets ready for Microsoft Build 2019 | Internet of Things Show (Olivier Bloch)
 - Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – How to avoid the “hero” anti-pattern in Scrum teams | Catrine Björkegren (Vasco Duarte)
 - AiA 237: More on RxJS with Deborah Kurata (Aaron Frost & Shai Reznik)
 - Microsoft 365 Dev Podcast – Latest news related to Microsoft 365 development (Jeremy Thake & Paul Schaeflein)
 - How to use Microsoft Teams, a demo tutorial (2019) (Microsoft Mechanics)
 - Adaptive Cards community call-April 11, 2019 (Office Platform Ecosystem Team)
 - Countdown for Microsoft Build: Lunch Part 2 | The Countdown to Microsoft Build 2019 (RicksterCDN & Christina Warren)
 - Are there any downsides to working for the same company for 35 years? | One Dev Question with Larry Osterman (Ross Heise & Eliot Cowley)
 - Azure Podcast Episode 276 – Cloud Simplified (Sujit D’Mello)
 - The 6 Figure Developer Episode 089 – UX Design and Accessibility w/ Chris DeMars (John Callaway)
 
Community & Events
- Microsoft confirms it’s distancing itself from Minecraft creator “Notch” (Kareem Anderson)
 - Amazon starts hiring for HQ2, plans to grow to 400 in Northern Virginia by end of year (Monica Nickelsburg)
 - I’m now a Developer Advocate at Google! (Robert Nyman)
 - Guide to Semana Mexicana, Philly’s Mexican Week, May 1-5 (Shannon Wink)
 
Database
- Understanding the SQL Server NOLOCK hint and How to rename a SQL Server database (Greg Robidoux)
 - SQL Server CASE Expression Overview (Aaron Bertrand)
 - Azure Data Studio Step By Step Tutorial (John Miner)
 - DBA Fundamentals – 3 Performance Tuning Tricks you Always Wanted to Know (Pinal Dave)
 
SharePoint & MS Teams
PowerShell
- Serverless automation using PowerShell preview in Azure Functions (Eamon O’Reilly)
 - Public Preview of PowerShell in Azure Functions 2.x (Joey Aiello)
 - Query Systems Manager Parameter Store for AWS Regions, endpoints and more using PowerShell (Steve Roberts)
 - Switch-Prompt 1.2.0 (Tommy Maynard)
 - Find-Module, Find-Script – Don’t Recreate the Wheel (Chris Liquori)
 
Miscellaneous
- Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising (Mary Jo Foley)
 
More Link Collections
- The Morning Brew #2735 (Chris Alcock)
 - .NET App Developer Links – 2019-04-30 (Dan Rigby)
 - Interesting links of the week (2019 #16) (Michael Eaton)
 - Azure Weekly: April 29, 2019 (Chris Pietschmann)
 - Azure.Source – Volume 80 (Rob Caron)
 - Professional Development – 4/23/2019 – 4/29/2019 (Cameron Presley)
 - Collective #512 (Pedro Botelho)
 
The Geek Shelf
 Vue.js in Action (Erik Hanchett & Benjamin Listwon)