Top Links
- New .slnx Solution Format in Visual Studio — no more GUIDs! (Martin Zikmund)
- Microsoft Build will detail ‘next generation’ of Windows on Arm and new AI features (Tom Warren)
- Time Travel Debugging team uses Copilot Chat for C++ (Sinem Akinci)
- The Key Ingredient in Every Copilot Conversation. To get the most out of Copilot, give it context. Lots and lots of context. (Microsoft WorkLab)
- Silent, brokered authentication on Windows with the Azure Identity libraries (Scott Addie)
- Microsoft Build Unplugged, Episode Five: Session catalog is LIVE! (Ed Donahue)
Web & Cloud Development
- Browser Security Bugs that Aren’t: JavaScript in PDF (Eric Lawrence)
- ASP.NET Core + Razor + HTMX + Chart.js (Howard van Rooijen)
- Next-Level Error Handling: How Docker Desktop 4.29 Aims to Simplify Developer Challenges (Kat Tomrushka)
- How to Set a Default User-Agent on an HttpClient in ASP.NET Core (Mandar Dharmadhikari)
- React E-Commerce App for Digital Products: Part 4 (Creating the Home Page) (Prashant Yadav)
- Docker Desktop 4.29: Docker Socket Mount Permissions in ECI, Advanced Error Management, Moby 26, and New Beta Features (Vanessa Fournier)
- Meta: Announcing New Developer Platform Resources (Jennifer Lin)
- Node v18.20.2 (LTS) and Node v20.12.2 (LTS) and Node v21.7.3 (Current) (Rafael Gonzaga)
- BoldSign: How to Create a Template via API (Gopinath Kannusamy)
- Do You Need a Component Library? (Peter Vogel)
- WebAssembly Adoption: Is Slow and Steady Winning the Race? (Richard Gall)
- Optimizing WebKit & Safari for Speedometer 3.0 (Alan Baradlay, Antti Koivisto, Matt Woodrow, Patrick Angle, Ryosuke Niwa, Vitor Ribeiro Roriz, Wenson Hsieh & Yusuke Suzuki)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- Chart of the Week: Creating a Custom .NET MAUI Bar Chart for Global Renewable Energy Employment Trends (Vimala Thirumalai Kumar)
- .NET MAUI Community Toolkit – Azure Pipelines YAML file (Brandon Minnick) – Use as an example to create one for your MAUI app!
Visual Studio & .NET
- Creating Tests with GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio (Laurent Bugnion)
- Your JetBrains Coding Tools are Ready to be Updated to 2024.1 (Aleksandra Krupskaya)
Design, Methodology, AI & Testing
- Using data replication in legacy displacement (Martin Fowler)
- Evaluating RAG Applications with AzureML Model Evaluation (Aditi Singh)
- Azure OpenAI and RAG Security (Dennes Torres)
- Build a serverless ChatGPT with RAG using LangChain.js (Yohan Lasorsa)
- Forecast Costs Responsibly (JB Rainsberger)
- Adding Generative AI to your Power Apps with AI Prompts (April Dunnam)
- Running large language models locally using Ollama (Bart Wullems)
- What is Apple Planning in the AI Race? (Matthew MacDonald)
- Helping policymakers weigh the benefits of open source AI (Peter Cihon)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- The native app install experience (Dave Rupert)
Screencasts & Videos
- Why are there two Azure Function .NET models and which one should I use? | One Dev Question (Matthew Henderson)
- Build a Podcast Copilot with .NET and Power Apps: Setting up the Azure OpenAI Service | The Low Code Revolution (Gomolemo Mohapi)
Podcasts
- Syntax Podcast Episode 754: How to Level Up Your Web Development Career (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski)
- Practical AI Podcast – RAG continues to rise (Demetrios Brinkmann, Chris Benson & Daniel Whitenack)
Community & Events
- Meet the Judges of the Imagine Cup 2024 Semifinals! (Maddy Epstein)
- “Debug Your Thinking” Recommended by MVP Laila Bougria (Rie Moriguchi)
- “Highly Technical Talk” with Hanselman and Toub | Microsoft Build 2024 Sessions (Scott Hanselman & Stephen Toub)
Database
- Returning A Row When Your Query Has No Results (Erik Darling)
PowerShell
- PowerShell Universal v5.0 Beta 2 (Adam Driscoll)
Miscellaneous
- Game hubs now inside Xbox app on PC (Athima Chansanchai)
- How can I find out which process has locked me out of the clipboard? (Raymond Chen)
More Link Collections
- The Morning Brew #3916 (Chris Alcock)
The Geek Shelf
.NET MAUI Projects – Third Edition: Build multi-platform desktop and mobile apps from scratch using C# and Visual Studio 2022 (Michael Cummings & Daniel Hindrikes) – Referral Link