Dew Drop – June 22, 2015 (#2039)

Top Links

• How to use Process Monitor and Process Explorer (Scott Hanselman)
• Exception filters in C# 6: their biggest advantage is not what you think (Thomas Levesque)
• Bringing Marmalade SDK-based apps to Windows 10 – a step-by-step guide (Windows Apps Team)
• Upcoming changes to Windows 10 Insider Preview builds (Gabe Aul)

 

Web Development

• TDD for ASP.NET MVC Part 4: Unit Testing View Model Validation (Eric Vogel)
• CSS Grid Layout: Solving the Gutter Problem (Rachel Andrew)
• Kendo: Model defaultValues not applied to partial objects (Adam Anderson)
• CSS conic-gradient() polyfil (Chris Coyier)
• Capturing ASP.NET Application Startup Exceptions (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
• Article: The APIs.json Discovery Format: Potential Engine in the API Economy (Kin Lane)
• Node.js Serving HTML pages and Static content (Ravi Kiran)
• Strongly typed AppSettings Configuration in ASP.NET 5 (Rick Strahl)
• Introduction to GruntJS for Visual Studio (Robin Osborne)
• Challenges with Retrofitting Responsive Design (Ed Charbeneau)
• From Zero to Docker: Migrating to the Whale (Fredric Paul)
• Creating Container Components, Part 3: Angular 2 Component Directives (Kara Erickson)

 

XAML

• Windows 10, UWP, Raspberry PI 2, AllJoyn and Lightbulb Demo (Mike Taulty)
• Background Bluetooth Services on Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1 Support in Xamarin Forms (Peter Freeman Foot)
• WPF Commanding – Mouse Bindings (Richard Carr)
• Running a touch-based Universal Application on a Pi 2 with Windows IoT Core Insider Preview (Carey Payette)
• MusicNet (MS Band, Azure, LEDs, WinPhone, RPi and more) (Greg Duncan)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Fake Create Nuget Packages (Robert Muehsig)
• Developer Productivity: What’s New in VB.NET 14 (David McCarter)
• Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Application Development (Darren West)
• NHibernate Pitfalls: Sharing a Session in Multiple Threads (Ricardo Peres)
• 5 .NET Performance Issues Where Dev and Ops Play the Blame Game (Jim Hirschauer)
• C++11/14/17 Features In VS 2015 RTM (Stephan T. Lavavej)
• Configuring Multiple Loggers and Dependency Injection (Steve Smith)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Diff’ing software architecture diagrams again (Simon Brown)
• Deploying Scrum and SAFe at Philips Lighting and Why Scrum is Not Enough (Ben Linders)
• Leadership Skills for Leading Implementation and Leadership Skills for Making Things Happen (JD Meier)
• Tech Lead – Circles of Responsibility (Patrick Kua)
• Article: Q&A on Test Driven Development and Code Smells with James Grenning (Ben Linders)
• Resource Engagements—coming soon to Project 2016 (Project Team)
• 3 essential rules for effective navigation design (Ryan Gittings)
• Practicing Empathy Driven Development (EDD) (Savita Pahuja)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• iOS 9: Staying Organized with Storyboard References (Bart Jacobs)
• Reading CSV Files In Xamarin Forms (Jesse Liberty)
• Building Smart Apps that Understand Language, Speech, Images, and Face Recognition (Vipul Patel)
• Frictionless App Distribution with Telerik AppManager (Rob Lauer)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Thimbleweed Park Podcast #10 (Ron Gilbert)
• Simple Programmer Podcast 018: Are Udacity Nanodegrees Worth It? (John Sonmez)
• Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 168 #OTP (Richard Hay)
• SharePoint Pod Show – Lightweight Collaboration Realities-Episode 91 (Rob Foster, Nick Swan & Brett Lonsdale)
• TWC9: E3, HoloLens, Cortana, Xbox One, Windows 10, ASM.JS and more | This Week On Channel 9 (Greg Duncan & Nikola Metulev)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Lauren Lapkus (Chris Hardwick)
• The Changelog 161: HTTP/2 with Ilya Grigorik (Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo)
• Get Up And Code 096: Get Up and Code in Berlin (Andrew Pasaporte)
• StarTalk Radio – NASA’s Vision for Space with Charles Bolden (Neil de Grasse Tyson)
• MVP Virtual Conference Videos (Steve Michelotti)
• Getting Started with ScreenBuilder (Session Recording) (Rob Lauer)

 

Community / Events

• CodeConf Updates: Meet & Greet and Workshop Tickets (Kelsey Schimmelman)
• I might as well be honest. And I swear I didn’t know (Iris Classon)
• .NET Speakers Giving Back (Vicky)

 

Database

• Comparison of Datazen vs SSRS vs Power View (Melissa Coates)
• Interview Question of the Week #025 – How to Implement Paging in SQL Server? and SQL SERVER – Evaluation Period Has Expired – How to Activate SQL Server? (Pinal Dave)

 

PowerShell

• Automate Azure File Uploads and File Deletes With PowerShell (Tim Smith)
• SQL SERVER – Using PowerShell and Native Client to run queries in SQL Server (Pinal Dave)

 

Miscellaneous

• The Hex Colors in Small Basic (Ed Price)
• 4 skills that will help you stand out in any job interview (Kelli Orrela)

 

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading June 19, 2015 (Robert Diana)
• Collective #173 (Pedro Botelho)
• Reading Notes #190 (Frank Boucher)
• Double Shot #1515 and Double Shot #1516 and Double Shot #1517 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Last Week on Channel 9: June 15th – June 21st, 2015 (Greg Duncan)
• The Morning Brew #1885 and The Morning Brew #1886 (Chris Alcock)
• The Daily Six Pack: June 22, 2015 (Dirk Strauss)
• Reading List (Bruce Lawson)
• Links of the Week June 19 (Chris Love)
• Windows App Developer Links – 2015-06-22 and Xamarin App Developer Links – 2015-06-22 (Dan Rigby)
• Weekly Xamarin Newsletter Issue #44 (Adam J. Wolf)
• Visual Studio – Developer Top Ten for June 19th, 2015 (Dmitry Lyalin)
• F# Weekly #25, 2015 (Sergey Tihon)
• Newest Content from our Community (Pierce Boggan)

 

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