Dew Drop – April 19, 2018 (#2707)

Top Links

• Publish Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 15.7 and Announcing Visual Studio 2017 15.7 Preview 4 (Andrew B. Hall)
• Participate in the 2018 Windows Developer Community Pulse (Andrew Parsons)
• Performance Improvements in .NET Core 2.1 (Stephen Toub)
• Windows Template Studio 2.0 is now available! (Clint Rutkas)

Web & Cloud Development

• Python Jupyter Notebooks in Azure (Steve Jones)
• Tensorflow with Javascript Brings Deep Learning to the Browser (Alexis Perrier)
• Creating Server-side Rendered Vue.js Apps Using Nuxt.js (Ben Jones)
• Make changes to Azure App Service setting using Postman and Web Server Logging, IIS logs, deployment slots and swaps (Benjamin Perkins)
• Now Available: Version 2 of the ASK Software Development Kit for Node.js (BJ Haberkorn)
• Using HTTPS with Azure Functions in local development (Christos Matskas)
• ASP.NET Core Authorization for Windows, Local accounts (Damien Bowden)
• Creating a generic Markdown Page Handler in ASP.NET Core (Rick Strahl)
• OpenAPI Makes Me Feel Like I Have A Handle On What An API Does (Kin Lane)
• What Happened to Bower? (Justin Clareburt)
• Creating a Panning Effect for SVG (Louis Hoebregts)
• Password Strength Visualization (Mary Lou)
• Microsoft brings AI-powered translation to end users and developers, whether you’re online or offline (MS Translator Team)

XAML, UWP & Xamarin

• MvvmCross: Initialize method on the first view model (Nick Randolph)
• Reactiveui ReactiveCommand without OAPH (Damien Doumer)

Visual Studio & .NET

• Automatic Provisioning with Visual Studio 2017 (Amy Burns)
• Python in Visual Studio 15.7 Preview 4 (Dan Taylor)
• Extending the Unity Editor with C# (Lance Talbert)
• Library Manager (LibMan) in Visual Studio 2017 (15.7) (Steve Gordon)
• Base32 Encoding and Decoding in C# (Tino Donderwinkel)
• Running .NET in the Browser with Ooui (Jeff Martin) – And Xamarin.Forms!
• Quickly assess your .NET code compliance to .NET Standard with NDepend (Patrick Smacchia)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• Governance (Compliance) and Agile Delivery (Dave Nicolette)
• Velocity Anti-Patterns – Enticing More Velocity (Doc Norton)
• Invalid Reasons for Ignoring Code Metrics and Analysis (Scott Hannen)
• Telerik DevCraft Ultimate Improves with Test Studio Dev Edition (Iliyan Panchev)
• Running multiple build agents in TeamCity (Iris Classon)
• Run Unity tests in Rider 2018.1 (Matt Ellis)
• How to setup Signed Git Commits with a YubiKey NEO and GPG and Keybase on Windows (Scott Hanselman)
• SOLID Design Principles Explained: Interface Segregation with Code Examples (Thorben Janssen)

Mobile, IoT & Game Development

• Alexa Skill Recipe: Using the Device Address API to Enhance Your Voice Experience (Amit Jotwani)
• Preparing and uploading Holograms into Azure for use in Mixed Reality apps (Joost van Schaik)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• .NET Rocks! – Clean Architecture with Steve Smith (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• TalkScript Podcast Episode 7 (Torrey Rice)
• Syntax Podcast – Potluck EP × Vue.js × Headless WP × Typescript & Flow × Productivity × Server Side Rendering × Yeoman (Wes Bos)
• Complete Developer Podcast – Unit Testing With Test Driven Development (BJ Burns & Will Gant)
• Philly .NET Meeting 2018.04.18 – Future of C# and First Look at Blazor (Scott Kay & Chris Gomez)
• Deploying an ASP.NET MVC web app to Azure with AppVeyor and Octopus – Will it Deploy? Episode 6 (Octopus Deploy)
• Software Engineering Daily – React Stack with G2i Team (Jeff Meyerson)
• Developer on Fire Episode 331 | John Callaway and Clayton Hunt – Professional Craftsmen (Dave Rael)
• Why should you care about Application Insights? (Frank Boucher)
• Episode 14: Five Things About IndexedDB | Five Things (John Papa)
• 2FD 074: Compound Debt Payoff, Side Hustles, Practical Budgeting and Frugal Lawn Care (Kevin Griffin & Sean Merron)
• SQL Server Radio – Procrastinators and SQL Challenges (Matan Yungman & Guy Glantser)
• LearnAI-Bootcamp for Emerging AI Developers: Computer Vision API, Custom Vision Service, LUIS [Part 1/2] | AI Show (Seth Juarez)
• Windows Community Standup – Improvements for Web and Backend Developers in the next update to Windows 10 (Tara Raj)

Community & Events

• First Look at Blazor – Philly Dot Net (Chris Gomez)
• Two things you need to know about Xbox at E3 2018 (Elana Pidgeon)
• Getting good VIBEs from your computer with Dr. Mary Czerwinski (Emily Maryatt)
• Essential Guide To The 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival, April 20-28 (Kelly Bucci)

Database

• Function to quickly find the worst performing SQL Server Stored Procedures (Eli Leiba)
• Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB: NoSQL data access on Azure (Yitao Dong)
• Migrating SQL Server Databases to Azure Managed Instances with Native Backups (John Martin)
• The future of database DevOps (Jonathan Roberts)
• SSMS: Batch Separator (Day 35) (Wayne Sheffield)

Miscellaneous

• Google Just Launched a Smartphone Game to Teach Adults How to Code (Lisa Eadicicco)
• Details Matter in Presenting Narratives (Charlie Kindel)

More Link Collections

• The Morning Brew #2567 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #2079 (Mike Gunderloy)

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