Dew Drop – December 8, 2021 (#3574)

Top Links

• How Can We Improve Extensibility in Visual Studio? (Leslie Richardson)
• New tools for analyzing Android, Linux, and Chromium browser performance – Microsoft-Performance-Tools for Linux-Android (Ivan Berg)
• The Download: Ugly Sweaters, GitHub Copilot, Raspberry Pi Hacks and More (Christina Warren)
• Announcing dot.net in Japanese and Simplified Chinese (Maira Wenzel)
• Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11 begins rolling out to Windows Insiders (Dave Grochocki)

Web & Cloud Development

• Kubernetes 1.23: The Next Frontier (Kubernetes Release Team)
• HTMX With ASP.NET Core (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
• Build an Electron App with JavaScript and Authentication (Nickolas Fisher)
• Azure Tips & Tricks – Tip 345 – How to enable Azure SQL managed instance in Azure Arc – Part 3 (Azure Team)
• Kubernetes 1.23: Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 Networking Reaches GA (Bridget Kromhout)
• GraphQL on Azure: Part 8 – Logging (Aaron Powell)
• Angular Basics: Introduction to Processes and Threads for Web UI Developers (Ashnita Bali)
• Modernize and migrate to Kubernetes with open source tools (James Labocki, Marco Berube, Miguel Pérez Colino, Ashok Ponkumar & Ramon Roman Nissen)
• Node.js serverless functions on Red Hat OpenShift, Part 3: Debugging on a cluster (Lucas Holmquist)
• New Features In Blazor With .NET 6 (Miguel Teheran)
• Federated Learning: Collaborative Machine Learning with a Tutorial on How to Get Started (Exxact Team)
• New Secured-core servers are now available from the Microsoft ecosystem to help secure your infrastructure (Emma Jones)
• What’s the Best Way To Optimize Images for the Web? (Jeremy Morgan)
• Cloud Site List Management experience for IE mode in Microsoft Edge now generally available (Shilpa Subramanian)
• HTTP Logs With ‘UseHttpLogging’ Middleware [.NET 6 Feature] (Naveen Bommidi)
• Please secure your #FHIR API and Apps (John Moehrke)

WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML

• How to Develop a Sleep Tracker in WinUI and Exploring 2021 Volume 3 Updates for WinUI, MAUI, & WPF [Webinar Show Notes] (Carter Harris)
• Create Your First .NET MAUI App with Microsoft MVP Codrina Merigo [Webinar Show Notes] (Graham High)
• .NET MAUI Roadmap Previews (Leomaris Reyes)

Visual Studio & .NET

• VS Code Snippets Leads Recent Open Source GA Announcements (David Ramel)
• What’s New in C# 10: Simplify Nested Property Pattern Code (Jason Roberts)
• Embedded Software Development in Visual Studio (Marc Goodner)
• Rapid Project Upgrades with the .NET Upgrade Assistant (Kevin W. Griffin)
• Connection Failures with Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4 and later (Rick Strahl)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• Use a general purpose language to manage the interface evolution (Martin Fowler)
• Building an Effective Agile Transformation Consultant Team (LeadingAgile Team)
• Make the Implicit Explicit (Steve Smith)
• How To Compute Transformer Architecture Model Accuracy (James McCaffrey)
• Keep it professional (Eric Brechner)
• GitHub Enterprise Server 3.3 is generally available (Ian Marsh)
• Test Coverage in Software Testing: Its Relevance & Important Techniques to Take Note (Kate Priestman)
• How To Incorporate Peer Recognition Into Your Processes And Gain A More Satisfied Team (Kat Boogaard)
• You’re Doing it Wrong: It’s Not About Data and Applications – It’s About Processes (Mike Fitzmaurice)

Mobile, IoT & Game Development

• How to Create Widgets With SwiftUI? An iOS App Development Guide (Brijesh Patel)
• Flutter Web Development: All You Need to Know (Chris Bateson)
• Boards Recap: From No Chips to New Chips, 2021 Has Been the Craziest Year (Mike Senese)
• Unity Security’s Public Bug Bounty Program (Jonathan Downing)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• Kubernetes Podcast from Google – Kubernetes 1.23, with Rey Lejano (Craig Box & Adam Glick)
• InfoQ Podcast: Joe, Florian and Sebastian on the Indy Autonomous Challenge (Joe Speed, Florian Sauerbeck & Sebastian Huch)
• Microsoft Cloud Show Episode 437 | AWS re:Invent Recap (Andrew Connell & Chris Johnson)
• Azure Podcast Episode 404 – When Windows is nowhere to be found – Making Azure better with CBL Mariner (Sujit D’Mello)
• Microsoft 365 Dev Podcast – Kiota, the OpenAPI SDK Generator with Vincent Biret (Jeremy Thake & Paul Schaeflein)
• Access options for Visual Studio subscriptions (Visual Studio Team)
• The CSS Podcast 054: DevTools Mini Series – Color (Una Kravets & Adam Argyle)
• FreeCodeSession – Episode 322 (Jason Bock)
• What is Microsoft Learn? (Microsoft Developer Team)
• Microsoft Mechanics – How to Keep Internet Explorer Sites Working (Jeremy Chapman)
• 8 Bits with Michael Staib! (Pj Metz & Brandon Minnick)
• RunAs Radio – Your Adaptability Quotient with Sara Caldwell and Angela Dugan (Richard Campbell)
• What is Wrong with UX Podcast – Consistency (Laura Klein & Kate Rutter)

Community & Events

• We are going to celebrate 20 years of .NET on February, 14th ❤️ 2022. Because. NET is a true love. (Olia Gavrysh (Twitter))
• The Coffee Club #5: 2021 End-of-Year Wrap-Up (Ida Bzowska)

Database

• Using GREATEST and LEAST functions in Azure SQL Database (Aaron Bertrand)
• Cumulative computation with RavenDB queries (Oren Eini)
• Comprehensive SQL Monitoring on Cloud by SQL Diagnostic Manager (Pinal Dave)
• Should you Abstract the Database? (Vladimir Khorikov)

SharePoint & MS Teams

• Understanding Azure AD Single Sign-on for Microsoft Teams apps (Bob German)
• Explore the new Microsoft Teams Store and discover apps for work and collaboration (Microsoft Teams Team)
• Microsoft Teams development: All you need to know and Let’s decode: Single Sign-on in Microsoft Teams Tabs (Rabia Williams)
• Developing enterprise-ready Microsoft Teams apps with Teams ToolKit v3.0 (Tomomi Imura)

PowerShell

• How to Use $PSDefaultParameterValues (Thomas Lee)

Miscellaneous

• Reasons for optimism after a difficult year (Bill Gates)
• Twitter Acquires, Shuts Down Would-Be Slack Rival Quill (BeauHD)
• New data: What developers look for in future job opportunities (David Gibson)
• 4 RSS readers every Linux user should try (Marco Fioretti)

More Link Collections

• The Morning Brew #3370 (Chris Alcock)
• Reading Notes #487 (Frank Boucher)
• The Wolf Report – December 8th, 2021 (Michael Wolfenden)

The Geek Shelf

 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies and Design Complete Study Guide: Exams AZ-303 and AZ-304 (Benjamin Perkins & William Panek) – Referral Link