Dew Drop – October 4, 2012 (#1,415)

Top Links

• Windows Store app development: Include that privacy policy (Pete Brown)
• Kirill Gavrylyuk and Josh Twist: Inside Windows Azure Mobile Services (Charles Torre)
• Build and Deploy a Node.js Website to Windows Azure Using WebMatrix (Eric Gregory)
• "Introduction to Visual Studio Technologies" Free (Like-ware) eBook from Microsoft and APress (Greg Duncan)
• Using TypeScript with AngularJS and Web API (Piotr Walat)

Web Development

• Doppio: A Java Virtual Machine, Compiler and Disassembler in JavaScript (Devon Govett)
• Why MVC for Mobile? (Daniel J.)
• jQuery UI Accordion – Cancel Change (Alexandre Simões)
• How to Turn jQuery Accordion into CSS3 Accordion (Andrey Prikaznov)
• TypeScript Released to Improve JavaScript Development (Jeff Martin)
• Unrecognized Expression Error in jQuery 1.8 and above when using :radio, :checkbox, etc… (Kevin LaBranche)
• Catch Windows Azure at TwilioCon Oct 16-18 in San Francisco (Miranda Luna)
• Core HTML5 Canvas Book Review (Matt Raible)
• Push Data in Real-time with SignalR (Sonya Rouje)
• Microsoft’s Windows Server implementation of Hadoop is in private preview (Mary Jo Foley)
• Extending Objects in Dojo (Chris Missal)
• TypeScript Resources (Chris Smith)
• Validating Strict Mode (Ariya Hidayat)
• Debugging Azure Worker Role Startup Issues (Mark Berryman)

XAML

• Rotating Elements in XAML While Maintaining Proper Flow (Morten Nielsen)
• Customizing the XAML Syntax Editor (Damyan Petev)
• File system change notifications in WinRT (Andrei Marukovich)
• 2000 WPF Things #661 – ButtonBase.Click Event vs. Mouse Click Events (Sean Sexton)
• Async and RestSharp for Windows Phone 7 (Toni Petrina)
• Windows Store App Development Snack: Where is Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI? (Robert MacLean)
• Windows 8 Toolkit – Charts and more v1.0 Beta Released (Senthil Kumar)
• Quick news: Bing Maps SDK for Windows Store apps available (Devon Musgrave)
• Working with Tile Notifications in Windows 8 Store Apps – Part I (Dan Wahlin)

Miscellaneous .NET

• Thou shall not do threading unless you know what you are doing (Oren Eini)
• Folder Recursion with C# (Richard Carr)
• How do I suppress the default animation that occurs when I hide or show a window? (Raymond Chen)
• System.Net.FtpClient 2012.10.02 (CodePlex)

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Understanding and Implementing Builder Pattern in C# (Rahul Rajat Singh)
• A New Microsoft.com (Trent Walton)
• Fruit smoothies: a software allegory (Scott Havens)
• ALM Categories at a Glance (JD Meier)
• Mockup Builder: Changes in Link control and Grid control (Oleh Mykhaylovych)

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• 030 JSJ Learning & Teaching JavaScript with Noel Rappin (Charles Max Wood, Yehuda Katz, Peter Cooper, AJ ONeal & Jamison Dance)
• The Verge Mobile Show 019 – October 2nd, 2012 (Brendan Murphy)
• Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 186: Noted (Gareth Myles & James Richardson)
• Design is about working within constraints and Boagworld – Axure, Fireworks, LESS and IFTTT (Paul Boag)
• What The Tech 135: Innovative and Puzzling (Paul Thurrott)
• Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 64 (Richard Hay)
• Engadget Mobile Podcast 154 – 10.03.2012 (Trent Wolbe)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Rich Sommer returns (Chris Hardwick)
• Video: Put Your Messaging On the NServiceBus (Paul Ballard)
• The Big Deal About Big Data – Part 1 of 3 (Bob Rhubart)

Community / Events

• Join Joel Oleson on Thursday for FREE Webinar: Take Control of SharePoint Security—Best Practices to Prevent Information Exposure (Joel Oleson)
• Visual Studio 2012 Testing Tools Launch Events (Giles Davies)
• Join @ScottGu on Windows Azure at Silicon Valley Code Camp This Weekend (Bruce Kyle)
• Attracting More Women and Minorities to Technology Careers: An Intern’s Perspective (Katie Doran)
• Raleigh Windows 8 Developer Camp – October 9th (Derik Whittaker)
• Rapper (MGK) Flips the Bird, Breaks Computers, Gets Kicked Out at Microsoft Store Opening (video) (Antonio Hernandez)
• Geek of the Week: Caroline Bean, Director of Social Media @ GPTMC (Rob Perdue)
• Kate Tsoukalas gets outside of the box and Halo 4 soundtrack remix contest (Steve Clayton)

Database

• How to add Reporting Services to an existing SQL Server Clustered Instance (Manvendra Singh)
• SQL Server Semantic Search to Find Text in External Files (Daniel Calbimonte)
• "NoSQL Distilled" Reviewed! (Phil Whelan)
• SQL SERVER – Importance of User Without Login – T-SQL Demo Script (Pinal Dave)

PowerShell

• Unblock downloaded files with PowerShell (Marco Franssen)

Miscellaneous

• Dear JobsBlog: Why should I start my career at Microsoft, rather than a startup? (MS JobsBlog)
• The first update for Windows Photo Gallery 2012 is now available. (Aaron Bregel)
• More details on AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 920 launch plan emerge (Daniel Rubino)
• Small Basic Challenge of the Month – October 2012 (Ed Price)
• Functional Programming Battle (Rob Bazinet)

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading October 3, 2012 (Rob Diana)
• Windows 8 Developer Links – 2012-10-04 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #1203 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #972 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Interesting Finds: October 4, 2012 (Jason Haley)

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