Dew Drop – October 26, 2012 (#1,430)

Top Links

• .NET 4.5 now supported with Windows Azure Web Sites (Scott Guthrie)
• It’s Here…Windows 8! (Jeffrey Meisner)
• Windows.com updated, including Windows, Windows Live blogs, free Media Center upgrade (Kip Kniskern)
• Validating Architecture through LINQ Query (Patrick Smacchia)

Web Development

• Stop Using jQuery All the Time! (Raymond Camden)
• Using Trace in Windows Azure Cloud Applications (Himanshu Singh)
• Kick-Start Your Project: A Collection of Handy CSS Snippets (Hugo Giraudel)
• Using Unprefixed CSS3 Gradients in Modern Browsers (Jennifer Yu)
• jQuery UI 1.9.1 (Jörn Zaefferer)
• Hello, ClojureScript! (with jQuery) (Konrad Garus)
• Integrating Composer command line tool with PhpStorm (leneshka)
• Client certificate authentication in ASP.NET Web API and Windows Store apps (Piotr Walat)
• Node v0.8.14 (Stable) (node.js Team)
• Azure Mobile Services, Part 2 (Eric Vogel)
• The Future of Markdown (Jeff Atwood)
• The future of Markdown (Axel Rauschmayer)
• Caveats with the runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests in IIS 7/8 (Rick Strahl)
• Exporting and Importing VM settings with the Azure Command-Line Tools (Larry Franks)
• Firebug 1.10.5 (Jan Odvarko)
• WebGL Essentials: Part III (Gabriel Manricks)
• Essentials: Utilizing User Roles In WordPress (Daniel Pataki)

XAML

• MSDN study links for exam 70-484: Essentials of Developing Windows Metro style Apps using C# (Andreas Hammar)
• Physamajig on Windows Phone and Azure! (Andy Beaulieu)
• 2000 WPF Things #677 – Why the Standard Mouse Wheel Delta is 120 (Sean Sexton)
• Windows Store Apps and XAML Based Printing–Rough Notes (Mike Taulty)
• Connecting Windows 8 applications with services: Part 5: Integrating with public APIs such as Facebook and Twitter (Gill Cleeren)
• Visual Rx Version 2.0.20622.60 and Visual Rx – Part 6 (Bnaya Eshet)

Miscellaneous .NET

• Follow Up: Jeremy Likness on Windows Runtime Components in a .NET World (Michael Desmond)
• Hello ARM: Exploring Undefined, Unspecified, and Implementation-defined Behavior in C++ (Michael)
• Source code for the text importer for OneNote (John Guin)
• Build My StringBuilder site helps your turn text into StringBuilder code and More details emerge about the Workflow Manager v1.0 release (Greg Duncan)

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Use Scrum + Continuous Delivery to build the right thing (Peter Gfader)
• Design patterns in the test of time: Factory Method (Oren Eini)
• Github for windows – I would send a pull request if I could (Eric Hexter)
• Friday with Filip – Demystify Spaghetti Code (Filip Ekberg)
• Many Simple Models over One Complicated Model (Jurgen Appelo)
• Better Code Quality: Why Coding Style Matters (Nicholas C. Zakas)

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Gweek 073: "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn (Mark Frauenfelder)
• The Windows Developer Show Episode 090 – “Razor Sharp” (Ryan Lowdermilk & Travis Lowdermilk)
• The Nerdist Podcast – The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer (Chris Hardwick)
• The Verge Mobile Show 022 – October 24th, 2012 (Brendan Murphy)
• SitePoint Podcast #185: CSRF is the New SQL Injection (Karn Broad)
• Defrag: Hibernate vs Sleep, Detecting Printer Jams, Bill Hill (Larry Larsen)
• Windows Store: How do I get paid? | Introducing Windows 8 and Making money with your Windows Store apps | Introducing Windows 8 (Roxanne Beaver)

Community / Events

• Meet the Author: Steve Smith on Creating N-Tier Applications in C#, Part 1 (Paul Ballard)
• Interview: We chat with the co-creator of MetroTwit for Windows 8 (John Callaham)
• Conferences Round-Up: Upcoming Web Design Events In Late 2012 – Early 2013 (Smashing Editorial)
• (Almost) time for something new… (Maarten Balliauw)

Database

• Using FileTables in SQL Server 2012 (Sam Nasr)
• Steps to Check the Host Name for a Clustered SQL Server Instance (Jugal Shah)
• I’m An Author! “Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices” Releases October 31 (Jes Schultz Borland)
• SQL SERVER – Introduction to Big Data – Guest Post (Pinal Dave)

SharePoint

• Integrate SharePoint 2013 with Team Foundation Server 2012 (Martin Hinshelwood)

Miscellaneous

• Small Basic – Elementary Student Testimonials (Ed Price)
• Microsoft, stand up to Apple! (Joe Wilcox)
• Windows 8: The World is Ready and Surface is here (Steve Clayton)
• Ivy Bridge Ultrabook Review (Tim Boland)

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading October 25, 2012 (Rob Diana)
• Distributed Weekly 178 (Scott Banwart)
• Double Shot #988 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Daily News Digest 10/26/2012 (Silverlight Show)
• The Morning Brew #1219 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows 8 Developer Links – 2012-10-26 (Dan Rigby)
• Windows Dev News for October 25, 2012 – #0137 (Dave Campbell)
• Daily Windows 8 Development News 25 Oct 2012 (Windows Phone Geek)

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