Dew Drop – December 10, 2012 (#1,459)

Top Links

• I Don’t Need No Stinking API: Web Scraping For Fun and Profit (Hartley Brody)
• a n00b’s Look at HTML5 Game Development and Building a Game With JavaScript (Christopher Bennage)
• Async – Handling multiple Exceptions and Will it crash my process (Bnaya Eshet)
• How to: Install Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 Offline (Rob Caron)

Web Development

• On protecting HTML5 apps (Christian Heilmann)
• CSS Next (Chris Coyier)
• Using the New ASP.NET MVC 4 Template in MonoDevelop (Daniel Mohl)
• How to compile all your TypeScript .ts files into a Single .js file (Derik Whittaker)
• Backbone.js Meets RESTful Web Services (Geertjan Wielenga)
• Using Media Queries in JavaScript Code (Gil Fink)
• Differences Between CSS2.1 and CSS3+ (Louis Lazaris)
• Writing Unit Tests for an ASP.NET MVC Action Method that handles Ajax Request and Normal Request (Shiju Varghese)
• Implementing The Wijmo Radial Gauge In The LightSwitch HTML Client (Michael Washington)
• Building Cross-Platform Apps with HTML: Part 1 of 4 (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Developing Multi-tenant Applications for the Cloud, 3rd Edition (Paulo Morgado)
• Firebug 1.11.0 (Jan Odvarko)
• Lowering the barrier of entry to the cloud: announcing the first release of Actor Framework from MS Open Tech (Act I) (Claudio Caldato)
• #Ebook Deal/Day: Designing Evolvable Web APIs with ASP.NET – $15.99 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL (O’Reilly Media)

XAML

• Telerik Announces Coded UI Test Support for WPF (Anand Narayanaswamy)
• Windows Phone 8: Developer Tools (Peter Kuhn)
• Walkthrough: Building a Sweet Dial in XAML for Windows 8 (Jerry Nixon)
• WPF Chart Control With Pan, Zoom and More (John Stewien)
• Get Started with Windows Phone 8 Lenses (Larry Lieberman)
• Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development: Part 2 (Rob Tiffany)
• Updating my Windows Phone App to Windows Phone 8 (Scott Hanselman)
• 2000 WPF Things #708 – Dragging a File Into a WPF Application (Sean Sexton)
• WPF Application Framework (WAF) 2.5.0.400 (CodePlex)
• Walkthrough: Monetize Windows 8 with the Microsoft Advertising SDK (Jerry Nixon)
• Going Old School on Windows 8 (Jeremy Likness)
• Debugging on your Windows RT Device without a Network Connection (Brad Sullivan)
• Windows 8 Development Tips #4: Use a lot of apps (Brent Schooley)

Miscellaneous .NET

• Running deployment tasks in a TFS lab build (Rory Primrose)
• Creating CSV Files (Richard Carr)
• Visual Studio 2012 ALM Virtual Machine with Update 1 and hands-on-labs / demo scripts now available (Charles Sterling)
• WCF Data Services 5.2.0-rc1 Prerelease (WCF Team)
• QuickLinq Helpers (Don Syme)
• Research into Uniqueness and Reference Immutability for Safe Parallelism in C# (Jonathan Allen)
• [Sample Of Dec 9th] How to deep clone objects using reflection in .NET (Philip Fu)
• It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Writing to the application directory (Raymond Chen)
• Await HttpClient.GetStringAsync() and cancellation (Lucian Wischik)

Design / Methodology / Testing

• 42 Rules for Your New Leadership Role (J.D. Meier)
• A Parable of Why Agile Methods Can Save Money (John Cook)
• The 4 Most Important Skills for a Software Developer (John Sonmez)
• Agile Requires an Integrated Story (Mitch Pronschinske)
• 7 steps to continuous deployment (Florian Motlik)
• DZone Refcardz -Software Configuration Management Patterns (Steve Berczuk)
• Coded UI Test: Configuring Search Properties while recording on Internet Explorer (Sai Krishna Vajjala)
• The non-blocking script loader pattern (Philip Tellis)
• Code Coverage in Microsoft Test Manager – Deep Dive (Mathew Aniyan)
• Integrating BitBucket and GIT with ssh (no password required for push) (Peter Kellner)
• The unwritten requirements for implementing an email notification unsubscribe feature (Jon Gallant)
• How to execute tests locally using TCM.exe command-line? (Aseem Bansal)
• Fluent Design through Early Prototyping (Rebecca Cottrell)
• Abstractions and Models aren’t Infallible (Jeremy D. Miller)
• Lessons learned from the Code Retreat (Giorgio Sironi)
• The Agile Coach Persona – The Calling and Integrity (Part 1/2) (Peter Saddington)
• Cheerleading? No. Courage? Yes (Johanna Rothman)
• Asynchronous calls in C++ Windows Store Unit Tests (Mathew Aniyan)

Other Mobile Platforms

• Book Review: Creating Android Applications (Harry Fairhead)
• Android tips: apps failing to update, & using any music file for ringtones & notifications (Robert Nyman)

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Inside Windows 8: Pedro Teixeira – Thread pools | Going Deep (Charles Torre)
• Technology & Friends Episode 243: Mark Bostleman on an Azure Proof of Concept (David Giard)
• Major Nelson Podcast Show 460: Child’s Play Charity and more (Larry Hyrb)
• The Windows Developer Show Episode 095 – “Download This Show For Free” (Ryan Lowdermilk & Travis Lowdermilk)
• SPC MVP Panel Discussion, SharePoint 2013, Cloud, and Yammer-Episode 77 (Rob Foster, Nick Swan & Brett Lonsdale)
• Video: Deliver Project Management On Your Terms w/ SharePoint #share2012 #pmot (Dux Raymond Sy)
• Windows Phone Design Bootcamp 101: Windows Phone 8 Demo | Windows Phone Design Bootcamp (Laura Foy)
• Video: Take Command of Your Windows 8 MVVM XAML App with Attached Behaviors (Paul Ballard)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Paul Williams (Chris Hardwick)
• Windows Weekly 289: Perfect for a 4th Grader (Paul Thurrott)
• The Tablet Show – Shawn Wildermuth Builds Tablet Apps with PhoneGap (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• The Vergecast 057 – December 7th, 2012 (Brendan Murphy)
• ShopTalk Episode 46 (Chris Coyier)
• 037 JSJ Promises with Domenic Denicola and Kris Kowal (Charles Max Wood, Yehuda Katz, Peter Cooper, AJ O’Neal & Jamison Dance)
• TWC9: Sharing Code, Cheat Sheets, and Jump Starting! | This Week On Channel 9 (Duncan Mackenzie, Greg Duncan & Rick Barraza)
• Stupid Question 98: What advice would you give developers to land a dream job? and Stupid Question 99: Should developers use refactoring tools? (Iris Classon)
• Engadget Mobile Podcast 160 – 12.08.2012 (James Trew)
• SitePoint Podcast #191: The Beat Don’t Stop (Karn Broad)
• Boagworld – Add some positivity to your web strategy (Paul Boag)
• GeekWire Podcast: Tablets, travel, kids, and a ukulele rock band, live in studio (Todd Bishop)
• Engadget Podcast 319 – 12.07.2012 (Trent Wolbe)

Community / Events

• Free 2-day Training: Windows Store app dev for iOS developers (G. Andrew Duthie)
• Winners from XNA Contest (John Sonmez)
• Microsoft patterns & practices Symposium 2013 (Oren Eini)
• One Year At GitHub (Phil Haack)
• Philly Pluralsight Study Group: Building Apps with ASP.NET MVC 4: Intro & Controllers (Week 1 of 7) (Tony Verguldi)
• Architecture, Strategy at Center of First AWS Conference (Richard Seroter)
• Windows Store App Labs for app builders (Devon Musgrave)

Database

• Migrating from a relational to a NoSQL cloud database? (Daniel Doubrovkine)
• How to add database file to a Log Shipped database in SQL Server (Manvendra Singh)
• The current state of a MERGE Destination for SSIS and Query for server DefaultData & DefaultLog folders (Jamie Thomson)
• SQL Authority News – Download SQL Server Data Type Conversion Chart (Pinal Dave)
• SQL Advent 2012 Day 8: Foreign Keys and SQL Server Data Type Conversion Poster is available for download and SQL Advent 2012 Day 9: Reinventing the wheel (Denis Gobo)
• SQL Server Query Tuning – Back to Basics (Ted Krueger)
• Debugging Parameter Dependencies in Reporting Services (Paul Turley)

SharePoint

• Passing Selected Data Between WebParts in SharePoint (Peter Vogel)
• Resources: How to Best Develop Requirements for SharePoint Projects #share2012 (Dux Raymond Sy)

PowerShell

• PowerTip: Use PowerShell 3.0 to Find an IP Address (The Scripting Guys)

Miscellaneous

• What’s new in Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone (Amin Lakhani)
• Navigating Microsoft’s employment opportunities (Scott Mattie)
• Honouring computing’s 1843 visionary, Lady Ada Lovelace (Megan Smith & Lynette Webb)
• Australian Police Warn Against Apple Maps, Citing “Potentially Life Threatening” Misdirection (Catherine Shu)
• Amazon shaves $50 off the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD for today only (Deepak Dhingra)
• Microsoft’s History with BASIC (Altair 8800, TRS-80 Color Computer) (Ed Price)
• The Big List of 256 Programming Languages (Rob Diana)

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: December 8, 2012 and Interesting Finds: December 9, 2012 and Interesting Finds: December 10, 2012 (Jason Haley)
• Geek Reading December 7, 2012 (Rob Diana)
• Double Shot #1019 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Morning Brew #1250 (Chris Alcock)
• Friday Five – December 7, 2012 (MVP Award Program)
• Pie in the Sky (December 7, 2012) (Larry Franks)
• Collective #41 (Mary Lou)
• Daily News Digest 12/10/2012 (Silverlight Show)
• Friday Miscellany #3 (Eric Battalio)
• Reading Notes #74 (Frank)
• The Daily Six Pack: December 8, 2012 and The Daily Six Pack: December 10, 2012 (Dirk Strauss)
• Windows Store Developer Links – 2012-12-10 (Dan Rigby)
• Visual Studio ALM Links week 49/2012 (Ricci Gian Maria)
• Daily Windows 8 Development News 7 Dec 2012 and Daily Windows Phone Development News 7 Dec 2012 (Windows Phone Geek)
• Windows Azure Community Roundup (Edition #48) (Craig Kitterman)

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