Dew Drop – June 7, 2013 (#1,563)

Top Links

• APIMASH: The StackExchange Starter Kit (Michael Cummings)
• Decorating AngularJS Services (K. Scott Allen)
• Triggering events in plain JavaScript (Axel Rauschmayer)
• Reactive benefits with commodity option barrier events (Wes McClure)

 

Web Development

• Create a Flexible Security System for the ASP.NET Platform in the .NET Framework 4.5 (Peter Vogel)
• HTML5 Doctor – HTML5 Resource of the Day (Brent Schooley)
• The race for speed part 4: The future for JavaScript (John Dalziel)
• Obscure WinJS features, part 3: WinJS.Utilities.empty, eventWithinElement, and getMember (Kraig Brockschmidt)
• Access SQL Azure from a Node.js app deployed to Windows Azure Web Sites (Tomasz Janczuk)
• YUI 3.10.3 Released to Fix Reintroduced SWF Vulnerability (Andrew Wooldridge)
• Portable Compression and HttpClient Working Together (Immo Landwerth)
• ACID 2.0 in action (Jimmy Bogard)
• Responsive Multi-Column Form and On-Scroll Animated Header (Manoela Ilic)
• Setting up and using Bing Translate API Service for Machine Translation (Rick Strahl)

 

XAML

• Dealing with self-signed SSL certificates on Windows Phone (Nigel Sampson)
• Blend Storyboards – An Introduction (Gradient Girl)
• Windows Phone Capabilities and enabling the camera in the emulator (Pascal Arnould)
• Moving from WinForms to XAML Runtime on Windows Embedded Compact (Peter Foot)
• 2000 WPF Things #837 – A Window Cannot Be a Child of a ContentControl (Sean Sexton)
• No-quota push notifications using a root Certificate Authority (Adam Denning)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• LINQ example with GroupBy clause on a property in object (Vipin Agarwal)
• APIMASH Chuck Norris Starter Kit (Bob Familiar)
• Reporting or Control Suites – What to use when – Part 2 (Carey Payette)
• MonoGame: Building Portable Solutions (Simon Jackson)
• Securing Your .NET Applications – A Summary Review Of Visual Guard (Dirk Strauss)
• Review "Instant Net 4.5 Extension Methods how-to" (Pierluigi Riti)
• Unwinding Rhino Mocks (M. Meisinger)
• Smile… Kinect Smile Tracking (with source) (Greg Duncan)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• TDD I Learned… Code Katas (Brendan Tompkins)
• Cloud Computing Architecture Patterns: Don’t Focus on the Client (Buck Woody)
• On friction in software (Oren Eini)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Hands-on: Xamarin Studio’s powerful new iOS designer (Ryan Paul)
• Google Play Developer 8-Step Checkup (Ellie Powers)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 181 – 06.06.13 (Joe Pollicino)
• Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 92 (Richard Hay)
• Nokia 41-megapixel ‘EOS’ video demo shows camera lens in detail (Tom Warren)

 

Community / Events

• Game-changers – Meet five women of Xbox who are changing the game (MS JobsBlog)
• Too Many Games Hits the The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center! (Dan)
• TechEd North America 2013 Summary (Emilio Salvador Prieto)
• TechEd 2013–Great Conversations, Speaker Idol, Channel 9, and Best of Tech Ed 2013 (Phil Japikse)
• Announcing "Get Involved" from Tekpub – Enhance your career by engaging with your peers (Scott Hanselman)

 

Database

• SQL SERVER – QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON/OFF Explanation and Example – Question on Real World Usage (Pinal Dave)
• SQL Server 2014 Replica on Windows Azure (bink)
• The Accidental DBA (Day 6 of 30): Backups: Understanding RTO and RPO (Paul Randal)
• LevelDB was designed for mobile devices (Kelly Sommers)

 

SharePoint

• Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 6 – Installing PowerPivot for SharePoint (Koen Verbeeck)

 

Miscellaneous

• The Xbox 360 version of Diablo III will be unleashed on September 3 (Larry Hryb)
• Microsoft addresses Xbox One used games, always-on, privacy policies (Taylor Soper)
• Microsoft’s big reorg: What to watch, and what it means (Todd Bishop)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: June 6, 2013 (Jason Haley)
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Thursday, June 6th (Rob Caron)
• Geek Reading June 6, 2013 (Robert Diana)
• The Daily Six Pack: June 7, 2013 (Dirk Strauss)
• Daily News Digest 6/6/2013 (Silverlight Show)
• The Morning Brew #1371 and The Morning Brew #1372 (Chris Alcock)
• Daily Windows 8 Development News 6 June 2013 and Daily Windows Phone Development News 6 June 2013 (Windows Phone Geek)

 

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