Dew Drop – June 12, 2013 (#1,566)

Top Links

• All about promises (for Windows Store apps written in JavaScript) (Kraig Brockschmidt)
• Part 3: Unit testing with Traits and code coverage in Visual Studio 2012 using the TFS Build – and the new NuGet adapter approach (Charles Sterling)
• iOS 7 coming to Xamarin (Ryan Paul)
• First Look: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (John Sterrett)

 

Web Development

• Benefit of Using Directories in Windows Azure Blob Storage Service (Alexandre Brisebois)
• How Does a LightSwitch HTML Client Application Work? (Michael Washington)
• Working With Data in Sails.js (Gabriel Manricks)
• Functional Programming Patterns in Four Popular Javascript Libraries (Gary Sieling)
• Twig support in PhpStorm (Maarten Balliauw)
• AngularJS Tests With An HTTP Mock (K. Scott Allen)
• Why Do We Need Responsive Images? 72% Less Image Weight. (Tim Kadlec)
• Introducing Animator 1.5 (Arne Bech & Miroslav Bojic)
• Afternoon Tea – 11th June 2013 – Open Source Projects I Like: Glimpse (Chris Alcock)
• Practical Azure #20 – SQL Reporting Services (Jim O’Neil)

 

XAML

• Windows Phone 8 Samples Update (Adam Denning)
• 2000 WPF Things #840 – Access Keys Should Be Unique within A Window (Sean Sexton)
• Feature Spotlight: Live Tiles (Ben Thompson)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Important WCF Performance Issue + Workaround (Yaron Naveh)
• Visual Studio Tip: Write a Property with Just a Name and a DataType (Peter Vogel)
• Visualizing KPIs with RadPivotGrid for WinForms (Carey Payette)
• An introduction to COM connection points (Raymond Chen)
• 2000 C# Things #864 – An Example of a finally Block with No catch Block (Sean Sexton)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Driving SaaS Growth Through The Customer Lifecycle (Joel York)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Android – Linear Layout Example (Deepak Kapoor)
• PhoneGap Exploration – Realtime Hardware Communication (Andrew Trice)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Stack Exchange Podcast #49 – The One Where We Edited Out The Title Reference (Alex Miller)
• Stephan T. Lavavej – Core C++, 9 of n | C9 Lectures: Stephan T. Lavavej – Core C++ (Charles Torre & Stephan T. Lavavej)
• Defrag Tools: Live – TechEd USA 2013 | Defrag Tools (Larry Larsen & Andrew Richards)
• Ping 180: Tech Ed, Xbox One, Windows 8.1, Bing Translator | Ping! (Laura Foy)
• Video: Testing AngularJS Services with Dependencies (Manya Susoev)
• Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 93 (Special Edition) (Richard Hay)

 

Community / Events

• Build Apps with APIs – Register Today for Upcoming Webcasts! (G. Andrew Duthie)
• F# London Meetup, Thursday: Machine Learning Hands On with F# (Don Syme)
• A Q&A With Eric Martin, Drexel University Alum & Contestant on TNT’s 72 Hours (Eric Smith)
• TechEd 2013 – Speaker Idol Wrap-up (Jeff Fritz)
• AzureAustin is a new user group–meeting June 17 (Jeffrey Palermo)
• Smashing Conference 2013: A Community Event That Will Change Everything (Vitaly Friedman)

 

Database

• Microsoft’s SQL Server 2014: More than just in-memory OLTP (Mary Jo Foley)
• Generating Random Numbers in T-SQL Queries (Richard Carr)
• Reviewing HyperLevelDB–Compactions (Oren Eini)
• The Accidental DBA (Day 11 of 30): Backups: Backup Storage and Retention (Paul Randal)
• SQL – Step by Step Guide to Download and Install NuoDB – Getting Started with NuoDB (Pinal Dave)

 

SharePoint

• SharePoint Mobile Access Solution: SharePlus (Dara Monasch)
• Announcement: 11 Keys to Optimizing SharePoint for Field Personnel and Traveling Executives (Joel Oleson)
• Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 9 – Installing Reporting Services (Koen Verbeeck)

 

PowerShell

• PowerShell Command Line Introduction (Doug Finke)

 

Miscellaneous

• Beginning Microsoft Small Basic – Review by "Royal Little Lambs" (Ed Price)
• Google caught in a lie. (Leon Bambrick)
• Learn functional programming with me – Improving our data structure with maps (Rob Ashton)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: June 11, 2013 and Interesting Finds: June 12, 2013 (Jason Haley)
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Tuesday, June 11th (Rob Caron)
• Geek Reading June 11, 2013 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1140 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Morning Brew #1375 (Chris Alcock)
• The Daily Six Pack: June 12, 2013 (Dirk Strauss)
• LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup– May 2013 (+more) (Beth Massi)
• Daily Windows 8 Development News 11 June 2013 and Daily Windows Phone Development News 11 June 2013 (Windows Phone Geek)
• Daily News Digest 6/12/2013 (Silverlight Show)

 

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