Dew Drop – July 19, 2013 (#1,588)

Top Links

• ReSharper 8.0 is Available (Jura Gorohovsky)
• Why not allow double/decimal implicit conversions? (Eric Lippert)
• Visual Studio Tips for HTML web or windows developers: ZenCoding (Susan Ibach)
• Video: The StackExchange API Starter Kit for Windows Store Apps (Bob Familiar)

 

Web Development

• User-Friendly Sort Of Alpha-Numeric Data In JavaScript (Ben Nadel)
• Knockout JS Error: Uncaught Error: NoModificationAllowedError (Derik Whittaker)
• More Capabilities at a Higher Speed: WinJS 2.0 (Jeff Martin)
• Conventional HTML in ASP.NET MVC: A Primer (Jimmy Bogard)
• WinJS.Binding Initializers, Part 1 (Kraig Brockschmidt)
• Pure 0.2.1 Released (Tilo)
• Connecting to Dropbox with Python (Mike Driscoll)
• The New IE11 Experience: Best of the Web with Sites and Apps Together (Paula Chuchro)
• Launching Soon: Web Tools Weekly (Louis Lazaris)
• On Scroll Effect Layout (Mary Lou)

 

XAML

• Get Detailed Diagnostics Reports from your Windows Phone 8 apps with CloudDiagnostics (Michael Crump)
• 2000 WPF Things #867 – Controlling Whether a Popup Is Open Using Data Binding (Sean Sexton)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Quick Tip: Getting LightSwitch Extensions to Install into Visual Studio 2013 Preview (Beth Massi)
• Debugging and Profiling in Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio 2013 Diagnostics Investments (Daniel Moth)
• Why Did Garmin Express cause Visual Studio and JustCode to Just Stop Working? (Phil Japikse)
• TFS 2012 Upgrade Process Template–Guide (Shai Raiten)
• Visual Studio 2013: Reference Highlighting (Zain Naboulsi)
• SQL Server Compact Code Snippet of the Week #18 : handling SqlCeExceptions (Erik EJ)
• Displaying and Searching std::vector Contents in WinDbg (Sasha Goldshtein)
• 2000 C# Things #891 – Example of Throwing a System Exception Type (Sean Sexton)
• Make your code readable by making it flow with Generics (Adam Storr)
• Multiple LightSwitch Designers (Elizabeth Maher)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• 7 Ways to Conquer Impostor Syndrome — Lessons from Successful Business Leaders (J.D. Meier)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Mapping and Location with Mono for Android (Wally McClure)
• Introduction to building Xamarin.iOS applications in Visual Studio (Ryan Paul)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• The Windows Developer Show Episode 123 – “Get to the Choppa!” (Ryan Lowdermilk & Travis Lowdermilk)
• Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 98 (Richard Hay)
• Video: New with Visual Studio 2013: Manage portfolio backlogs to understand the scope of work (Martin Hinshelwood)

 

Community / Events

• Come join me at the SkillsMatter F# Tutorials NYC 2013 (Rick Minerich)
• Highlights and Announcements from SenchaCon 2013 (Michael Mullany)
• Xamarin in the Windy City: Chicago Drink-Up! (Morgan Forsythe)

 

Database

• SQL SERVER – Database in RESTORING State for Long Time (Pinal Dave)
• Check Constraints can help enforce the all or nothing approach when it comes to column updates (BIT Barbarian)
• Using T-SQL’s COALESCE Function (Richard Carr)
• Is DQS-in-the-cloud on its way? (Jamie Thomson)

 

SharePoint

• Moving SharePoint 2010 web application to claims-based authentication (Gunnar Peipman)
• ANNOUNCEMENT: Sync SharePoint Content to Provide Fast Access for Users Everywhere (Joel Oleson)

 

Miscellaneous

• Introduction to Systematic Programming – Week 5 (Dara Monasch)
• Stupid Question 220 and 221: Should I go to school to learn programming? Do I need a formal education to get a job as a developer? (Iris Classon)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: July 18, 2013 and Interesting Finds: July 19, 2013 (Jason Haley)
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Thursday, July 18th (Rob Caron)
• Geek Reading July 18, 2013 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1164 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Morning Brew #1401 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows Store Developer Links – 2013-07-19 (Dan Rigby)
• The Daily Six Pack: July 19, 2013 (Dirk Strauss)
• Windows Dev News for July 18, 2013 – #0173 (Dave Campbell)

 

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