Dew Drop – July 29, 2013 (#1,594)

Top Links

• Initial Impressions – Intel Haswell 4th Generation Developer Prototype Ultrabook (Scott Hanselman)
• Get started by using ASP.Net Web API and NancyFx with OWIN/Katana (Fredrik Normen)
• Tools (Phil Trelford)
• Work Smart, Not Hard (Chris Pietschmann)

 

Web Development

• Just released: MvcSiteMapProvider 4.0 (Maarten Balliauw)
• Learning MVC Part 4 – Creating MVC Application with EntityFramework Code First Approach (Akhil Mittal)
• Profile-Guided JavaScript Optimization (Ariya Hidayat)
• Automatic CSS Testing (Chris Coyier)
• Knockout Template and DOM access race conditions (Derik Whittaker)
• HTML5: Native Applications Both Include Benefits and Challenges (DevToolsGuy)
• What is call() method in JavaScript (Dhananjay Kumar)
• Two New FlipBoard Magazines for AngularJS and JavaScript/HTML5 (Dan Wahlin)
• Handlebars.js – a Behind the Scenes Look (Gabriel Manricks)
• Writing a Javascript REST client (@miguelgrinberg) (John Sheehan)
• Knockout.js – Filtering, Sorting, and Paging (James Timperley)
• Migrating to EventStore in Windows Azure (Rinat Abdullin)
• Node.js Call https with BASIC Authentication (Santiago Urrizola)
• Enabling IntelliSense for Mobile Services JavaScript in Visual Studio (Merwan Hade & Paul Batum)
• Orchard CMS 1.7 Features – Orchard Web Developer (David Hayden)
• ECMAScript 6 modules: the future is now (Axel Rauschmayer)
• Microsoft’s modern.IE scanning tool goes open source (Wayne Williams)
• LightSwitch lsQuickCode: Fast Login For Mobile Applications (Michael Washington)
• Alpha transparency in Chrome video (Sam Dutton)
• Bootstrap 3 Goes Mobile-First, Now Reportedly Powers 1% Of The Web (Frederic Lardinois)
• FontAwesome Icons with Toastr (John Papa)
• One Step Guide On Designing a REST API (Hadi Hariri)

 

XAML

• [Sample Of Jul 27th] Pass non-string parameters between pages in Windows Phone 8 app (Philip Fu)
• Drag and drop WPF controls (S.A. Esmaeily)
• 2000 WPF Things #873 – Using a Popup Rather than a Tooltip (Sean Sexton)
• Windows Phone Tips and Gotchas: Grumpy Tree (Susan Ibach)
• Windows.Foundation.Collection Types, Part 3: Maps and Property Sets (Kraig Brockschmidt)
• Windows 8.1: Building Windows store apps with new Windowing modes (Zubair Ahmed)
• Configuring Your WP8 App to Indicate That it Wants or Requires More Memory (Matt Lacey)
• Amazon Web Services adds support for Windows 8/WP8 apps (John Callaham)
• How to add a privacy policy/statement to your Windows Store App (Iris Classon)
• Introducing Charming NFC Share (Peter Foot)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Expert Development Cookbook – Reviewed and Getting To Grips With StyleCop (Dirk Strauss)
• Using the new client hooks in WCF Data Services Client (Chris Robinson)
• Ask me (Q224): What are some applications you would recommend to create to learn C#? (Iris Classon)
• AWS SDK for .NET Version 2 (Kay Ewbank)
• Heroku .NET buildpack update to Mono 3.2 and more (Michael Friis)
• Crypto Obfuscator for .Net v2013 R2 Adds Support for Code Masking and Constant Field Removal (Anand Narayanaswamy)
• The AGENT Emulator & Bluetooth (Greg Duncan)
• NLog Exception Details Renderer (James Timperley)
• 2000 C# Things #897 – Rules for Creating a Custom Exception Type (Sean Sexton)
• How to connect your project to Team Foundation Service (Stoil Stoichev)
• LightSwitch Data Freedom – Part 3 (Xpert360)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Architecting Code in the Presentation Layer (Peter Vogel)
• Event Sourcing vs Command Sourcing and Command Events and Context (Jérémie Chassaing)
• Using Release Trains to Get on Track Posted (Johanna Rothman)
• Product Documentation: The receiver decides if it’s successful (Mark Needham)
• The Relationship Between Exploratory Testing and Test Automation (Peter Varhol)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Android development – Lesson 2 (Andrey Prikaznov)
• Solving Resolution Independent Rendering And 2D Camera Using Monogame (Slobodan Pavkov)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• The Windows Developer Show – Episode 124 – “Beem Me Up!” (Ryan Lowdermilk & Travis Lowdermilk)
• MNR 485: Back after a long hiatus (Larry Hyrb)
• TWC9: Self-Pub for Xbox One, IE11 for Win7, MSBuild in Visual Studio and more | This Week On Channel 9 (Brian Keller, Dan Fernandez & Greg Duncan)
• The Tablet Show – From Windows Phone to iPhone to Android with Chris Hardy (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• Inside Windows Phone: Nokia Imaging SDK (Matthias Shapiro)
• Windows Weekly 321: Fresh Paint (Paul Thurrott)
• The Nerdist Podcast – George RR Martin (Chris Hardwick)
• Engadget Podcast 353 – 07.26.13 (Joe Pollicino)
• Get Up And Code 012: Get Your Mind Fit (John Sonmez & Iris Classon)
• Video: Creating and Styling a RadBulletGraph (Manya Susoev)
• GeekWire Radio: Bill Gates on tech, philanthropy, robots, and why you don’t want be a billionaire (Todd Bishop)
• Build talk of the week: Building apps that connect with devices (George Roussos)
• Featured Sessions from Build 2013 (Mark DeFalco)

 

Community / Events

• WIT: My Opinion (Cori Drew)
• The Pluralsight Peepcoders (David Adsit)
• Tickets to the Philadelphia Geek Awards: On Sale Monday, July 29th! (Eric Smith)

 

Database

• Creating a Visual Studio Database Project for an existing SQL Server Database (Rick Krueger)
• SQL SERVER – How to an Add Identity Column to Table in SQL Server and SQLAuthority News – 5 days of SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) Summary and SQL SERVER – Example of Performance Tuning for Advanced Users with DB Optimizer (Pinal Dave)
• Selecting into Variables in Transact-SQL (Richard Carr)
• SQL for .NET Programmers–The Book (Dave M. Bush)
• Free ebook: Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model (Carol Vu)

 

SharePoint

• Ok, I have SharePoint, now what? (Greg Galipeau)
• Integrate SharePoint 2013 with Team Foundation Server 2013 (Martin Hinshelwood)

 

PowerShell

• Don’t fear the shell… – "Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0" jumpstart series (Greg Duncan)

 

Miscellaneous

• My Top 10 TED Talks in a Mindmap (Chance Brown)
• Nokia Lumia 1020 Review (Daniel Rubino)
• Using Small Basic and MSDN (a self-paced Learning & Development Map) (Ed Price)
• [Hardware Review] Hello Haswell… Haswell/Harris Beach Intel SDS Ultrabook Review – Part 1 (Greg Duncan)
• Review: Harris Beach SDS Ultrabook from Intel (Unboxing) (Martin Hinshelwood)
• All Xbox LIVE members to receive unlimited cloud storage on Xbox One (Zac)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: July 27, 2013 and Interesting Finds: July 28, 2013 and Interesting Finds: July 29, 2013 (Jason Haley)
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Friday, July 26th (Rob Caron)
• Geek Reading July 26, 2013 (Robert Diana)
• Friday Five-July 26, 2013 (MVP Award Program)
• ArchBeat Link-o-Rama for July 26, 2013 (OTN ArchBeat)
• Collective #74 (Mary Lou)
• Double Shot #1167 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Pie in the Sky (July 26th, 2012) (Larry Franks)
• The Daily Six Pack: July 29, 2013 (Dirk Strauss)
• Daily News Digest 7/29/2013 (Silverlight Show)
• Reading Notes #102 (Frank)
• The Morning Brew #1407 and The Morning Brew #1408 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows Store Developer Links – 2013-07-29 (Dan Rigby)
• Reading List (Bruce Lawson)
• Reblog: July 19 to July 25 (Jason Strate)
• Weekly Digest 23 (Jakub Chodounsky)
• SQL SERVER – Weekly Series – Memory Lane – #039 (Pinal Dave)

 

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