Dew Drop – November 12, 2013 (#1665)

Top Links

• Writing OWIN Middleware (K. Scott Allen)
• New Features in ASP.NET Web API 2 – Part I (Dan Wahlin)
• New in Visual Studio 2013 – Windows Azure Mobile Services Integration (John Garland)
• 30 Days of TDD – Day 20 – Refactoring Revisited Pt. 3 (James Bender)

 

Web Development

• Optimising the CSS Processor (ANTS and algorithms) (Dan)
• A Few Changes to the F#/C# MVC 4 Project Template (Daniel Mohl)
• WebStorm 7.0.2 is available: Mocha integration and improved Dart support (Ekaterina Prigara)
• Building world-ready applications in JavaScript using IE11 (Suresh Jayabalan)
• Quick and Dirty Server Side Select Helper for Handlebars.js (Troy Miles)
• A Guide to Web Components (Chris Coyier)
• Frameworkless JS – rendering templates (Rob Ashton)

 

XAML

• 2000 WPF Things #948 – Complete Example of Limiting TextBox Input (Sean Sexton)
• Detect When Running on Windows Simulator (Peter Foot)
• App Studio has been updated and shows some improvements (Matt Lacey)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• AMP Algorithms Library now supports Visual Studio 2013 (Ade Miller)
• Visual Studio 2013 Build Fails Without Error List Errors (Dirk Strauss)
• OData Scaffolding is Visual Studio 2013 and Serializing Immutable Collections in .NET (Jonathan Allen)
• Data Modeling and the Entity Framework (Rob Sanders)
• 2000 C# Things #972 – Reading Keystrokes from the Console (Sean Sexton)
• Microsoft Virtual Academy – C++: A General Purpose Language and Library (Eric Battalio)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Why did I write the book? (Simon Brown)
• Using Process Improvement for Repeatable Results with Agile (Ben Linders)
• Article: Agile Fluency: Finding Agile That’s Fit-for-Purpose (Diana Larsen)
• Adobe credentials and the serious insecurity of password hints (Troy Hunt)
• Review: Software Requirements, Third Edition (Devon Musgrave)
• Ten keys to successful outsourcing (Gunnar Peipman)
• How To Make A Game Part 2: Game Design 101 (Jesse Freeman)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Live Video Face Masking on iOS (Chris Cavanagh)
• App Translation Service Now Available to All Developers (Ellie Powers)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• The Windows Developer Show Episode 137 – “Dirty Wizard Beards” (Ryan Lowdermilk & Travis Lowdermilk)
• .NET Rocks! – Sonar Continuously Inspects Software with Patroklos Papapetrou (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• Special Movember Episode – ASP.NET Authentication Provider | Web Camps TV (Cory Fowler & “The Jaffe”)
• The Nerdist Podcast – John DiMaggio Returns (Chris Hardwick)
• The Engadget Show 46: Expand NY with LeVar Burton, Reggie Watts, Rachel Haot and more! (Brian Heater)
• SDU Show 61 with guest Dr David DeWitt (Greg Low)
• A Look at SkyDrive on Xbox One (Larry Larsen)

 

Community / Events

• ReSharper Workshops at YOW! 2013 in Melbourne and Sydney (Robert Demmer)
• Windows Phone Central: Three million strong and growing, thanks to you (Daniel Rubino)
• Developers: Use Your Coding Skills To Help Typhoon Haiyan Rescue Efforts In The Philippines (Catherine Shu)
• You could be the next AppCampus developer to receive funding, coaching and marketing support for your app (Emilio Salvador Prieto)
• Time For A Change (Jeff Blankenburg)
• Upcoming Speaking Engagements – November 2013 and So You Want to Get Into Speaking…. (Sarah Dutkiewicz)

 

Database

• SQL Server Compact breaks when upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 (Erik EJ)
• What Happened to the Buzz Around NoSQL? (Christopher Taylor)
• re: Why You Should Never Use MongoDB (Oren Eini)
• Don’t learn SSDT, learn about your databases instead (Jamie Thomson)
• MySQL – How to Write Loop in MySQL (Pinal Dave)

 

PowerShell

• PowerShell – Service Comparison GUI Tool (Prashanth Jayaram)

 

Miscellaneous

• Think coding skills are the end-all, be all? (Anthony Rotoli)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: November 12, 2013 (Jason Haley)
• Top 10 Microsoft Developer Links for Monday, November 11, 2013 (Rob Caron)
• Geek Reading November 11, 2013 (Robert Diana)
• The Morning Brew #1483 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows Store App Developer Links – 2013-11-12 (Dan Rigby)
• The Daily Six Pack: November 12, 2013 (Dirk Strauss)
• Daily News Digest 11/12/2013 (Silverlight Show)
• Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #57 (Jason Strate)

 

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