Dew Drop – December 18, 2013 (#1686)

Top Links

• Exploring TypeScript: TODO MVC Sample (Bill Wagner)
• Introducing ASP.NET Web API Throttling handler (Stefan Prodan)
• Getting Started with Azure, Node.js, and FogJS on Windows (Daniel Mohl)
• Take Advantage of iOS 7’s New Features (Wallace McClure)

 

Web Development

• Learn JavaScript: Part 1 – Create a Starfield (Dave Kerr)
• JavaScript Functions is a Statement or Expression? (Dhananjay Kumar)
• Using Django, Python, and MySQL on Windows Azure Web Sites: Creating a Blog Application (Mark Brown)
• PhpStorm 7.1 update released: Search Everywhere, Lens Mode, SVN 1.8, Bug Fixes, Improvements & more (Mikhail Vink)
• Scope $watch() vs. $watchCollection() In AngularJS (Ben Nadel)
• AngularJS–Part 5, pushing data to the server (Gabriel Schenker)
• SEO essentials for web developers: On-page elements (Joel Klettke)

 

XAML

• [Sample Of Dec 17th] How to implement master/detail data binding in WPF (Philip Fu)
• 2000 WPF Things #974 – Properties for Retrieving Selected Items in a ListBox (Sean Sexton)
• Opportunities for app builders this holiday season (Windows Apps Team)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• What about F# collections? (Oren Eini)
• JSON and the Microsoft C++ REST SDK (Gaston Hillar)
• Start Building for XBox One – NOW! (Simon Jackson)
• Why doesn’t the New Folder command work in the root of a redirected drive resource in a Remote Desktop session? (Raymond Chen)
• 2000 C# Things #998 – UTF-8 Encoding (Sean Sexton)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Unit testing Workflow Foundation Bookmarks… easily… (Phillip Haydon)
• Keeping the Startup Mentality and Energy Alive (Peter Saddington)
• Voron Performance, let go off that tree, dude! (Oren Eini)
• Are We Solving The Right Problem? (Mike Cottmeyer)
• Designing for exponential trends of 2014 (Steven Sinofsky)
• Identifying Loss Aversion in Software Design (Zac Gery)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Glass Developer Kit Enables Developers to Build Apps for Google Glass using Xamarin.Android (Anand Narayanaswamy)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Implementing a Loading Splash Screen for your Windows Phone App | Windows Store Developer Solutions (Bret Bentzinger)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Laina Morris and The Nerdist Podcast – Will Forte (Chris Hardwick)
• The Amp Hour #176 – Funding New/Manufacturing Old Projects – Radical Robotic Requisition (Dave Jones & Chris Gammell)
• AngularJS for .NET Developers (Pluralsight) (Joe Eames & Jim Cooper)

 

Community / Events

• How to Run a Successful Open Source Project (Mike Hadlow)
• Dev of the Week: Peter Zaitsev (Allen Coin)
• Pluralsight Author Summit 2014: Call for speakers (Chad Utley)
• The Geek’s Guide to Dating Webseries: Katie & James (Eric Smith)
• Refactoring and code reviewing my very first application- join an educational refactoring OSS project! (Iris Classon)
• MVP Developed Coloris App Shines in Windows Store (MVP Award Program)
• Developer Tools US Public Sector Upcoming Webcasts (MS Public Sector Team)
• Agile Practitioners 2014 conference (Dror Helper)

 

Database

• Introducing Managed Backups in SQL Server 2014 (Grant Fritchey)
• SQL SERVER – How to Survive on Free Tools for Month – ApexSQL Complete – A Free SQL Assistant (Pinal Dave)
• Building the perfect database release experience (Justin Caldicott)
• RECOMPILE Hints and Execution Plan Caching (Kendra Little)

 

PowerShell

• Powershell in a Month– Day 4 and 5 – Providers (Steve Jones)

 

Miscellaneous

• Microsoft Office chief DelBene to head up Healthcare.gov revamp (Mary Jo Foley)
• Streamlined Sharing Arrives on OneNote and Bing Apps (Bing Apps Team)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: December 18, 2013 (Jason Haley)
• Geek Reading December 17, 2013 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1261 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Windows Dev News for Dec 17, 2013 – #0207 (Dave Campbell)
• The Daily Six Pack: December 18, 2013 (Dirk Strauss)
• Daily News Digest 12/18/2013 (Silverlight Show)
• The Morning Brew #1509 (Chris Alcock)

 

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