Dew Drop – January 23, 2014 (#1708)

Top Links

• Introducing Windows Azure WebJobs (Scott Hanselman)
• Announcing Visual F# Tools 3.1.1, with support for Desktop and Web express (F# Team)
• .NET 4.5.1 Supports Microsoft Security Updates for .NET NuGet Libraries (Alok Shriram)
• .NET Rocks! – Getting AngularJS with Dan Wahlin (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)

 

Web Development

• CSS Regions Considered Harmful (Hakon Wium Lie)
• Building An Email List Component With BackboneJS (Derick Bailey)
• Create REST API on Node.js using Visual Studio (Dhananjay Kumar)
• SOLID Design Principles for JavaScript (Jan Stenberg)
• PhpStorm 7.1.1 bug fix update is available (Mikhail Vink)
• Windows Azure Website Staging Feature and GitHub Integration (Shaun Xu)
• APress Deal of the day for 23/Jan/2014 – Beginning CSS3 (Tatworth)
• Tower Game Starter Kit gives you a head start on your game! (Susan Ibach)
• Getting greater insights into Glimpse (Anthony van der Hoorn)
• Five Great Gaming APIs For Developers To Play With (Janet Wagner)

 

XAML

• WPF Elements: Improved DateTime chart axis (Jason Fauchelle)
• How to check the supported Camera Type in Windows Phone? (Kunal Chowdhury)
• RateMyApp Control for Windows Phone (Nick Randolph)
• 2000 WPF Things #993 – Default Control Template for a ListBox (Sean Sexton)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Reflection and C# optional constructor arguments (Dan)
• .NET 4.5.1 and Security Updates (Kathleen Dollard)
• Using Visual Studio Online to Load Test the NORAD tracks Santa website (Manas Maheshwari)
• Get the Total Duration of WMV Files inside a Directory using C# (Michael Crump)
• Improve Logging using C# 5.0 Caller Info Attributes (Sumit Maitra)
• RavenDB Import / Export in code (Adam Storr)
• Extract Method and Inline literals – How does it work? (Rory Becker)
• 2000 C# Things #1,017 – Delegate Types vs. Delegate Instances (Sean Sexton)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Documentation in Agile: How Much and When to Write It? (Ben Linders)
• 7 Ways to Ramp Up New Team Members Fast and Day 5 of 7 Days of Agile Results – Thursday (Daily Outcomes) (JD Meier)
• Article: The Neuroscience of Agile Leadership (Jenni Jepsen)
• Agile vs Scrum Process Templates in Team Foundation Server (Martin Hinshelwood)
• How do you know if you’re overthinking development? (Stack Exchange)
• Removing weekends from the burndown chart (Giles Davies)
• Why Continuous Integration is Your Friend (Jalpesh Vadgama)
• A Ridiculously Big List of Design Tools and Resources (Louis Lazaris)
• Yak Shaving Defined – I’ll get that done, as soon as I shave this yak. (Scott Hanselman)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Augmented Reality for Android Application Development (Glauco Márdano)
• Facebook: Testing a new way for developers to monetize mobile apps (Sriram Krishnan)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Gweek podcast 130: Sonic Pop Ray Gun (Mark Frauenfelder)
• Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 218: Best In Class, honestly! (Gareth Myles)
• Herding Code 184: Scott Guthrie on Windows Azure (Jon Galloway & Co.)
• Engadget HD Podcast 382 – 1.22.14 (Jon Turi)
• YUIConf 2013 Talk: Markandey Singh on Moonwalking with JavaScript (Andrew Wooldridge)
• What the Tech 198: Improving the Windows Desktop (Paul Thurrott)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Jon Daly (Chris Hardwick)
• CES 2014: NVIDIA VP Tony Tamasi on PC Gaming in 2014 (GavinGear)
• Bill Gates wears chicken suits, goatees and tinfoil hats in his latest video (Sam Sabri)

 

Community / Events

• Introducing the Visual Studio ALM Rangers – Baruch Frei (Willy-P. Schaub)
• Nokia Windows Phone Developer Day (Bob Familiar)
• YUI Open Roundtable this Thursday on Pure CSS (Andrew Wooldridge)
• Today is our blog’s fifth birthday (Devon Musgrave)
• Google Code is Dead (Evert Pot)
• Geek of the Week: Nikki Marra of 1210AM CBS Radio’s Afternoon Drive (Mary E. Brickthrower)
• Drexel Opens New App Development Lab (Sarah Galbraith)

 

Database

• What’s new in SQL Server 2014? Is it worth the upgrade? (Daniel Farina)
• 10 MySQL Settings to Tune After Installation (Peter Zaitsev)
• SQL SERVER – Tools for Proactive DBAs – Policy Based Management – Notes from the Field #012 (Pinal Dave)
• Big Data Search: Sorting Optimizations (Oren Eini)

 

PowerShell

• PowerShell Remote Commands (Bill Barnes)

 

Miscellaneous

• Survey: Which Refcardz would you like us to update? (John Esposito)

 

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: January 23, 2014 (Jason Haley)
• Double Shot #1284 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Daily Six Pack: January 23, 2014 (Dirk Strauss)
• The Morning Brew #1532 (Chris Alcock)
• Windows App Developer Links – 2014-01-23 (Dan Rigby)

 

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