Dew Drop – January 9, 2015 (#1930)

Top Links

• API review process for .NET Core (Immo Landwerth)
• ReSharper Tips for Quicker Code Delivery (Eric Vogel)
• Re-enabling the CommandManager feature with RelayCommand in MVVM Light V5 (Laurent Bugnion)
• Coding4Fun Toolkit Lives! v2.0.9 released with more WinRT/WP 8.1 support (Greg Duncan)

 

Web Development

• Best Practices for Building HTML5 Applications (Arthur Kay)
• How to create a Microsoft Azure-based MVC application (Dhananjay Kumar)
• Atom editor HTML preview (Iris Classon)
• ASP.NET MVC and Identity 2.0: Understanding the Basics (John Atten)
• Developing Plugins for Your WordPress Theme Framework (Rachel McCollin)
• A Case Study in JavaScript Code Improvement (Raymond Camden)
• TypeScript classes for (React) Flux actions (Dan)
• Azure is now bigger, faster, more open, and more secure (Corey Sanders)
• AT&T Launches Enhanced WebRTC API Beta (Eric Carter)
• Largest VM in the Cloud (Drew McDaniel)
• New report claims Windows 10’s new ‘Spartan’ browser will include inking support (John Callaham)
• Introducing Docker in Microsoft Azure Marketplace (Khalid Mouss)
• Inspiration for Text Input Effects (Mary Lou)
• #Ebook Deal/Day: Dart Cookbook – $13.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL (O’Reilly Media)
• [Announcement] RESTier – A turn-key solution to build OData services (Yi Ding)

 

XAML

• Simplifying Prism WPF Navigation – Synchronous Navigation Confirmation and Stuff – WPF Line of Business Using MVVM Video Tutorial and Visual Studio 2010 WPF Trace Settings Default Is Incorrect and Change and Deleted Item Tracking within the Infragistics DataGrid and Removing Repetitive Boiler Maker Code From View Models (Karl Shifflett)
• Using XAML TextBlock in WPF (Mahesh Chand)
• Improving the Differential Synchronisation using Azure Mobile Services (Nick Randolph)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Tip: Create a Visual Studio Menu option to Open a Command Window (Rick Strahl)
• Azure Virtual Machine Images for Visual Studio (Boris Scholl)
• Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise Edition ($9,975 value WITH updates/support) now available for free for individual and small companies (Greg Duncan)
• Purely functional data structures in practice (Jon Harrop)
• What happens if I don’t pass a pCreateExParams to CreateFile2? (Raymond Chen)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Sample chapter: Scenario-Focused Engineering: Take an Experimental Approach (Kim Spilker)
• Using Wildcards in TestComplete NameMapping (Noel Rice)
• Design for disruption (Mary Treseler)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• iOS and Android Controls Debut in Essential Studio 2014 Volume 4 (Graham High)
• Amazing Community-Built Plugins for Xamarin (James Montemagno)
• Windows Phone Mobile VR (Gyro Head Tracking in Unity3D) (Pete D.)
• GitBit – Connecting GitHub and littleBits (Brady Gaster)
• How to create an Objective-C Bridging header (Mark Petherbridge)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Hanselminutes – Starting with Continuous Integration in the Cloud with Steven Edouard (Scott Hanselman)
• Office 365 Developer Podcast: Episode 028 on Cordova multi-device development (Jeremy Thake)
• Adventures in Angular 024 – Replacing Silverlight with Wijmo and Angular with Chris Bannon and Bernardo Castilho (John Papa)
• Windows Weekly 395: The Clippening (Paul Thurrott)
• The Changelog 136: Phusion Passenger (Ruby Raptor) with Hongli Lai (Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo)
• Release Management Service | Edge (David Tesar)

 

Database

• Using a Simple SQL Server Bulk Insert to View and Validate Data (Rick Dobson)
• SQL SERVER – What is is_not_trusted in sys.foreign_keys? (Pinal Dave)
• The Power of Indexes (Peter Vogel)
• T-SQL script to find the highly populated tables in database and T-SQL script to find the growth size of database files (Vivek Johari)
• Securing Production #Azure SQL Databases (Alexandre Brisebois)

 

PowerShell

• Powershell: Ways to copy locked files and folders (Alex Hildyard)
• Build a PowerShell Assessment with Smarterer (Don Jones)
• Introducing the Royal TS PowerShell module (Jan Egil Ring)
• PowerShell cmdlets to manage Azure Key Vault (Ravikanth C)

 

Miscellaneous

• Mark your Microsoft calendars for 2015 (Mary Jo Foley)
• Organize your New Year with OneNote (Adam Fraser)
• The God Login (Jeff Atwood)
• Why Programmers Should Have a Blog (Jakub Jedryszek)
• New Apple malware is undetectable, unstoppable, and can infect any Thunderbolt-equipped device (Joel Hruska)
• How Much Depth When Answering Interview Questions? (John Sonmez)
• Samsung Electronics Now Mass Producing an Extremely Fast, Low-powered PCIe SSD for Today’s Notebook PCs (Business Wire)

 

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading January 8, 2015 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1457 (Mike Gunderloy)
• The Morning Brew #1774 (Chris Alcock)
• Developer News – What’s IN with the Infragistics Community? (12/22-1/4) (Dara Monasch)
• Visual Studio – Developer Top Ten for January 9th, 2015 (Dmitry Lyalin)
• Scrumptious Links from the Interwebs (Michael Burns)

 

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