Dew Drop – June 8, 2017 (#2496)

Top Links

• An Adaptive Cards sample in .NET (Bot Framework) (Eric Dahlvang & Matthew Shim)
• Things I Think Are Cool: FiraCode Font (Matthew Soucoup)
• Enterprise Apps Made Easy with New Authentication & Microsoft Graph Libraries (Mayur Tendulkar)
• Augment Image Metadata with Cognitive Services (Pierre Roman)
• Performance Improvements in .NET Core (Stephen Toub)

Web & Cloud Development

• Using Type Argument Inference When Accepting Generic Callbacks In TypeScript And Node.js (Ben Nadel)
• New E-book: How to Select a JavaScript Framework for Your Team (Jody Handley)
• PhpStorm 2017.2 EAP 172.2827 : New UML actions, remove Composer dependency action, PHP extensions detection, return types in change signature (Anna Lebedeva)
• Integrating Node.js Build Tools with Maven (Bruno Krebs)
• Docker for JavaScript Developers: On-Site Training (Derick Bailey)
• Control the Controller in ASP.NET MVC (Dino Esposito)
• Making the Switch from AngularJS to Angular in an Enterprise Dev Shop (Gabriel Babilonia)
• Keep your ASP.NET Core application’s secrets safe during development (Jon Hilton)
• Architecting Azure Functions: Function Timeouts and Work Fan-Out with Queues (Jason Roberts)
• Azure CLI 2.0: Quickly Start / Stop ALL VMs (Chris Pietschmann)
• How do I compile Razor Views in .NET Core (CSProj)? (George Stocker)
• WebKit Now Has Full WebAssembly Implementation (Janet Wagner)
• Letter Effects and Interaction Ideas (Mary Lou)

XAML, UWP & Xamarin

• WPF Tip #12 – Extended WPF Toolkit – ColorCanvas (Me)
• Common issues in the Xamarin 15.2.2 release being tracked by the Xamarin team (Brendan Zagaeski)
• Zero to Build: Create new Xamarin apps in minutes with AppMap (Infragistics Team)
• Realm Mobile Database with Xamarin Forms Step By Step guide (S. Ravi Kumar)
• Xamarin and DevOps: Versioning your app (Steven Thewissen)

Visual Studio & .NET

• C# 7.2 and 8.0 Roadmap (Jonathan Allen)
• ReSharper Ultimate 2017.2 EAP: What’s new in build 1? (Maarten Balliauw)
• Reduce Overhead When Retrieving Objects with Entity Framework (Peter Vogel)
• Creating .NET Projects using the CLI (Mario Alejandro Loza Armand Ugon)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• Defining “Scaling” Agile, Part 4: Sharing Agile Outside of Product Development (Johanna Rothman)
• The Real Work of an Agile Transformation (Tim Zack)
• Octopus Deploy Build Agent Permissions and TFVC Build Versioning (Rory Primrose)

Mobile & IoT

• Writing a Weather App for Android: The Code (Adrian Hall)
• Leveling Up with MonoGame and XML (Greg Duncan)
• How Loud Is Too Loud? Alexa Skill Audio Loudness Guide (Martha Kang)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• .NET Rocks! – Azure Service Fabric and Microservices with James Sturtevant (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• Top 20 Recommended Microsoft Build 2017 Sessions for C# Developers (Me)
• The Xamarin Show Episode 24: Xamarin Live Player (James Montemagno)
• Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – Successful Scrum in any organization (Vasco Duarte)
• Introduction to WordPress using Azure PaaS (Seth Juarez)
• The Nerdist Podcast – T.J. Miller #3 (Chris Hardwick)
• SQL Server Data Partners Podcast Episode 99: Imposter Syndrome (Carlos L. Chacon)
• Developer on Fire Episode 241 | Tom Gilb – Impactful Value (Dave Rael)
• Defrag: Windows 10 Creators Update Updating, Fixing a Win10 Homegroup, Star Trek VR and more… | The Defrag Show (Larry Larsen)
• SQL Server Radio – It’s 2017! Stop Doing That! – Part 2 (Matan Yungman & Guy Glantser)
• Becoming a software developer – episode XX (Piotr Gankiewicz)
• Tuesdays with Corey: Rendering the next blockbuster on Azure | Tuesdays With Corey (RicksterCDN)
• Developer Tea – Creating New Understanding Through Synonyms (Jonathan Cutrell)

Community & Events

• What’s in WWDC 2017 for Microsoft Stack Devs? (Michael Domingo)
• At GeekWire summit, Scott Guthrie talks about competition and standing out in the cloud (Suzanne Choney)

Database

• Handling Transactions in Nested SQL Server Stored Procedures (Sergey Gigoyan)
• MySQL in-app feature for Web Apps on Linux (mksunitha)
• SQL SERVER – Quickest Way to Add LoopBack Linked Server for OpenQuery (Pinal Dave)
• Spark Connector for #CosmosDB – seamless interaction with globally-distributed, multi-model data (Denny Lee)
• Tooling Improvements in Couchbase 5.0 Beta (Matthew Groves)

PowerShell

• Set cmd or PowerShell Window Title (Steve Smith)

Miscellaneous

• The U.S. ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds (Rani Molla)

More Link Collections

• Windows App Developer Links – 2017-06-08 and Xamarin App Developer Links – 2017-06-08 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #2357 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #1863 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Collective #321 (Pedro Botelho)

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