Day: November 7, 2017

Top Links

• VS for Mac Preview Release: 15.5 Preview 3 (Brendan Zagaeski)
• Assert.AreEqual in MSTest – done right (Dror Helper)
• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 46 – Run an app inside a Container Image with Docker (Michael Crump)
• Simplified App Signing with Secure Files in Visual Studio Team Services (James Montemagno)

Web & Cloud Development

• Getting the HTML for a ViewResult in ASP.NET Core (Ricardo Peres)
• Creating a Star to Heart Animation with SVG and Vanilla JavaScript (Ana Tudor)
• Building TwilioQuest with Twilio Sync, Django, and Vue.js (David Prothero)
• What’s New In 2.2.0 – Web Server Monitoring (IIS Team)
• Azure CLI – Getting Started (Mark Heath)
• The Past, Present, and Future of Testing Responsive Design (Alex McPeak)
• IdentityServer4 Localization with the OIDC Implicit Flow (Damien Bowden)
• Working With Tables in React, Part Two (Gigi Sayfan)
• Introducing query replica scale-out for Azure Analysis Services (Josh Caplan)
• Lift and Shift – Adding Docker to Nerd Dinner (Shayne Boyer)

Visual Studio & .NET

• Back to Basics – What is the difference between const and readonly in C#? (Abhijit Jana)
• How to check the return value of C# method in Visual Studio (Anirudha)
• Creating Visual Studio project and solution templates – Part 2, VS for Windows extension (Jim Bennett)
• Your New Virtual API Review Assistant (Greg Duncan)

Design, Methodology & Testing

• Where Do You Keep the Ketchup? The Importance of Diversity in Solving Problems (Tyler Hakes)
• Unorthodox reporting with TFS/VSTS and PowerQuery (Matteo Emili)
• Team Foundation Server 2017 Update 3 available (Brian Harry)
• The four pillars of DevOps (Hamish Watson)
• Braintrusts: How To Build A More Candid Think Tank Culture At Work (Sam Feldman)

Mobile & IoT

• Building A Shazam Clone Part 3 (Project Setup) — Building Android Apps Series (Elvis Chidera)
• Certification Tips for Alexa Kid Skills (Aaron Tang)
• Announcing Architecture Components 1.0 Stable (Lukas Bergstrom)

Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos

• MS Dev Show – Technically Wrong with Sara Wachter-Boettcher (Jason Young & Carl Schweitzer)
• .NET Rocks! – Building VSTS using VSTS with Dan Hellem and Rogan Ferguson (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• InfoQ Podcast: Sean Dunn & Chris Edwards on Ethics and Professionalism in Software Engineering (Sean Dunn & Chris Edwards)
• Azure Batch Rendering Service | Azure Friday (Donovan Brown & Rob Caron)
• Functional Geekery Episode 114 – Fred Herbert (Steven Proctor)
• Gone Mobile 60: Building a Mobile Flight Simulator with Laura Laban (Greg Shackles & Jonathan Dick)
• Revision Path 216: Eric Muntz (Maurice Cherry)
• Software Engineering Daily – Netflix Serverless-like Platform with Vasanth Asokan (Jeff Meyerson)

Community & Events

• 25+ Amazing Things To Do In Philly This Week, November 6-12 (Dan Van Wert)

Database

• Best Practices for Validating Applications With Database Architecture (Tim Smith)
• Azure SQL Database Compatibility Levels (Arun Sirpal)

PowerShell

• PowerShell Cmdlet for Reassigning Sways (MS Downloads)
• Microsoft Teams: PowerShell Support (Matt Soseman)

Miscellaneous

• Windows 10 Tip: Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand (Elana Pidgeon)

More Link Collections

• Windows App Developer Links – 2017-11-07 and Xamarin App Developer Links – 2017-11-07 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #2459 (Chris Alcock)
• Double Shot #1968 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Interesting links of the week (10/30 – 11/05, 2017) (Michael Eaton)

The Geek Shelf