Top Links
- C# 8 Interfaces: Dangerous Assumptions in Default Implementation (Jeremy Clark)
- Exploring ASP.NET Core 3.0 – Part 5 – Introducing IHostLifetime and untangling the Generic Host startup interactions (Andrew Lock)
- Use the Alexa Connect Kit, Now Available, to Build Alexa-connected Devices More Easily, Quickly, and Economically (Ben McInnis)
- Virtual collaboration workspaces for teams, classrooms, and communities (Arjun Attam) – Arjun, Jonathan Carter and others built Live Share Spaces, an extension for VS Code.
Web & Cloud Development
- New disk support capabilities in Azure Storage Explorer (Catherine Wang)
- WebStorm 2019.2.3 is available (Ekaterina Prigara)
- Azure Api Management using Okta to secure using OAuth 2.0 (Gregor Suttie)
- A Dark Mode Toggle with React and ThemeProvider (Maks Akymenko)
- Telerik UI for Blazor 2.1.0 – ASP.NET Core 3.0 Compatibility, Scatter, Scatter Line and Bubble Charts! (Maria Veledinova)
- Web API – Adding Swagger, SQL Server, Logging and Export to Excel (Michael Gledhill)
- A Survey of Kubernetes Features in Azure (Jason Venema)
- Is It Time to Embrace AMP? (Cole McKeon)
- Thinking in React Hooks (Robin Rendle)
- PhpStorm 2019.2.3 is released (Roman Pronskiy)
- Using Configuration and Options in .NET Core and ASP.NET Core Apps (Steve Gordon)
- gRPC and C# 8 Async stream cancellation (Laurent Kempe)
- Designing Your First Application in Kubernetes, Part 3: Communicating via Services (Bill Mills)
- Ember 3.13 Released (Octane Preview) (Kenneth Larsen, Tom Dale & Yehuda Katz)
- Web-to-App Communication: DirectInvoke (Eric Lawrence)
- Containers versus Serverless for Microservices (Mark Heath)
- 15 Must-Have Vue Directives That Will Significantly Maximize Your Productivity (Nada Rifki)
- Node v12.11.0 (Current) (Ruben Bridgewater)
XAML, UWP & Xamarin
Visual Studio & .NET
- Visual Studio 2019 Git Stash (Hannes DuPreez)
- Robustness fixes are hard (Oren Eini)
- All you wanted to know about IDisposable (Gunnar Peipman)
- How do I create a Windows Runtime method that accepts a lambda? (Raymond Chen)
Design, Methodology & Testing
- Docker Compose CI/CD in Azure DevOps (Vasyl Kutsyk)
- What’s new in Azure DevOps Sprint 157 (Sasha Rosenbaum)
- Developer Burnout: How Can a Manager Spot It and Stop It (Gábor Zöld)
- Data, data, and more data (David Starr)
- Track your work easily with the latest changes to project boards (Lauren Brose)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- Alexa Presentation Language Now Generally Available: Build Multimodal Experiences that Come Alive with Animation (Arunjeet Singh)
- Announcing Personalized Alexa Skill Experiences (Preview) (Mohit Mittal)
- Announcing New Alexa Skills Kit Developer Tools to Help You Deliver Visuals on the Latest Echo Devices, More Languages, and Personalization (Leo Ohannesian)
- The Alexa Education Skill API (Preview) Allows You to Easily Create Voice Interfaces for Education Technology Applications (Marissa Mierow)
- Google Assistant Smart Home Part 2: API Implementation (Daniel Myers)
- Announcing Updated Smart Home Building Block APIs: Non-Controllable Device States, Semantic Extensions and Expanded International Support (Fahad Siddiqui)
- Flutter PubNub Real-Time Messaging (Olivier Brand)
- Swift 5.1 Brings Module Stability, Opaque Return Types, Property Wrappers and More (Sergio De Simone)
Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos
- Syntax Podcast – Practical: How would we build Airbnb, Twitter, or Reddit? (Wes Bos)
- Thousands of concurrent connections with Azure SignalR Service (SSW TV)
- Deploying to on-premises Windows machines with Azure DevOps – Part 1 | The DevOps Lab (Damian Brady & AbelSquidHead)
- Complete Developer Podcast – Conference Experiences (BJ Burns & Will Gant)
- SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 176: Power BI Storage Options (Carlos L. Chacon)
- Talk Python to Me #231 – Advice for freelancing with Python (Michael Kennedy)
- Azure Podcast Episode 298 – Storage HA/DR (Sujit D’Mello)
- JSJ 395: The New Ember with Mike North (Charles Max Wood, Steve Emmerich, Chris Ferdinandi, Aimee Knight, AJ O’Neal & Christopher Buecheler)
Community & Events
- Say Yes to the Stress (Bob Rhubart)
- 13 Fantastic Performing Arts Shows In Philadelphia This October (Christopher Munden)
- Uno is joining Hacktoberfest 2019 (Geoffrey Huntley)
- Expanding the Ideal Meeting and Event Experience – Poconos Mountains, PA (Kalahari Meetings) – Come check out their progress at TechBash in November!
Database
- SQL SERVER – Unable to Start SQL Server Service or Connect After Incorrectly Setting Max Server Memory to a Low Value (Pinal Dave)
Miscellaneous
More Link Collections
- The Morning Brew #2839 (Chris Alcock)
- .NET App Developer Links – 2019-09-26 (Dan Rigby)
- Lean Angular components, 404’s w/ Angular + Go, rethink reactivity with Ivy & more (Andrey Kutsenko)
- XamarinBites 20 (Nigel Ferrissey)
The Geek Shelf
Amazon Echo Buds (Alexa Team)
