Top Links
- Visual Studio 17.1 Preview 2 is now available! (Dominic Nahous)
- FHIRBlaze – A Blazor WebAssembly application demonstrating how to interact with HL7 data from a FHIR API (Microsoft)
- Integrated Chat in Live Share for Visual Studio 2022 (Filisha Shah)
- C# Advent 2021 Awards (Matthew Groves)
- Announcing .NET MAUI Preview 11 (David Ortinau)
Web & Cloud Development
- Authentication Patterns for PHP Microservices (Cameron Pavey)
- Azure Tips & Tricks – Tip 347 – How to use Azure Bicep for developing ARM templates and Public preview: Semantic Search update (Azure Team)
- Using AWS Quick Starts with the Pulumi Registry (Aidan Hoolachan)
- Accelerate the in-vehicle digital experience with Azure Cognitive Services (Ali Dalloul)
- Angular Basics: Introduction to Observables (RxJS)—Part 1 (Ashnita Bali)
- Automating guided failures with an AWS Lambda and subscriptions (Shawn Sesna)
- GraphQL Mutations and Caching using Apollo Client (Adhithi Ravichandran)
- Edge Command Line Arguments (Eric Lawrence)
- Top 4 cloud native trends in 2022 shaping the future of business (Mia-Platform Team)
- Add real-time capability to your application using Web PubSub and API Management (Liangying Wei)
- Batch Processing in Go (Priyanka Nawalramka)
- The Top 5 Form Types to Use in Your Web Design (Rebekah Carter)
- Identify guest users and their status with Graph (Martina Grom)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- Introducing the New WinUI 3 AutoComplete Control (Jegan Raj M)
- Avalonia – Running your app on a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian Lite (Avalonia Team)
- XAML Controls Gallery (source) (Microsoft)
Visual Studio & .NET
- Quick Tip: Peacock VS Code extension (Brad Frost)
- Records in C# (Code Maze)
- Summary of What’s New in this Release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1 Preview 2 (Visual Studio Docs)
- .NET Architecture Guides (.NET Team)
- How to avoid forgetting to await the awaitable (Dennis Doomen)
- How .NET 6.0 boosted Ais.Net performance by 20% (Ian Griffiths)
- AutoMapper 11.0.0 released (Jimmy Bogard)
Design, Methodology & Testing
- Paxos: using two consensus-building phases to handle unreliable nodes (Martin Fowler)
- CQRS & Event Sourcing Code Walk-Through (Derek Comartin)
- What are Abstractions in Software Development (Steve Smith)
- Double down on the fundamentals to unblock your projects (current and future) (Jon Hilton)
- UI Design with Figma – Tutorial (Beau Carnes)
- Becoming a Better Tech Leader with Coaching (Ben Linders)
- Crowdsourcing quality: Can the hive mind/herd mentality help you in software testing? (Devyani Borade)
- Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1) (Luis Ouriach)
- How to Make a Component That Supports Multiple Frameworks in a Monorepo (Rob Levin)
- Visualise and fix your pull request problems (Steve Fenton)
- 5 tell-tale signs that your organization’s culture requires a change (Tarika A.)
- How the community powers GitHub Advanced Security with CodeQL queries (Xavier René-Corail)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- Create a Chat Room App with Twilio Video and Flutter / BLoC (Arnaud Phommasone)
- Introducing the Ionic End-to-End Testing Reference Example (Max Lynch)
- Some Blender tricks for the impatient Mixed Reality / HoloLens developer (1) (Joost van Schaik)
- Facebook Halts VR and AR Operating System Project (msmash)
Podcasts, Screencasts & Videos
- Syntax Podcast – 2022 Predictions (Wes Bos)
- .NET Rocks! – Migrating from ASP.NET Web Forms with Veli Pehlivanov (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
- SQL Data Partners Podcast Episode 240: Azure Synapse Link (Carlos L. Chacon)
- Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – Helping organizations change by focusing on people | Matthew Green (Vasco Duarte)
- Web Rush Episode 165: Setting up Enterprise Frontend for Success (John Papa, Ward Bell, Dan Wahlin & Craig Shoemaker)
- SSW SophieBot: Introduction to Adaptive Cards Designer the best UI tool for Microsoft bots and Introduction to LUIS Natural language for bots (using SSW SophieBot) (SSW TV)
Community & Events
- ASP.NET Community Standup – Blazor WebAssembly on .NET 6 (.NET Team)
- CES 2022: Better together with Android and beyond (Erik Kay)
- Jan 13: PhillyXP Meetup (Online) (James Shore)
- Visual Studio Toolbox Live – XAML Development in Visual Studio 2022 (Visual Studio Team)
- Meet the Splunktern: John Paul Francisco (Katia Ratkovich)
- Meet the Marketer: Introducing Kristina LeBlanc (DeveloperMedia)
- The Redgate Advocates Predict… 3 Key Challenges to Overcome in 2022 (Grant Fritchey)
- Reconnect Series: Matthew McDermott (Jeffrey Raymond Kitt)
Database
- SQL Server CLR User Defined Types Example (Daniel Farina)
- Most Used Database Files – SQL in Sixty Seconds #190 (Pinal Dave)
- Auto-failover groups for Azure SQL Hyperscale now in preview (Emily Lisa)
- Azure SQL—Public preview updates for early January 2022 (Azure Team)
- The Advantages of Azure Data Explorer and Creating an Azure Data Explorer Cluster (David Giard)
- Improving Performance With SQL Aggregate Functions (Antonello Zanini)
SharePoint & MS Teams
- Understand difference SharePoint Framework generator related packages (Andrew Connell)
- Supercharge your virtual Teams meetings with SharePoint Syntex, whiteboards, polls, presenter modes and more (Chris O’Brien)
- How to enable live captions and transcriptions in Microsoft Teams (Lance Whitney)
Miscellaneous
- Python Declared TIOBE Language Of The Year 2021 (Mike James)
- ASUS Zenbook 17 Fold OLED, 17 Inch Foldable With Thunderbolt 4 (Gavin Bonshor)
- Microsoft’s original Surface Duo to receive Android 11 “in the next few weeks” (Laurent Giret)
- General Motors announces electric versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs and Chevy Silverado EV revealed: GM’s best-selling truck goes electric (Andrew J. Hawkins)
- It’s here! Quick first impressions of the no frills Surface Laptop SE (Kip Kniskern)
- Windows 11 devices at CES showcase industry-leading sustainability, powerful hybrid work and robust security (Nicole Dezen)
More Link Collections
- The Morning Brew #3383 (Chris Alcock)
- Today’s Readings (Aaron T. Grogg)
- The Wolf Report – January 6th, 2022 (Michael Wolfenden)
- 2021 in Review: Reading and Writing Highlights (Richard Seroter)
The Geek Shelf
Hands-On Parallel Programming with C# 8 and .NET Core 3: Build solid enterprise software using task parallelism and multithreading (Shakti Tanwar) – Referral Link