Top Links
- Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 – Your feedback in action (Mads Kristensen)
- Introducing the Azure AI Inference SDK: Access More AI Models with the Azure AI Model Catalog (Luis Quintanilla)
- What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2022 17.11 (Sy Brand)
- .NET MAUI updates in .NET 9 Preview 7 (David Ortinau)
- Build AI-enabled applications with Azure AI and NVIDIA (Seth Juarez)
- Windows App SDK Version 1.6 Preview 1 (1.6.0-preview1) Release Notes (Microsoft Learn)
Web & Cloud Development
- How to Add Auth with Lucia to Your React/Next.js App – A Step by Step Guide (Lucas Lima do Nascimento)
- Kubernetes v1.31: Elli (Matteo Bianchi, Yigit Demirbas, Abigail McCarthy, Edith Puclla & Rashan Smith)
- Building and Deploying a .NET 9 App Using Azure, Bicep and GitHub Actions (David Ramel)
- Static Sites on Azure Storage vs Azure Static Web Apps (John Kilmister)
- ASP.NET Core Basics: Exploring Cache In-Memory (Assis Zang)
- Azure Developer CLI (azd) – August 2024 (Grace Kulin)
- Zero Trust and Docker Desktop: An Introduction (Jay Schmidt)
- How to Deploy React App on Azure Static Web Apps (Lakindu Hewawasam)
- Go 1.23 is released (Dmitri Shuralyov)
- 2024 Mac Developer Toolbox: Essentials for Full-Stack Development (Frederick Taylor)
- Microsoft’s Alternative to Redis: A Deep Dive into Garnet (H5Game Developer)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- Everything You Need to Know About WPF Gantt Control (Karthick Mani)
- Windows App SDK Version 1.4.7 (1.4.240802001) Stable Channel Release Notes and Windows App SDK Version 1.5.6 (1.5.240802000) Stable Channel Release Notes (Microsoft Learn)
Visual Studio & .NET
- What Are the Proposed C# Type Unions and How Do They Relate to Discriminated Unions? (Peter Ritchie)
- Easier to fix async exceptions (Mark Downie)
- .NET and .NET Framework August 2024 updates (Tara Overfield)
- How To Pick The Right Constructor When Using ActivatorUtilities In .NET (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
- VSLive! Dev Conference Tip Leads to New IDE Extension: Sql Formatter (David Ramel)
- Introduction to the Wolverine Library in .NET (Konstantinos Polychronopoulos)
- Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.11 Release Notes and Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.12 Preview 1 Release Notes (Microsoft Learn)
Design, Methodology, AI & Testing
- Semantic Kernel: Support for Azure.AI.OpenAI and OpenAI v2 is here (Mark Wallace)
- Announcing a new OpenAI feature for developers on Azure (Steve Sweetman)
- What are AI agents and why do they matter? (Aaron Winston)
- Get tailored insights with our Advisor Well-Architected assessments (Antonio Ortoll)
- Navigating cities of code with Norris Numbers (Isaac Lyman)
- The ultimate guide to developer happiness (Jeimy Ruiz)
- Think Better (Mike Loukides)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- Android is reimagining your phone with Gemini (Sameer Samat)
- 4 new AI-powered Pixel and Android accessibility updates (Shenaz Zack)
- Made by Google 2024 (Rick Osterloh)
- Create exceptional experiences on Pixel’s new watches and foldables (Maru Ahues Bouza)
- 14 new things you can do with Pixel thanks to AI (Molly McHugh-Johnson)
Screencasts & Videos
- Taking Advantage of .NET Aspire to Build Event-Driven Apps Using CQRS | .NET Aspire Developers Day (Santiago Arango Toro)
- Retina: eBPF distributed networking observability tool for Kubernetes | Open at Microsoft (Neha Aggarwal & Vamsi Kalapala)
- FreeCodeSession – Episode 552 (Jason Bock)
- Harness the power of .NET Aspire Components | .NET Aspire Developers Day (Eric Ehrhardt)
- Secrets, Security, and Keycloak in .NET Aspire | .NET Aspire Developers Day (Jeremy Likness)
- Coffee and Open Source Conversation – April Yoho (Isaac Levin)
Podcasts
- Kubernetes Podcast from Google – Kubernetes v1.31: “Elli”, with Angelos Kolaitis (Abdel Sghiouar & Kaslin Fields)
- Syntax Podcast #808 – The Future of JavaScript Frameworks × (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski)
- MadeByGoogle Unpacked: Insider Guide to the New Lineup (Rachid Finge)
- Rolling in the Code | Multithreaded Income Episode 45 with Kiah Imani (Kevin Griffin)
- Python Bytes Podcast #396 – uv-ing your way to Python (Michael Kennedy)
- Grammar Girl Podcast – When to use ‘the’ before a noun. Why rhymes help us remember. Opening a lime. (Neal Whitman & Mignon Fogarty)
- RunAs Radio #945 – Implementing Passkeys with Tarek Dawoud (Richard Campbell)
- Software Engineering Radio 629: Emily Bache on Katas and the Importance of Practice (Sam Taggart)
Community & Events
- Announcing SharePoint Embedded Fall Tour Events and Schedule (Bill Baer)
- CfP List Updated 2024-08-13 (Dave Aronson)
- Flipboard is going to let you follow fediverse accounts right inside the app (Jay Peters)
- The benefits of mentoring and the CNCF Mentorship Program (Nate Waddington)
- A look back at one of the (many) projects code-named Highlander (Raymond Chen)
- Unlocking the future of innovation: the Microsoft AI Tour (Takeshi Numoto)
Database
- Compare SQL Server XACT_STATE vs @@TRANCOUNT Functions (Sergey Gigoyan)
- Database Design Choices For Multi-Tenant Databases In SQL Server (Erik Darling)
- What’s New in Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer: A Better Way to Navigate Your Data (Meredith Moore)
- How to migrate MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB using Spark and Databricks (Sandeep S. Nair)
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams
Miscellaneous
- How to save your online writing from disappearing forever (Barbara Krasnoff)
More Link Collections
- Daily Reading List – August 13, 2024 (#375) (Richard Seroter)
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