Top Links
- The C# “field” Keyword and Visual Studio Tooling (Jeremy Clark)
- ProcDump 1.0 for Mac (Alex Mihaiuc) – The first Sysinternals tool for macOS is now available!
- Windows App SDK Version 1.6.2 (1.6.241106002) Release Notes (Microsoft Learn) – NuGet package available here.
- Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) for Arm-based PCs (Microsoft Software Downloads) – ISOs for Arm now available
- First preview of Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 (Mads Kristensen)
- Expanded model catalog for VS Code AI Toolkit (vinayakh)
- How to Sign PDFs Online for Free with BoldSign (Evans Omondi Otieno)
- Introducing the .NET Aspire Community Toolkit (Aaron Powell)
Web & Cloud Development
- Creating an Azure OpenAI app with Python using External ID authentication (Arbaaz Abdulwahid)
- Enhance Data Visualization with Markers in Angular Charts (Gowrimathi S.)
- New Microsoft Graph callRecords API capabilities in GCCH and DoD (Matthew McGrath)
- TIOBE Programming Index News November 2024: Go Reaches Its Highest-Ever Ranking (Megan Crouse)
- Aspire brings .NET the enterprise tooling it always needed (Mary Branscombe)
- .NET 9 GA available on Azure App Service (Jeff Martinez)
- Why Developers Should Give Next.js App Router Another Chance (Loraine Lawson)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- .NET MAUI – Enable Debugger-Detached XAML Live Preview in Visual Studio 2022 (Vijay Anand E G)
- Windows App SDK 1.5.8 (1.5.241107002) and Windows App SDK 1.6.2 (1.6.241106002) (Duncan MacMichael)
- Windows App SDK Version 1.5.8 (1.5.241107002) Release Notes (Microsoft Learn) – NuGet package available here.
Visual Studio & .NET
- Preparing Documents for E-Signing for Multiple Signers in .NET C# (Bjoern Meyer)
- dotNetDave’s Faster or Not!: Optimizing Base64 Decoding in .NET (David McCarter)
- I’ve used future versions of Visual Studio for years (Matt Lacey)
- Rider 2024.3: Same-Day Support for .NET 9 SDK and C# 13, Console Debugging for Game Dev, AI Enhancements, and More and ReSharper 2024.3: Day-One C# 13 Support, Streamlined Code Cleanup, and Enhanced C++ Tools and dotCover, dotMemory, dotPeek, and dotTrace 2024.3 Have Been Released! (Sasha Ivanova)
- Announcing .NET 9 Support in Essential Studio® (Balaji Renganathan)
- Day-0 Telerik Support for .NET 9 (Sam Basu)
- Celebrating 75 Blogs of Chart Excellence: A Journey with Syncfusion Charts (Saravanan Madheswaran)
- The Issue with using the Cobertura Code Coverage Format in .NET (NDepend Team)
- The puzzle of trying to put an object into a std::optional (Raymond Chen)
- Share Your Insights on Using Rider and Win a Prize! (Anna Ruban)
AI
- A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT (OpenAI Team)
- JetBrains AI Assistant 2024.3: Refine Your AI Experience With Model Selection, Enhanced Code Completion, and More (Anna Maltseva)
- Microsoft’s Vision for 2025 and Beyond: Copilot, Responsible AI, Security and Multicloud (Chris Pietschmann)
- Toward modular models: Collaborative AI development enables model accountability and continuous learning (Brenda Potts)
- Microsoft introduces new adapted AI models for industry (Satish Thomas)
- Stardock Releases DesktopGPT 1.0 (Paul Thurrott)
Design, Methodology & Testing
- Why designing landing pages is hard (Tom Johnson)
- You’re not as loosely coupled as you think! (Derek Comartin)
- Discover our latest Microsoft Security training on Microsoft Learn (Shirleyse Haley)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- A Smoother Ride: Android Emulator Stability and Performance Updates (Neville Sicard-Gregory)
- Raspberry Pi Connect: new native panel plugin and connectivity testing (Paul)
Screencasts & Videos
- IoT Coffee Talk: Episode 235 – The Entrepreneur’s Paradox (IoT Coffee Talk Crew)
- Candidly Copilot Episode 4 (Michael Gannotti)
- Tell us a story from the era when you got your 5 (and 3!?!) year service award | One Dev Question (Larry Osterman)
Podcasts
- .NET Rocks! – Rockstar 2 on .NET Rocks with Dylan Beattie (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
- Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – Leading Change In Agile Teams Through Curiosity and Trust | Mike Bowler (Vasco Duarte)
- Kubernetes Podcast from Google – 65k nodes on GKE, with Maciej Rozacki and Wojciech Tyczyński (Abdel Sghiouar & Kaslin Fields)
- Productive C# Podcast – What’s your opinion on rich domain model and POCO classes? (Andrea Angella)
- Practical AI Podcast – Creating tested, reliable AI applications (Chris Benson & Daniel Whitenack)
- Grammar Girl Podcast – ‘Beer’ words in the OED, with Fiona McPherson (Mignon Fogarty)
- Syntax Podcast #847: Syntax Holiday Gift Guide (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski)
- Software Engineering Radio 642: Simon Wijckmans on Third-Party Browser Script Security (Kanchan Shringi)
Community & Events
- Posting on Bluesky, and other thoughts on social media (Martin Fowler)
- Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts (Dan Milmo)
- Hot Topic data breach exposed personal data of 57 million customers (Carly Page)
- Check out Surface at Microsoft Ignite 2024 (Chauncey Larsen)
- Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark (Wes Davis)
- Threads might get ads early next year (Emma Roth)
- Get your GeekWire Gala tickets as festive holiday party returns to Seattle on Dec. 12 (Kurt Schlosser)
- AMD lays off 4% of its workforce (Kyle Wiggers)
- Inspiring Women: Rina Plata (Leomaris Reyes)
- Progress Champions for 2025 (Sam Basu)
Database
- SSMS v21: Dark Mode, Git, Vertical Tabs, and More (Brent Ozar)
- A Little About Cardinality Estimation Feedback In SQL Server 2022 (Erik Darling)
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams
- November 2024 update of Power Automate for desktop (Yiannis Mavridis)
PowerShell & Terminal
- Introducing Bluesky Terminal Poster (Luise Freese)
Miscellaneous
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27749 (Canary Channel) (Amanda Langowski)
- Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data (msmash)
- Spotify teases a ‘super premium’ tier for superfans and upcoming video expansion in Q3 earnings call (Sarah Perez)
More Link Collections
- Daily Reading List – November 13, 2024 (#440) (Richard Seroter)
The Geek Shelf
Dometrain Bundle – From Zero to Hero: Modular Monoliths in .NET (Steve Smith) – Referral Link
