Dew Drop – October 3, 2012 (#1,414)

Top Links

• Scripting Web API self host with Roslyn CTP – Part 2 (Filip W)
• How do we ensure that method type inference terminates? (Eric Lippert)
• Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2012 RTM – Preview (MS Downloads)
• Mono 2.11.4 is out (Miguel de Icaza)
• The Story of the New Microsoft.com (Nishant Kothary)

Web Development

• Using JavaScript to Submit UTC Dates To The ColdFusion Server (Ben Nadel)
• Introducing TypeScript (Rob Eisenberg)
• My thoughts on Typescript (Scott Barnes)
• Thinking About Tent (Mike Gunderloy)
• PhpStorm & WebStorm 5.0.2 released (Alexey Gopachenko)
• JavaScript: __proto__ (Axel Rauschmayer)
• Learn jQuery Part4: Increasing and Decreasing font of paragraph text using jQuery (Dhananjay Kumar)
• Revealing Module Pattern: Structuring JavaScript Code – Part III (Dan Wahlin)
• Mocking jQuery AJAX with AmplifyJS Request (Elijah Manor)
• The ASP.NET MVC 4 Book Is Available! (Phil Haack)
• Building Backbone Applications with TypeScript (Jeremy Likness)
• Ah, the wonders of DHTML… (Jeff Blankenburg)
• Building a non-native mobile HTML5 App (Jimmy Bogard)
• Node.js specific diagnostics for Windows Azure (Larry Franks)
• Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API with Castle Windsor (Mark Seemann)
• Computer science and JavaScript: Merge sort (Nicholas C. Zakas)
• Using TypeScript in ASP.NET MVC Projects (Shiju Varghese)
• Announcing jQuery Mobile 1.2.0 Final (Todd Parker)
• CSScomb: Sorting CSS Properties, The Better Way // Free Tool (Vyacheslav Oliyanchuk)
• TypeScript (or the obligatory post about it) (Shawn Wildermuth)
• Chrome Dev Tools: Markup and Style (Umar Hansa)
• #Ebook Deal/Day: RESTful Web Services Cookbook – $15.99 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL (O’Reilly Media)
• Extending Objects in Ext JS (Chris Missal)

XAML

• WinRT app guide: Step 10: Adding a lightweight database (SQLite) and CRUD support + two-way element binding (Iris Classon)
• 2000 WPF Things #660 – Changing the Double-Click Speed in Windows 8 (Sean Sexton)
• Windows Store App Development Snack: Localised Resources & the Store (Robert MacLean)
• Walkthrough: Capturing Photos in your Windows 8 App (Jerry Nixon)
• A WinRT behavior to start a storyboard on an event (Joost van Schaik)

Miscellaneous .NET

• Codeplex upgraded to TFS 2012 (Brian Harry)
• EasyNetQ Cluster Support (Mike Hadlow)
• Iterate Over Enumeration Values in C# (Toni Petrina)
• IntelliTrace Debugging Deep Dive Session is Available for Download (Zain Naboulsi)
• Reflector Version 7.7 – tidying up (Nick Harrison)
• Beware mixing List.Sort() and Thread.Abort() (Patrick Smacchia)

Design / Methodology / Testing

• 5 ways to do source control really, really wrong (Troy Hunt)
• Analysis Paralysis (Rinat Abdullin)
• Project Managers are Change Masters (Jesse Fewell)

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• Gweek 070: John Hodgman returns (Mark Frauenfelder)
• Episode 203 – PowerScripting Podcast – June Blender from Microsoft talks about getting help (Jonathan Walz & Hal Rottenberg)
• The Nerdist Podcast – Rich Sommer returns (Chris Hardwick)
• Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 186: Noted (Gareth)
• Design is about working within constraints (Paul Boag)
• Ping 156: Bing Maps, SQL database update, Kinect in the movies, Coding marathon | Ping! (Laura Foy)
• People Talking Tech Episode 005 – Lara Rubbelke (Denny Cherry)
• Engadget HD Podcast 318 – 10.02.2012 (Trent Wolbe)
• The Paint Bucket in paint.net 4.0 (video) (Rick Brewster)

Community / Events

• Upcoming Windows 8 Office Hours (G. Andrew Duthie)
• Sign Up for Free Windows Azure Developer Camp Near You (Sept – Nov 2012) (Zhiming Xue)
• Lili Cheng on Building Tomorrow (Steve Clayton)
• Experience in Omaha on the .NET Rocks Road show (Bill Wagner)
• Meet the Author: John Sonmez on Enterprise Library Validation Application Block (Paul Ballard)
• Start Your Own Pluralsight Study Group! (Steve Woolley)

Database

• How to add Reporting Services to an existing SQL Server Clustered Instance (Manvendra Singh)
• SQL SERVER – Identify Most Resource Intensive Queries – SQL in Sixty Seconds #028 – Video (Pinal Dave)

SharePoint

• What’s New with SharePoint Tools for Visual Studio 2012 (Beth Massi)
• First Look at the New MCSE SharePoint Certification (Joel Oleson)
• SharePoint 2010 Service Application Development 101 – Base Solution (Matt Cowan)
• SP2010 Continuous Integration – pt 6: Integrating SPDisposeCheck and other tools into the build (Chris O’Brien)

PowerShell

AdventureWorks Tabular PowerShell 2012 test script (CodePlex)

Miscellaneous

• How to Make Your Own App Promo Cards (Mike Swanson)
• Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Reviews Windows 8: Elegant, Innovative And Puzzling (Frederic Lardinois)
• Windows Store – Developer Registration Tips (Katrien de Graeve)
• Microspeak: Granular (Raymond Chen)
• Microsoft does indeed have their own Windows Phone in the works and Nokia’s custom audio equalizer gets pictured for Windows Phone 8 (Daniel Rubino)
• A Microsoft Windows Phone? Rumors are flying (Kip Kniskern)

More Link Collections

• Interesting Finds: October 3, 2012 (Jason Haley)
• Geek Reading October 2, 2012 (Rob Diana)
• Double Shot #971 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Daily News Digest 10/3/2012 (Silverlight Show)
• Windows 8 Developer Links – 2012-10-03 (Dan Rigby)
• The Morning Brew #1202 (Chris Alcock)
• LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup–September 2012 (Beth Massi)

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