Dew Drop – March 25, 2015 (#1981)

Top Links

• Announcing the new Azure App Service (Scott Guthrie)
• Introducing Azure API Apps (Jeffrey T. Fritz)
• Introducing the Azure API Apps Tools for Visual Studio 2013 (Brady Gaster)
• Using #mvvmlight with Windows 10 universal applications (Laurent Bugnion)

 

Web Development

• Using $rootScope.$emit() As A Performance Optimization In AngularJS (Ben Nadel)
• WordPress Front End Security: CSRF and Nonces (Andy Adams)
• WebStorm 10 Release Candidate (Ekaterina Prigara)
• #Ebook Deal/Day: HTML5, JavaScript, and jQuery 24-Hour Trainer – $22.49 (Save 50%) Use code DEAL (O’Reilly Media)
• Evolving ASP.NET Apps–Adding Master Pages (Simon Timms)
• The widget layer file in a DecentCMS site (Bertrand Le Roy)
• Internal Classes In CoffeeScript (Jaco Pretorius)
• The future of responsive web design (Benjie Moss)
• Announcing Azure App Service (Bill Staples)
• Updates from the “Project Spartan” Developer Workshop (Kyle Pflug)
• Azure Series – Part 1A Azure Websites (Kevin Mack)
• docker run -ti chanezon/dockerized Chanezon -v (Patrick Chanezon)
• Microsoft is learning from its mistakes for its Internet Explorer successor (Tom Warren)

 

XAML

• New Windows Phone Dev Center Financial reporting (Bernardo Zamora)
• How to implement a bindable progress indicator (loading dots) for MVVM Windows (8.1) Universal apps (Marco Siccardi)
• WPF Transforms – Matrix Transforms (Richard Carr)
• Using Custom Visual State Triggers (Morten Nielsen)
• Windows 10 and Caliburn.Micro initial comments (Nigel Sampson)

 

Miscellaneous .NET

• Rx Challenge #3 (solution) (Bnaya Eshet)
• Learn Roslyn Now: Part 9 Control Flow Analysis (Josh Varty)
• Kinect v2 Speech Recognition sample–open sourced! (Zubair Ahmed)

 

Design / Methodology / Testing

• Free eBook: A Guide to Agile Usability Testing (Anthony)
• Smart Unit Tests in Visual Studio 2015 (Gouri Sohoni)
• Do Customers Really Know What They Want? (J.D. Meier)
• Top books to prepare you for leadership (Aaron Skonnard)
• Master the Essentials of UI Test Automation Series: Chapter Six (Antonia Bozhkova)
• Retooling Build and Test Automation Tools (Jeremy D. Miller)
• Clean Tests: Isolation with Fakes (Jimmy Bogard)
• Empathy is a stepping stone to a more important place: understanding (Dan Saffer)
• A Little Risk Goes A Long Way (Tim Wise)

 

Other Mobile Platforms

• Starting with Microsoft Band and Xamarin (Kevin Ford)
• Improve your SpecFlow scenarios with custom step argument transformations (Mike Larah)
• Microsoft’s Mobile Opportunity (DevToolsGuy)
• What is a Hybrid Mobile App? (John Bristowe)
• Securing Offline Apps—Sencha Space Makes It Easy (Nick Harlow)

 

Podcasts / Screencasts / Videos

• .NET Rocks! – iBeacon Development with Greg Shackles (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
• AAWP Insight #132: Lumia 430 (and 435), Windows HEC (Rafe Blandford)
• The Changelog 148: The State of Go in 2015 with Andrew Gerrand (Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo)
• RunAs Radio – Virtualizing Everything on Azure using RemoteApp with Aidan Finn (Richard Campbell)
• Countdown to Ignite: The One About Rocking Out at the HOB, Craft Beers & Bacon, and the Best Hamburger in Chicago | Microsoft Ignite Countdown (D. Begley, RicksterCDN, Joey Snow & Kaitlin McKinnon)
• Episode 5: Interview with Cierra McDonald–achievement unlocked! | Level Up (Greg Duncan, Kaitlin McKinnon, Seth Juarez & Soumow)
• Scott Guthrie Announces Azure for Students through Microsoft Imagine (Jritz)
• Tuesdays with Corey: More About Docker | Tuesdays With Corey (RicksterCDN)
• Azure App Service announcement | Scott Guthrie March 24, 2015 Announcement (Scott Guthrie)

 

Community / Events

• Author Summit 2015 recap: Brilliant minds & bright ideas (Aaron Skonnard)
• Dev of the Week: Gleb Smirnov (John Walter)
• Geek of the Week: Andrew Cameron Zahn, New Media Artist and Curator (Kevin Seidman)

 

Database

• Script to find Unused SQL Server Indexes (Ahmad Yaseen)
• Why You Shouldn’t Upgrade SQL Server (Brent Ozar)
• How to Become an Expert at Anything in SQL Server (Kendra Little)
• The shaky bug in SSIS (Koen Verbeeck)
• SQL SERVER – Knowing Nested Transactions Behavior with SQL Server (Pinal Dave)
• Enabling truly actionable BI with the application of mobile technologies (Mike Rossi)

 

Miscellaneous

• You Can Now Officially Propose to Your Sweetheart. The Star Wars Hoth Ring is Here. (Witney Seibold)
• Understanding Rejection in the Job Market (Sarah Dutkiewicz)

 

More Link Collections

• Geek Reading March 24, 2015 (Robert Diana)
• Double Shot #1492 and Double Shot #1493 (Mike Gunderloy)
• Daily News Digest 3/25/2015 (Silverlight Show)
• The Morning Brew #1827 (Chris Alcock)
• Visual Studio – Developer Top Ten for March 24th, 2015 (Dmitry Lyalin)

 

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