Top Links
- Why doesn’t the BitLocker Wizard let me save my BitLocker key on an encrypted drive? | One Dev Question (Raymond Chen)
- Azure PowerShell Tips and Tricks (Paul Harrison)
- GitHub Foundation Certification Series (Cynthia Zanoni)
- Decoding the TLS 1.3 protocol handshake during a connection to an Azure SQL DB with Wireshark (Matt Changchien)
- Enhancing protection: Updates on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (Bret Arsenault)
- Sands of MAUI: Issue #136 (Sam Basu)
Web & Cloud Development
- Call your Azure AD B2C protected API with authenticated HTTP requests from your JetBrains IDE (Alexandre Nedelec)
- bUnit v2 – The Blazor unit testing library vNext (Steven Giesel)
- Dapr v1.13.0 now available in the Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes (Hannah Hunter)
- Unleashing JavaScript Applications: A Guide to Boosting Memory Limits in Node.js (karthi)
- Comparing Raw ASP.NET Request Throughput across Versions (Rick Strahl)
- ESLint v9.0.0-beta.2 released (Milos Djermanovic)
- Node v21.7.1 (Current) (targos)
- How to tackle compatibility issues in ECMA Script modules (and in general) (Oskar Dudycz)
- Why Browsers Get Built (Alex Russell)
- IDEs vs. Code Editors: Everything You Need to Know (David Watson)
- Electron: Building Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Web Technologies (Frank La Vigne)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- Harmonizing Powerhouses: Syncfusion WPF Controls Are Now Compatible with Avalonia XPF and Sneak Peek at 2024 Volume 1: .NET MAUI (Gayathri Ramalingam)
- Markup Extensions (Stefan Koell)
- v3.1.0 MediaElement: fullscreen support is finally here! | .NET MAUI Community Toolkit (Gerald Versluis)
Visual Studio & .NET
- Model based testing in C# (Bart Wullems)
- How can I force a copy of a C++ value? (Raymond Chen)
- Fastest Way to Get the First N Characters of a String in C# (Januarius Njoku)
- The Facade Design Pattern in C#: How to Simplify Complex Subsystems (Nick Cosentino)
- General Performance Tip: Retrieving the Current Thread Id (David McCarter)
- Support Corner: Dotfuscator Return Codes in Build Automation (Michelle Pruitt)
Design, Methodology, AI & Testing
- Exploring GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (Utkarsh Shigihalli)
- How to Avoid Flakiness in Asynchronous Tests (Peter Smulovics)
- GitHub Actions: Run Pandoc to convert Markdown to Word Document (Chris Pietschmann)
- Evolving Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL): How continuous SDL can help you build more secure software (David Ornstein & Tony Rice)
- Double Loop of Value (Jessica Kerr)
- eBay’s Responsible AI Principles (Lauren Wilcox)
- Continuous Delivery: Gold Standard for Software Development (Mandi Walls)
- Boundaries are explicit (Mark Seemann)
- Detecting relevant content of interest (Matt Lacey)
- Responsible AI in Data Science and Introduction to Machine Learning (Renee Noble)
- Create Your First OpenAI and NodeJS App in 15 Minutes (Stephen Walther)
- Freshen Up Your Codebase: The Essential Guide to Refactoring! (Adhithi Ravichandran)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
Screencasts & Videos
- Building an activity tracker app with .NET MAUI and Blazor – Part 2 – Saving data and creating tests (Daniel Hindrikes)
- Learn C# with CSharpFritz: Managing State with Blazor in .NET 8 (Jeff Fritz)
- Next week we are going to the MVP Summit 🙂 #mvpbuzz | Coding After Work (Jimmy Engstrom & Jessica Engstrom)
- FreeCodeSession – Episode 526 (Jason Bock)
Podcasts
- freeCodeCamp Podcast: Having Fun in Tech with CTO and Meme Queen Cassidy Williams (Cassidoo) (Quincy Larson)
- Merge Conflict #401: The State of EVs – Renting, Driving, Owning (James Montemagno & Frank Kreuger)
- Syntax Podcast Episode 740: Local AI Models in JavaScript – Machine Learning Deep Dive With Xenova (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinksi)
- Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – How To Lead with Empathy, The Story of an Open-Minded Scrum Product Owner | Stephanie Cully (Vasco Duarte)
- Talk Python to Me #452: Top Quart (async Flask) Extensions (Michael Kennedy)
- CloudChat Episode 0 – Hello World! (Carl Schweitzer & Brandon Martinez)
- The Changelog – It’s not always DNS (Paul Vixie, Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo)
- Changelog & Friends Podcast – Bourbon and better software (Robert Ross & Adam Stacoviak)
- The Amp Hour #661 – Blogging Electronics with Pallav Aggarwal (Dave Jones & Chris Gammell)
- AGL 355: Krishna Bala (John Rouda)
- Gone Mobile Podcast #97: Anatomy of the Happiest App on Earth (Jonathan Dick & Allan Ritchie)
Community & Events
- ‘Canonical Turns 20: Shaping the Ubuntu Linux World’ (EditorDavid)
- March 9-15: Global AI Bootcamp Local Event Information (Rie Moriguchi)
- Review completed & Altman, Brockman to continue to lead OpenAI and OpenAI announces new members to board of directors (OpenAI Team)
Database
- bit Obscene Episode 2: SQL Server Agent Jobs (Erik Darling)
- Azure Cosmos DB design patterns – Part 8: Preallocation (Jay Gordon)
- Resiliency and Low Level Improvements in Marten 7 (Jeremy D. Miller)
- Using analyzers in RavenDB indexing (Oren Eini)
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams
- Using Power Automate for Project Lifecycle Workflows in Project Online – Part 2 (Brian Smith)
- A quick view at Copilot in Forms (Vesa Nopanen)
PowerShell & Terminal
- Warp: The Supercharged Terminal for Developers (Emmanuel Oyibo)
Miscellaneous
- Closing the Wage Gap in Tech (‘Tine Zekis)
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.3286 (Beta Channel) (Amanda Langowski)
- Linus Torvalds announces Linux 6.8 (Brian Fagioli)
- 5 Tips For Writing Technical Documentation That Developers Love (Pieces )
- Microsoft says Russian hackers stole source code after spying on its executives (Tom Warren)
More Link Collections
- The Morning Brew #3899 (Chris Alcock)
- C# Digest – A primer on transaction management in Entity Framework (Jakub Chodounsky)
- F# Weekly #10, 2024 – Join Amplifying F# Open Collective (Sergey Tihon)
- Code Maze Weekly #205 (Vladimir Pecanac)
- Daily Reading List – March 8, 2024 (#274) (Richard Seroter)
- Reading Notes #593 (Frank Boucher)
- Collective #819 (Manoela Ilic)
The Geek Shelf
Learn You Some Code Book Bundle (No Starch Press) – Python, Rust, C# and more (Humble Bundle) – Referral Link
Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O’Reilly)) (9780596515171): Federico Biancuzzi, Shane Warden: Books