Suggestion of the week
- Save the date! Connect(“November 12 & 13”); is almost here - If you missed this incredible event, don't cry because all the presentations were recorded. We can watch them on demand on Channel 9.
Cloud
- Azure API Management Part One: An Introduction - Really nice post to get started with the brand-new API manager of Windows Azure.
- Building a Text Adventure with Azure and Orleans (Chris Risner) - While the game is not a triple A, I find the idea quite interesting.
- Opening up Visual Studio and .NET to Every Developer, Any Application: .NET Server Core open source and cross platform, Visual Studio Community 2013 and preview of Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 2015 (S.Somasegar) - This article explains all the new things that came out this week.
- Success by a thousand cuts: Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 and SQL Azure - Ha Ha, I will quote the author: “Oh man, there is so much stuff I don’t know”.
Programming
- .NET Core is Open Source - Get a better understanding of what is .net Core and the meaning / purpose of the open source announce.
- Visual Studio Community 2013 - Now that all developers can have their Visual Studio, learn what's in this community version.
- The Roadmap for WPF - This post gives all the details about what is coming next for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
- Announcing Open Source of .NET Core Framework, .NET Core Distribution for Linux/OSX, and Free Visual Studio Community Edition - Another good summary of all the great things that was released this week in the Microsoft world.
- Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 (2013.4) RTM - Learn all about the new features in this update... Codelens, webjobs, Intelisense and so much more!
- Visual Studio Community 2013 - Now that all developers can have their Visual Studio learn what 's in the free version called community.
Miscellaneous
- Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams, Part 1 - Interesting. Agile is more than scrum...
- Why Citi Got Rid of Assigned Desks - Nice post that explains how a re-organized floor can help the productivity and the team spirit.
- Visual Studio 2015 Preview, Visual Studio Community 2013, Visual Studio 2013 Update 4, and More - Learn more about all the amazing releases that happened this week during the Connect event.
- Announcing .NET 2015 - .NET as Open Source, .NET on Mac and Linux, and Visual Studio Community (Scott Hanselman) - This post lists some post that cover all the new stuff that just came up this week. Happy reading.
~Frank
