Reading Notes #533

Good Monday!

It's time to share my reading notes. Those are a curated list of all the articles and blog posts, that caught my interest during the week and that I found interesting. It's a mix of the actuality and what I consumed.

If you think you may have interesting content, share it!

Cloud

• Azure SQL Trigger for Azure Functions in Public Preview (Renato Losio) - This is interesting this way you could beneficiate the trigger and keep the code outside of the database.

Programming

• Install Terminal App Themes in Windows 11 (Sofia Sondh) - Simple and we have the choice, great!

• My Top 10 Visual Studio Code Extensions for 2022 (John Kilmister) - Oh wow, there were a few gems I didn't know in this post. Great list.

• Ref vs Out C#: Which is the Better Choice when? (Byte Hide) - A simple post that lists the differences between those two keywords.

• Web Security 101 - Part 1: Secrets (Abbey Perini) - This is a nice post that lists places or methods to save our secrets and explains the pro and cons of each.

• Fluent Insights EP4: Slots (Paul Gildea) - The new episode of Fluent UI Insights is out. This one talks about slots, JSX children, and triggers.

Miscellaneous

• 10 SEO Tips For Technical Writers And Software Developers (Mahesh Chand) - A great post about SEO and why we should care.

~Enjoy!

Reading Notes #530

Good Monday!

It's time to share new ReadingNotes. Here is a list of all the articles, and blog posts, that catch my interest during the week. Are you done watching all the videos from .NET Conf and GitHub Universe? I know I don't...

If you think you may have interesting content, share it!

Cloud

• The cloud isn't the issue, you're just using it wrong (Jeremy Daly) - Great post about, unfortunately still, a controversial topic: the cloud!

Programming

• Fundamental ASP.Net Minimal API Integration Tests (Peter Ritchie) - This post is the perfect high overview to get started with testing.

• Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.1.0 Preview 1 (Sergio Pedri) - So many updates. Have an overview in this post.

• Welcome to C# 11 (Mads Torgersen) - This blog is the perfect appetizer to get us excited to learn more. C# 11 seems to be a great new version.

• What's New for ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 7 (David Ramel) - So many goodies in this update from both .Net 7 sides and Blazor. This post overview most of them.

• What's new in Orleans 7.0 (Brady Gaster) - Simplified, faster, and so much more learn all the news about Orleans 7 in this post, and join them on Discord.

• What’s new with Codespaces from GitHub Universe 2022 (Nik Molnar) - I'm a big fan of codespace and DevContainer. I was delighted to learn about the global availability and the free monthly hours. This makes it a must for many open-source projects.

Miscellaneous

• How Link Building Can Help You Grow Your Blog (Sam Bowman) - Are links and backlinks still a good practice in the world of SEO? This post answer this question in detail.

• Why You Should Make Time for a Seasonal Cleanup (Suzanne Scacca ) - It takes a little bit of time, but I guess it is worth it since we and our devices will run more efficiently.

~frank

Reading Notes #313

Suggestion of the week

• 5 Crazy Easy Things You Can Tweak Now for Better SEO (Liza Wilde) - Guys 5 really simple tips easy to apply... We all need to read this.

Cloud

• Azure Storage for Serverless .NET Apps in Minutes (Jeremy Likness) - Very interesting little project both simple and useful using Azure Function and Azure Storage.
• Launching of my Azure Rocks! YouTube channel (Guy Barette) - Pretty nice channel named Azure Rocks, that my friend just started, it worth a look.
• The moment I came to play with .NET Standard 2.0 part 2! (Dominique St-Armand) - Great post packed with tons of gotchas and advices, just how I like them.

Programming

• Install and run Ghost 1.x on Raspbian on Raspberry Pi (Ghost Pi) - Pretty cool tutorial that mixes low tech with a recent blog engine.
• Exploring the Azure IoT Arduino Cloud DevKit (Scott Hanselman) - This is an excellent post to know where to star with arduino and make your mind of what to expect in terms of effort vs result.
• Scalable and Performant ASP.NET Core Web APIs: Introduction (Carl Rippon) - This post is the first of a promising series about best practices building efficient APIs.

Databases

• Interacting with Azure SQL Using All Command Line Tools (K. Scott Allen) - I'm a big fan of terminal prompt when it's time to write SQL queries, this nice little one even got auto-completion, that's cool.

Miscellaneous

• Building 0verkill on Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux - 2D ASCII art deathmatch game (Scott Hanselman) - That post brings back souvenirs...
• Running BBS Door Games on Windows 10 with GameSrv, DOSBox, plus telnet fun with WSL (Scott Hanselman) - This is a big chuck of my adolescence. I need to try that.
• You got this! You know the fundamentals. You are a learner. Plus The Imposter's Handbook (Scott Hanselman) - I think we all fit in there.