Reading Notes #406

Every week, I publish my reading notes. Those are the articles, blog posts, podcast episodes, and books that catch my interest and that I found interesting. It's a mix of the actuality and what I was looking for.

My Numbers for 2019

• This marks the 46 Reading Notes blog post.
• 20 blog posts in French or English. 
• 69 live stream on Twitch
• 33 Cloud 5 Minutes episode in French or English.
• Many talks in different communities
• 881 contributions in open-source projects

Looking forward to seeing you all in two days to start 2020 together!

Cloud

• How to Learn Microsoft Azure in 2020 (Thomas Maurer) - Another great list of learning starting points.

Programming

• How to Build a Test Automation Strategy? (Hiren Dhaduk) - Nice post that lists all types of tests and explains their purpose.
• How to Implement Sorting in ASP.NET Core Web API (Vladimir Pecanac) - If you are building an API this post is definitely a must to give the best experience to your users.

DevOps

• Top 10 DevOps Training Courses for Programmers and Software Developers (javinpaul) - A question that I've been asked often is where to start. My favorite answer is a
  lot of time at Learn.microsoft.com. However, here some different sources that all look delicious.

Podcasts

• SPI 403: 2 Time Management Strategies to Practice in 2020 (Pat Flynn) - Great quick episode. I'm always interested to optimized my time and to track it to help me to improve painlessly.
• SPI 402: Everyone Needs to Have a Podcast (Pat Flynn) - Very interesting episode that explains why... with numbers and examples... Guess what just popped on my project list...
• 19 Lessons for Streamers About Growth and Business in 2019 (Ashnichrist) - Nice episode different from the usual. It's also very different from the classic year review.

Miscellaneous

• Visualizing Your Work Schedule (Valentin Sawadski) - Interesting project.I'm always looking forward to the best way to track my time and see where I put my effort (aka time).

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Reading Notes #317

Suggestion of the week

• Migrating to Azure SQL Database with zero downtime for read-only workloads (Joseph Sack) - Learn the best practices and more about the tools available to you in this great post.

Cloud

• Analyzing a karting image with Azure Cognitive Services (Vivien Chevallier) - It's time to play with these Cognitive services. This post is a nice quick start.
• Microsoft updates Cognitive Services terms (Microsoft Azure) - Good to know.
• Oops! I Deleted My Blobs! What Can I Do? (Gaurav Mantri) - A nice new feature! Is it time to upgrade all our cloud solutions to use it? It could be a good idea.

Programming

• az webapp new - Azure CLI extension to create and deploy a .NET Core or nodejs site in one command (Scott Hanselman) - Azure CLI is a super handy tool. New commands are being created, it's time for us developers to get involve read this post and clone that GitHub repo!

Miscellaneous

• 10 Characteristics of a Successful Internal IT Champion (Richard Seroter) - Awesome post! Next time changes are in the pipeline, you should think about these 10 little things.
• Azure Cosmos DB training webinars | Azure Roadmap | Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Team) - Fantastic news, I know a lot of people were waiting for this kind of training.