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Speed Matters – Turbo Charging Data Services with EF Core

May 19, 2017 May 19, 2017 05/19/17
Pam Lahoud
Premier Developer consultant Rob Vettor brings us this post on performance of the new Entity Framework Core. Entity Framework Core (EF Core) has arrived and brings with it several long-awaited improvements. Officially released this past June, EF Core is a complete rewrite of the Entity Framework. While the high-level developer APIs (...

Microsoft Security Risk Detection

May 18, 2017 May 18, 2017 05/18/17
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In this post, Application Development Managers, Mike Batongbacal and Syed Medhi, introduce the Microsoft Security Risk Detection service formerly known as Project Springfield. Software Security is a Business Imperative In today’s world, the threat of security breaches in computer networks and business software is an all too real ...

Using PowerShell to implement a Farm-wide Global Navigation solution from the Managed Metadata Term Store in SharePoint 2013

May 18, 2017 May 18, 2017 05/18/17
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In this post, Application Development Managers, Daniel Setlock and John Spinella demonstrate how to export the Managed Metadata Term Store via PowerShell to a SiteMap, and import that SiteMap into a multi-tiered dropdown into the Structured Navigation within SharePoint through a code-less method. (image) We had a requirement at a ...
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Integrating Angular 4 Unit Tests with Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)

May 17, 2017 May 17, 2017 05/17/17
Pam Lahoud
Premier Developer consultant Wael Kdouh brings us this post on integrating Angular 4 unit tests into VSTS. One of the nice features of Angular 4 (and Angular 2 before it) is the introduction of the Angular CLI (command line interface). I like to think of it as a style guide coming straight from the Angular team. But more importantly, it...

To box or not to Box? That is the question!

May 17, 2017 May 17, 2017 05/17/17
Sergey Tepliakov
Discussions on reddit, hacker news. Recently I've noticed that the Equal method from our ValueTuple (*) struct generates significant memory traffic (~1Gb). That was a bit of a surprise to me. This struct is well designed and was used pretty heavily in many performance critical scenarios. Here how the struct looks like: (*) Our ...

From ASM to ARM – A real world migration

May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017 05/16/17
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This post is provided by Senior Application Development Manager, Mark Pazicni, who walks us through an Azure migration exercise to move a legacy deployment in ASM to a modern deployment in ARM. Migrating from Azure Service Management (ASM) to Azure Resource Manager (ARM) can be a daunting task, but hopefully this post will outline some ...

On passing the Xamarin Mobile Developer Certification Exam

May 15, 2017 May 15, 2017 05/15/17
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This post is from Premier Developer consultant Joe Healy who recently became a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer.  Congrats Joe! Microsoft likes us to have some technical certifications.  Personally I enjoy the challenges of the tests.  This year my goals were the Windows 10 UWP Developer exam ( Developing Mobile Apps 70-357...
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Resources to get started with Service Fabric Clusters in Azure or On-Premises

May 14, 2017 May 14, 2017 05/14/17
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This post is provided by Application Development Managers, Mahendar Madhavaram and Guru Satish Piduru, who share some helpful resources to get started with Service Fabric Clusters. (image) Service Fabric enables building and managing of scalable and reliable applications, composed of microservices and run at very high density on Service ...

Listening as a Development Differentiator

May 12, 2017 May 12, 2017 05/12/17
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This post is by Application Development Manager, Katie Konow, who highlights that when it comes to productive teams, key contributors, and personal growth-- listening can be a differentiator. (image) What does listening have to do with technology? Listen in while I run through how being a great listener can help you progress in your career...