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April 2018 - Page 2 of 3 - Developer Support

Running Docker Windows and Linux Containers Simultaneously

April 20, 2018 Apr 20, 2018 04/20/18
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Many of you with familiarity with Docker for Windows know how you currently have to switch between running either Windows or Linux Containers. In the following post, Premier Developer Consultant Randy Patterson teaches us how to combat this limitation and run Docker Windows and Linux Containers simultaneously on the same host. Starting ...

Role of Web Based Technologies In Maximizing Code Sharing In Your Applications

April 19, 2018 Apr 19, 2018 04/19/18
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In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Wael Kdouh shares ideas of the alternatives to reduce web complexity and increase code sharing. He does a side-by-side comparison of Cordova/Iconic, NativeScript, and React Native to help you explore some of your options to reduce complexity. I was recently approached by a colleague of mine ...

Docker Blog Series Part 6 – How to use Service Fabric Reverse Proxy for container services

April 18, 2018 Apr 18, 2018 04/18/18
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Learn about the container orchestrator, Service Fabric, and how to use Service Fabric Reverse Proxy for container services in Monu’s latest post. Monu Bambroo is a Consultant on the Premier Developer team. Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable ...

Agile UX: Incorporating User Experience into Agile Processes

April 16, 2018 Apr 16, 2018 04/16/18
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Premier Developer Consultant Daisy Chaussee writes how to integrate user experience and design into agile processes. In combining Agile and UX, teams can attain greater collaboration, continuous improvement, and efficiency in development. The goal of this blog post is to provide guidance on how to integrate User Experience into Agile ...

Order of Precedence when Configuring ASP.NET Core

April 15, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 04/15/18
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In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Randy Patterson introduces the new configuration API for ASP.NET Core and its order of precedence. In previous version of ASP.NET, configuration was primarily handled by the ConfigurationManager class. This class typically obtained the user configurable settings from the AppSettings section located...

ARR and benefits for Premier customers

April 14, 2018 Apr 14, 2018 04/14/18
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Senior Application Development Managers Sanjeev Gogna and Charles Ofori explain Azure Rapid Response (ARR) program, and explain how it benefits Premier customers. Overview With today's technology, availability, reliability, and uptime are fundamental to success. To overcome incidents and interruptions, Microsoft offers Azure Rapid ...

Integrating Selenium tests in a release pipeline

April 13, 2018 Apr 13, 2018 04/13/18
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Senior Application Development Manager Marcelo Silva recently posted this article demonstrating how to implement UI test automation using VSTS and Selenium.Today, I'd like to show you a proof-of-concept I created for one of my customers where we implement User Interface (UI) test automation into a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI...

Part 2: Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set and Windows Containers–Networking Tips

April 12, 2018 Apr 12, 2018 04/12/18
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In part 2 of 2 blog posts, Premier Developer Consultant Julien Oudot continues his networking tips about Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) and Windows Containers. Building on the first post about VMSS set-up, Julien walks through how to communicate with containers running on nodes deployed as part of VMSS. If you haven’t read it ...

SonarQube Integration with VSTS

April 11, 2018 Apr 11, 2018 04/11/18
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In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Sana Noorani details how to integrate SonarQube with VSTS, so you can detect issues in code and trigger builds only when code checks pass. Introduction to SonarQubeSonarQube is an open source tool used for continuously checking code quality. Many developers will add it to their DevOps pipelines with ...