Top 13 ASP.NET Core Features You Need to Know (Article)
Matt Watson
“ASP.NET is one of the most successful web application development frameworks by Microsoft. With every update, new and extended features are added that help developers deploy highly scalable and high-performance web applications.” (…)
Antipattern of the Month: Sprint Zero (Article)
Ian Mitchell
“”Sprint Zero” is a euphemism sometimes used to describe the initialization of an agile project. It can include such activities as the drafting of a Product Backlog, infrastructure set-up, architectural envisioning, and the resourcing of team members.” (…)
SQL in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself (Book)
Ben Forta
“Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Fourth Edition New full-color code examples help you see how SQL statements are structured Whether you’re an application developer, database administrator, web application designer, mobile app developer, or Microsoft Office users, a good working knowledge of SQL is an important part of interacting with databases.”(…)
Get Intelligent Insights for Improving Azure SQL Database Performance (Video)
channel9
“Veljko Vasic shows Seth Juarez how Azure SQL Database uses built-in intelligence to continuously monitors database usage so that it can detect disruptive events that cause poor performance. ” (…)
SQL Server DevOps with Kevin Cunnane and Eric Kang (Podcast)
DotNetRocks!
“DevOps with SQL Server? Yes! While at Ignite in Orlando, Carl and Richard sat down with Kevin Cunnane and Eric Kang to talk about the latest set of tooling in SQL Server to facilitate incorporating SQL Server databases into your DevOps workflows. ” (…)
Bogus (Github)
bchavez
“A simple and sane fake data generator for C#, F#, and VB.NET. Based on and ported from the famed faker.js.” (…)
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