Reading Notes #431

Every Monday, I share my "reading notes". Those are a curated list of all the articles, blog posts, podcast episodes, and books that catch my interest during the week and that I found interesting.

It's a mix of the actuality and what I consumed.

You think you may have interesting content, share it!

Cloud

• 5 Things to Know about Serverless in 2020 (Andrew Tunall) - Interesting post about Lambda services.

• Hosting Blazor Web Assembly App on Azure Static Web App (Justin Yoo) - Very interesting post with a lot of information and great code examples.

• Hosting Blazor WebAssembly in Azure Static Web Apps (Preview) (Tim Heuer) - Another great post that explores the possibilities of using Blazor web assembly with some C# Azure functions inside the new Azure Static Web App.

Programming

• Getting Value from appsettings.json in .NET Core (Jeetendra Gund ) - Nice little quick tutorial the read values in an MVC structured app.

• Building a notifications client with Xamarin and Azure (Laurent Bugnion) - A very nice post that describe how Laurent started to build his cross platforms tools. Sharing the gotchas and a few tips along this first post of the series.

Databases

• Which Database should I use in my Azure Serverless App? (Mark Heath) - Nice overview of the type of data storage in Azure.

Miscellaneous

• 7 principles for modern tech leaders (William Peachey) - Nice post about the evolution of roles in our field of expertise and what could/ should be a a leader roles.

• Do I need to code in my free time to be a good developer? (Maxim Chechenev) - Interesting point of view about a trend. I personally think the answer is not yes or no... But its depends or it required more details.

Reading Notes #395

Cloud

• Announcing Azure Storage Explorer 1.10.0 | Blog | Microsoft Azure (Catherine Wang) - That new managed disk capability is a really requested feature and embeded azcopy is awesome.

• Building a serverless blog site on Azure (Erik Lieben) - A very cool post that explains how to build a static website generator using serverless. Weel done!

Programming

• GitHub Pull Request Integration with Glo Boards (Jonathan Silva) - Really nice integration and automation with Github PR...Already using and loving it.

• New workflow editor for GitHub Actions (Chris Patterson) - Have you tested the new GitHub action? If yes you will be pleased with this new editor...Ending the research of that missing space somewhere.

• Single Page Applications and ASP.NET Core 3.0 (Shawn Wildermuth) - A very interesting post that explains all the little configurations or twists required to have a great SPA experience with .Net Core.

Miscellaneous

• What You Need for Effective Remote Work (William Gant) - This is a full chapter of an up coming book about remote workers... If you are new to this adventure and even more if you are fulltime remote, this read is a must.

Books

Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives 

Author: Gretchen Rubin 

I really enjoyed this book. I found very interesting the categorization of all those habits and comportment grouping. I like also the habits association to help to break some or creating new ones. It's obvious, but I didn't think about it before.

Reading Notes #368

Cloud

• Right click publish quickly to Azure App Services with VS Code extensions and zipdeploy (Scott Hanselman) - Let's make it fast...For a quick test or POC, I love it.

• Accessing Azure Key Vault using Managed Service Identity Logic Apps (Vincent-Philippe Lauzon) - An awesome tutorial that hit two targets with one demo.

Programming

• First steps with Docker and Kubernetes - Introduction (Matteo Pagani) - Wow, fantastic post to get started with Kubernetes the author mention that after reading this you won't be an expert... However, you will definitely know enough to be dangerous.
• How to build a multistage Dockerfile for SPA and static sites (Maxime Rouiller) - The more I read about Docker the more I discover new ways to use it.
• The Smart Ways to Correct Mistakes in Git | CSS-Tricks (Tobias Günther) - This post is so helpful! I'm keeping the bookmark close by... For a friend of course.
• Use Docker to Create a Node Development Environment (Dan Arias) - An incredibly clear docker tutorial that explains the layer of encapsulation to create an easily moveable development environment.

Miscellaneous

• Adopting Azure DevOps : A Step-by-Step Approach (Omer Raviv) - Very interesting post of a journey embracing the DevOps...see you are not alone and it could be easier.
• Validating Azure ARM Templates with Pester (Leandro Wajswajn) - Wow! An incredible and very powerful tool to have with us when writing ARM templates.

Books

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us 

Author: Seth Godin 

A book that will polarize you. In my case, I really enjoyed it until the last page. I felt motivated, and it and was nice.

Reading Notes #347

Cloud

• Azure Tips and Tricks Part 162 - ARM Templates Demystified (Michael Crump) - Nice little intro to know what is ARM at a very high level. Seriously every introduction talk about ARM should start like that.
• Azure Portal October update (Peri Rocha) - I'm sure you noticed... The portal is always evolving getting better every day. This post list all the changes, what have you missed?

Programming

• How to get HTTPS working on your local development environment in 5 minutes (Daksh Shah) - Tired to get the unsecured notification when working locally? This tutorial will explain all the steps to fix that.
• Introduction to Vue.js with a Single Page Application (SPA) in Visual Studio - Simple Talk (Damon Armstrong) - Very complete and detailed article, the perfect one to get started with vue.js
• Update on .NET Core 3.0 and .NET Framework 4.8 (Scott H) - Great update and a glimpse of the Frameworks roadmap.

Data

• Fun with SQL Server Containers (Donovan Brown) - Interesting post. Perfect to get ready in 5 minutes.

Miscellaneous

• An Introduction to AI at LinkedIn (Deepak Agarwal) - Interesting reel life case where AI is used... Not crazy sci-fi, very day to day improvement.