ReadingNotes #256

Cloud

• Bots are the new Apps (Alexandre Brisebois) - This interesting post answers many questions and probably will make yourself ask as much.
• Azure Relay – cross-platform, open-protocol connections (Clemens Vasters) - Plenty of new services available on Azure that will help us in our integration solution.
• Visual Studio Talk Show : 0200 - Stephane Lapointe - Azure Functions - Cool podcast episode where you learn more about what serverless really means.

Programming

• Docker Container Anti Patterns (Arun Gupta) - 12 great anti-patterns to use with containers.
• Using dotnet watch test for continuous testing with .NET Core and XUnit.net (Scott Hanselman) - Nice tutorial that shows the next step after the Hello word…
• Entity Framework Tips and Tricks (Robert Green) - Awesome video from the queen of EF herself.
• The Source of Truth: The Role of Repositories in DevOps (Kraig Brockschmidt) - Very interesting article about devops real word.
• Data Points - Run EF Core on Both .NET Framework and .NET Core (Julia Lermans) - Great article that shows how to use the stuff we like all together, the good way.

Miscellaneous

• Automated notifications from Azure Monitor for Atlassian JIRA (Paul Bouwer) - Really cool integration.

Reading Notes #255

Cloud

• AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - I personally value this kind o post where different cloud providers are compared. It helps to see if the solution available and find the best one for our needs.
  
• Announcing Azure Analysis Services preview (Bret Grinslade) - Impressive new service part o the SaaS Azure solution is now available (in preview) .
  
• Google releases .Net APIs for Google Cloud - Good news, now that Google embraced the .Net developers and our tooling, we have even more cloud opportunity.
  
• PowerShell cmdlets to manage Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Virtual Machines (Felipe Senso) - Nice little tips to know, and so much more in all these cmdlets.

Programming

• Debugging PowerShell Script with Visual Studio Code (rkeithhill) - Awesome tutorial full of tips that will bring you to the next level with VSCode.
  
• Exploring ServiceStack's simple and fast web services on .NET Core - This post is a really nice introduction to an interesting alternative when building services.
  
• Free ASP.NET Core 1.0 Training on Microsoft Virtual Academy - Wow! A full three days of training for free! Don't miss that opportunity.
  
• Why the Command Line? Why Now? - Interesting conclusion about the actual situation.

integration

• An important milestone in enterprise integration – launch of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 (Frank Weigel) - Great post about the Microsoft hybrid integration platform containing, of course, the new BizTalk 2016 Server, but also Azure Logic App.

Miscellaneous

• Download Microsoft Ignite 2016 Sessions Using PowerShell (Alexandre Brisebois) - Finally... The classic and useful script is out. Enjoy the shows from anywhere.
  
• Ten things we announced today at Microsoft’s Windows 10 Event (Mollie Ruiz-Hopper) - Interesting presentation this week from Microsoft. Not only, they announced new products that look fantastic, but it might stimulate other to push further their limits.
  
• VSTS Sync Migration Tools | naked Agility - Expert in DevOps & Agility with Visual Studio, Team Services, Azure, & Scrum - This post presents a very useful tool to migrate your source control environment to VSTS, easily. And don't forget that under 5 user, VSTS is completely free.