Top Links* Dev Proxy v0.19 with simulating LLM APIs and new Azure API Center integrations (Waldek Mastykarz & Garry Trinder) * Development guide for Virtualization-based security (VBS) Enclaves (Microsoft Learn) * How we built it: Creating the I/O Crossword puzzle, powered by AI (Very Good Ventures Team) * Refactoring a .NET MAUI app to a Declarative UI using C# Markup (Richard Woollcott) * What’s coming in .NET 9 for hybrid development? | One Dev Question (Beth Massi) * Join Us for .NET Aspire Developers Day – Elevate Your Cloud Native Skills! (Mehul Harry)
Web & Cloud Development* The Ongoing State Of JavaScript (Ian Elliot) * ASP.NET Core 9 Preview 5: Static Web Optimization, Blazor Additions, New Project Template and More (Almir Vuk) * Azure Static Web Apps–SWA CLI behind the scenes (Bart Wullems) * Understanding the Docker USER Instruction (Jay Schmidt) * Going serverless in Kubernetes with Knative (Mercy Bassey Udoh) * The Functional Depth of Docker and Docker Compose (Vultr) * Ecma International approves ECMAScript 2024: What’s new? (Axel Rauschmayer) * Creating a Glowing Text Marquee Animation (Kaploom Creative House)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML* Chart of the Week: Creating a .NET MAUI Doughnut Chart to Visualize the World’s Biggest Oil Producers (Ezhilarasan Elangovan) * Windows App SDK and supported Windows releases (Microsoft Learn)
Visual Studio & .NET* Implementing “Suggested Destinations” in a few lines of code (Oren Eini) * Text to Table and Table to Text in TX Text Control and C# (Bjoern Meyer) * How Where Conditions Work in Entity Framework Core (Khalid Abuhakmeh) * Is there a built-in way in C++/WinRT to get the string name for a Windows Runtime enum? (Raymond Chen) * Tentative Roadmap for Wolverine 3.0 (Jeremy D. Miller) * What’s New in vcpkg (June 2024) (Augustin Popa)
Design, Methodology, AI & Testing* Microsoft Copilot in Azure Series – Copilot Access Management (Pierre Roman) * Inline YAML editing with Microsoft Copilot in Azure (Vinicius Apolinario) * AI Assisted Programming: Ten Real Life Coding Prompts I Used Today (Iris Classon) * Visual Studio IntelliCode Still Among Top AI Code Assistants (David Ramel) * AI-Assisted Development Tools vs. Low-Code/No-Code: What to Use When (Christopher Tozzi) * Automate links in your release notes using AI (prompt engineering) (Tom Johnson) * Technical Debt Continues To Mount – Here’s How To Solve It (Bianka Banova) * How To Make A Strong Case For Accessibility (Vitaly Friedman) * Figma announces big redesign with AI (Jay Peters) * TeamCity Pipelines Pulse, Issue #3: YAML Configuration Settings (Olga Bedrina) * Architecting secure Generative AI applications: Safeguarding against indirect prompt injection (Roee Oz) * Always Be Learning (Michael Eaton)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development Using Windows IoT, SignalR, Azure Custom Vision and Xamarin Forms to Flush a Toilet (Lance McCarthy) – This is a few years old, but it’s new to me. You could use .NET MAUI for this today.* * Building an AI-powered crossword puzzle with Genkit and Gemini (Tomas Piaggio & Jay Chang) * Superapps for an Augmented Connected Workforce (Jacklin Altman)
Screencasts & Videos IoT Coffee Talk: Episode 215 – Tiny Smart Sensors (IoT Coffee Talk Crew) * Iterate on pull requests with Copilot Workspace (GitHub Team) * Finishing the last day Advent of Code 2023! (Part 2) and* Advent of Code 2023 Day 25: Snowverload (Martin Zikmund)
Podcasts* Syntax Podcast #787: You Should Try Vue.js (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski) * Working Code Podcast – Episode 184: Code Comments For The Win (Ben Nadel) * Web Rush Episode 286: Fast Development with Visual Studio (John Papa, Ward Bell, Dan Wahlin & Craig Shoemaker) * Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – How to Introduce Agile to Teams That Resist Adoption, and Make Friends | Avipaul Bhandari (Vasco Duarte) * .NET Rocks! – CosmosDB and AI with Mark Brown (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell) * The Changelog #597 – MAJOR.SEMVER.PATCH (Predrag Gruevski, Chris Krycho, Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo) * The Breakpoint Show Episode 023 – How Would You Build It? (Khalid Abuhakmeh, Maarten Balliauw & Chris Woodruff) * Software Engineering Radio 622: Wolf Vollprecht on Python Tooling in Rust (Gregory M. Kapfhammer)
Community & Events* .NET Foundation Board Election 2024 Results (.NET Foundation) * Introducing Bluesky Starter Packs (Bluesky Team) * Congratulations to our 2024 Partner of the Year Awards winners and finalists! (Jill Armour)
Database* Hot Tips For Safer Dynamic SQL In SQL Server (Erik Darling) * At 50 Years Old, Is SQL Becoming a Niche Skill? (Ian Miell)
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams* New Microsoft Teams PWA Now Available for All Windows and macOS Users (Rabia Noureen) * Fluid Framework 2 is now production ready (Kashif Qureshi)
Miscellaneous Microsoft Blamed For Million-Plus Patient Record Theft At US Hospital Giant (BeauHD) * I tested the cheapest Surface Pro Copilot+ PC for a week, and it easily replaced my daily driver (Ed Bott) * Microsoft clamps down on Windows 11 users who want local accounts – but this trick still works (Lance Whitney) * Windows on Arm finally has legs and* Microsoft’s canceled Xbox cloud console gets detailed in new patent (Tom Warren)
More Link Collections* The Morning Brew #3969 (Chris Alcock) * Daily Reading List – June 26, 2024 (#347) (Richard Seroter)
The Geek Shelf Unity 2022 by Example: A project-based guide to building 2D and 3D games, enhanced for AR, VR, and MR experiences (Scott H. Cameron) – Referral Link