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This issue delivers essential strategies for modern software development efficiency. In our cover story, Joydip writes an overview of features in .NET 10. Sahil Malik guides readers through Git branching strategies, comparing Gitflow, Feature Branch, and Trunk-Based Development to optimize team workflows. Edward Charbeneau demonstrates integrating LLMs into Smart UI components, moving beyond basic AI chat demos to create contextual search and text features. Matthew Hess explores SendGrid's capabilities for bulk email delivery in C#, showcasing REST API integration and template management while avoiding SPAM filters. Sonu presents six critical Angular performance optimization techniques, including image optimization and change detection improvements that significantly boost responsiveness. Finally, Arun tackles test matrix explosions in machine learning environments, introducing a hybrid approach using Python's AST analysis and Pytest to reduce CI/CD execution times by up to 50%. These articles provide actionable insights for enhancing code quality, user experience, and development efficiency across diverse technology stacks.

State of AI: Finance Edition in Austin, TX—A Practical Executive Briefing on AI for Financial Leadership

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Artificial Intelligence is no longer optional— it's becoming a vital competitive advantage for financial leadership and strategic business operations. Yet many finance-focused executives face uncertainty about practical ways to leverage AI effectively for measurable business outcomes. This exclusive in-person event provides clarity, real-world case studies, and actionable insights tailored specifically for CFOs, senior executives, and financial decision-makers.

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Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric: A Data Integration Walkthrough

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Microsoft Fabric can be the location where you store all of your data for analysis and reporting. In this webinar on August 13, 2025 by Ginger Grant, Microsoft Data Platform MVP and MCT, we’ll review the steps to follow and the applications to use to add your data to One Lake, the storage location inside of Fabric, and move it to a lakehouse or a data warehouse and transform the data into a semantic model for use in Power BI. In this demo-heavy presentation you’ll see how to use different elements of Microsoft Fabric including data pipelines, Spark Notebooks, development pipelines, variable libraries to transform your data for analysis. Attendees will learn how to incorporate medallion architecture design into the data transformation as well as understand the role workspaces play in development, security, and how and where to provide access to data. You won’t want to miss this in-depth review of what you can do inside of Microsoft Fabric.

From CODE Training - Upcoming Class Schedule:

• State of AI: Finance Edition in Austin, TX—A Practical Executive Briefing on AI for Financial Leadership - 8/12/2025 - Austin
• Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric: A Data Integration Walkthrough - 8/13/2025 - ONLINE

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