2017 - July/August
Been struggling with Mobile Development?!? You'r not the only one! Lower the barrier with React Native. Your summer time reading also includes articles focusing on Azure, Angular, F#, and Xamarin. Perfect for that long flight!
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Choices, Choices, Choices
Rod looks at the many options available to developers these days and having to choose what's best for your clients.
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From Zero to CRUD in Angular: Part 2
Building on his article in the last issue, Paul adds HTML, Angular code, and Web API methods so that the user can add, edit, and delete product data.
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Office 365 Connectors and WebHooks: Part 2
Just when it seems like Office 365 is everywhere, you’ll learn something that makes you glad it’s so ubiquitous. Sahil continues his new series with an interesting look at Office 365’s WebHooks.
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Writing Concurrent Programs Using F# Mailbox Processors
Rachel takes a close look at F# mailbox processors to help you efficiently process messages. She covers replying, scanning (for a particular message or subject), and coordinating multiple agents, and makes it easy once you know which connections to make.
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Lower the Barriers to Entry for Mobile Development with React Native
These days, you can’t build your apps for only one platform, which could mean multiple dev teams and keeping track of parallel projects. Jason shows us how to use React Native to get the best mobile development without breaking the bank or going crazy.
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Accessing Platform-Specific Functionalities Using DependencyService in Xamarin.Forms
You can avoid all that pesky overhead when dealing with multiple platforms by using Microsoft’s library of APIs, Xamarin.Forms. Wei-Meng shows you how to efficiently map to the various platforms’ respective native UI elements at run time.
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Azure Skyline: Data in Cloud Applications
Mike looks at the technology that allows multiple teams to connect and scale their data despite disparate data storage methods.
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Use Your Words: Getting Familiar with Speech Synthesis Markup Language
Chris explores how voice-enabled home assistant devices, like Amazon Echo and Google Home, speak to you and how they learn to understand your particular speech patterns.
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Beta Test Your iOS Applications Using TestFlight
Jason explores TestFlight, a new tool for testing your iOS apps. It has some nifty notification tools, which make it easier to have a lot of testers—or just a few, depending on what your product needs. Check out what else it has going for it.
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On Decisions
Ted looks at how DADA and OODA thought processes can help you make smarter --if not faster--decisions.