2021 - July/August
In the lead article, Rod Paddock walks you through creating Command Line Utilities in C# and Python. Sahil Malik introduces you to the Microsoft Graph, what it is and why you would use it in his Let’s Talk About Microsoft Graph article. Julie Lerman continues her series on securing your applications in her Eliminate Secrets from Your Applications with Azure Managed Identity article. Helen Wall demonstrates how you can use Power BI and R to create attention grabbing data visualizations. Check out the entire issue for much more...
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Don’t Go Down with Sunk Costs
Rod has some great suggestions for how to work more efficiently.
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Let’s Talk About Microsoft Graph
It seems like everyone’s talking about Microsoft Graph these days. Sahil shows you why.
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How to Use the Fetch API (Correctly)
Paul continues looking at the XMLHttpRequest object in this exploration of the Fetch API. It’s not all sunshine and unicorns, but it’s pretty useful nonetheless.
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Eliminate Secrets from Your Applications with Azure Managed Identity
When it’s time to deploy your app, and you’re using Azure SQL and Azure, you’re going to want to use Azure Managed Identity to authenticate and access the database. Julie shows you that it’s not even a little bit scary.
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Test Your REST APIs Using Insomnia REST Client
APIs are everywhere! Joydip shows you how to take advantage of them using a new, free, cross-platform desktop framework, Insomnia, with its user-friendly interface and sophisticated features.
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Building Command Line Utilities in C# and Python
Rod whips up a quick app to help a friend and ends up discovering some pretty cool multi-platform features that are part of command line utilities.
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Building a VS Code Extension Using Vue.js
Most of the core functionalities in VS Code are extensions, and you can extend almost any feature, from color themes, to activity bars, to displaying data. Bilal gives an overview of how extensions work and some cool ideas for what to do with them.
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Power BI and R: A Visual Power Punch
Data Visualization can be the best way to get your message across. Helen shows you how, using Power BI and R.
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CODA: On Commitment
John looks at the nature of commitment in terms of getting things done at work.