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DPL Reading List – October 27, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. AI and the rise of the emotional economy – “As AI agents (whether software applications or physical robots) take on more of our non-emotional tasks, we will begin to value more the things that remain dominated by humans. The emergence of…
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A Website Without Servers – Using Azure Functions: Part 5, Pulling Wardrobe Data
Previously on Using Azure Functions, we set up a very simple Angular website. This week, we are going to set up an Azure Function that pulls some wardrobe data from an Azure Cosmos database. Why not just build the wardrobe into the app? Well I’m hoping to update the wardrobe by season, so having to…
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Validating Multiple Fields in ASP.NET MVC
ASP.NET MVC has the ability to validate forms with minimal effort thanks to the attributes in `System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations` (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/mvc/overview/older-versions-1/models-data/validation-with-the-data-annotation-validators-cs#using-the-data-annotation-validator-attributes). You can simply slap an attribute such as `Required` on a property and get nice validation messages. But what if you want to validate multiple fields on a model? There are a couple ways you can solve…
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From Educator to Software Engineer, Part 3: Learning on the Job and Looking Toward the Future
Make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series if you haven’t done so yet. I am a 30-year-old developer finishing my first year as a software engineer. I didn’t get where I am by any traditional means, but I’ve learned some things along the way that might encourage someone to…
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DPL Reading List – October 20, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Why Product Thinking is the next big thing in UX Design – “Thinking in products makes sure designers build the right features for the right people and tackle real problems people have. It empowers to make the right decisions and is…
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The Quest for Network Security at Home
Since I started in IT consulting years ago, I’ve always had an interest in network security. It’s amazing how in the last 15 years the nature of threats has radically changed (from simple viruses, to malware, to phishing, to ransomware, and even mass device compromises to create botnets for coordinated Denial of Service or other…
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A Website Without Servers – Using Azure Functions: Part 4, Angular Site
In part 1, we set up some basic infrastructure for our engineer fashion app. In part 2 and part 3 we configured some source control so we can work like sane people. Now we are going to stand up a very basic Angular site. Angular, do you mean Angular 1 or Angular 2? Well I mean…
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Targeting .NET Standard in Xamarin Forms and Shared Libraries
Cassey shares how the Ocuvera team converted a legacy project to NET Standard for use in Xamarin Forms.
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DPL Reading List – October 13, 2017
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Data From 3.5 Million Employees Shows How Innovation Really Works – “Once everyone is thinking about ideas – and imagining that their cool concept might actually move the company – you get the while company effectively engaged in innovation. And in…
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Services vs Objects
Cats vs dogs. I am a dog person. You could say I myself am needy for attention, but I like to think I enjoy the aggressive love of a dog. Our family dog constantly forces himself onto my lap while I am reading a book. Dogs really, really want to be included. Now I have…
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