The Morning Brew

Software

• NuGet 1.5 Released! – Phil Haack announces the release of NuGet Version 1.5. The new release brings with it changes to both server and client, along with improvements to the adding of references, exclude file support in NuSpec files, the ability to include NuGet Packages in project templates, improved dependency handling on package removal, support for proxies which require authentication, and much more. It might be worth holding off updating though, as Phil announced on twitter that a problem with the release had been found.
• .NET Micro Framework 4.2 RC2 Now Released – Pete Brown highlights the release of the second Release Candidate release of the .NET Micro Framework 4.2
• MiniBuss on Codeplex – Johan Danforth announces the first beta release of MiniBuss, a micro framework implementation of a Service Bus framework backed onto MSMQ. The release is available on NuGet and CodePlex, and the CodePlex project page has a short getting started guide.
• Announcing PostSharp 2.1 RC 1 – Gael Fraiteur announces the first release Candidate of PostSharp 2.1. This release brings with it the finalized version of the Architecture Validation, Project Properties page for Visual Studio, Compatibility with Code Contracts 4.0 and Silverlight 5, and much more.

Information

• Don’t Execute A Backbone.js Route Handler From Your Code & Don’t Limit Your Backbone Apps To Backbone Constructs – Derick continues his series of posts on the Backbone,js client side framework with a discussion of a seemingly simple set of requirements which actually prove to be tricky to implement, illustrating some important lessons along the way, and Derick also discusses the importance of having good example applications to learn from.
• Adding sparklines to your MVC site using the Google Chart API & Using the .NET Chart API to add sparklines to your MVC site – Brian Ritchie has been exploring te options for implementing SparkLines, those small line graphs which are used to indicate trends, exploring the use of Google Chart API and .NET Chart API to implement them in your ASP.NET MVC sites.
• 3 Ways to update the Application Tile Content in Mango – Michael Crump takes a look at the different techniques for updating the graphical content of the Windows Phone Application Tiles in your Mango Applications.
• T4 Metadata and Data Annotations Template – Dan Wahlin explores the use of T4 Templates and Data Annotations to generate metadata classes for an existing Entity Framework Model, discussing his solution and sharing his efforts on CodePlex.
• GIT Cheat Sheet (and some version control best practices too on page 2) – Greg Duncan highlights a nice simple looking Git cheat sheet which also supplements the one page o GIT command information with a page of best practices for working with Git and more generally with any Version Control System.

Community

• SQLRelay: Manchester – The UK SQL Server community goes into overdrive between the 3rd and 5th October (following straight on from SQLBits) with the SQL Relay Usergroup events kicking off in 13 local usergroups. Events are happening in Manchester, Kent Brimingham, Surrey, London, Bristol,Hatfield,Leeds,Southampton,Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Exeter
• On tour – Mark Rendle announces details of his Scottish Tour, taking place in early October where he will be delivering sessions at usergroups in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.

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