Short edition today due to horrendous (road) traffic
Software
- NuGet 2.0 Released – The NuGet Team announce the release of NuGet 2.0. This release brings the new Package Restore Consent functionality in an active state, target framework dependency, content and PowerShell groups and improved tab completion in the package management console
- Released : Windows Azure Training Kit June 2012 – Neil Hutson highlights the release of the Windows Azure Training Kit for June, bringing the training content and hands on labs up to date with the new Virtual Machine and website Azure functionality, along with further tutorials on developing applications on a variety of platforms using Windows Azure services.
Information
- The theory behind covariance and contravariance in C# 4 – Tomáš Pet?í?ek discusses the C# 4 covariance and contravariance functionality, delving into the mathematics behind these two. Fascinating stuff!
- Some History: 2001 "GC#" research project draft, from the MSR Cambridge team – Don Syme take a dip back into his archives to discuss the work that the Microsoft Research team did on the basis for Generics in C# back in 2001, sharing an early research paper.
- Couchbase on Azure: A Tour of New Windows Azure Features – Jim O’Neil takes a look at some of the new features of the Windows Azure platform looking at getting up and running with Couchbase on Windows Azure, exploring Azure virtual networking, and Cloudbase. This is the first part of 6 (all available now)
- "Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012 RC" Free eBook (PDF) and code samples from Microsoft Patterns & Practices – Greg Duncan highlights a free ebook on testing as a part of continuous integration from the folks over at the Patterns and Practices team
- Adding Ninject to Web API – Peter Provost continues his series looking at testing with WebAPI exploring the use of Ninject in WebApi applciations to help isolate dependencies