The Morning Brew

Software

• jQuery 2.0 Released – Dave Methvin announces the release of jQuery 2.0, a smaller leaner jQuery which leaves behind the support for older browsers such as Internet Explorer 6,7 and 8. 2.0 also improves the custom build file sizes, and feature jQuery 1.9 API equivalence. This release also supports the building of Windows 8 Store applications.

Information

• ASP.NET Web API: CORS support and Attribute Based Routing Improvements – Scott Guthrie gives an update on two forthcoming features of ASP.NET Web API discussing support for Cross Origin Resource Sharing, and improvements to attribute based routing, bringing the attributes closer to the actual code that executes for a given request
• Inside Portable Class Libraries – Simon Cooper takes a look under the hood of Portable Class Libraries, exploring how they allo libraries to be executed on multiple platforms and share references correctly.
• The Definitive Reference To Why Maybe Is Better Than Null – Nick Knowlson discusses the use of a Maybe type in preference to a null reference in code, looking at the concept and reasoning behind the use of Maybe and answering some of the common questions that arise from such discussions.
• Previewing image uploads with FileReader in HTML5
  – Michael Williamson shares a useful look at an HTML5 feature which allows your client side application code to access file content, allowing you to create client-side previews of files to be uploaded
• Website Performance with ASP.NET – Part4 – Use Cache Headers – Markus Greuel discusses the importance of setting the correct cache headers in your ASP.NET web applications to ensure that your application gets the most performance benefit
• Goodbye preview.nuget.org. Hello staging.nuget.org! – The NuGet team announce a change to the backend services to help aid testing QA and staging of packages by splitting their use of preview.nuget.org and introducing a new package author staging server ‘staging.nuget.org’

Community

• Windows AzureConf this Tuesday – Scott Guthrie highlights the Windows AzureConf virtual event, streaming live from 9am to 5pm PST on Tuesday 23rd Apri. The event features great range of sessions both live and pre-recorded covering many aspects of the Azure Platform.
• Interested in exploring how Windows Azure and cloud computing could be used in designing and developing computer games? – David Gristwood highlights an event being held in four European cities at the end of this month / beginning of next which looks at building gaming platforms backed by Windows Azure services. The UK event takes place in Reading on 1 May.

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