The Morning Brew

Software

• Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3 & Announcing WebMatrix 3 – Scott Guthrie and Justin Beckwith announce the release of WebMatrix 3, the latest edition of Microsoft’s lightweight web development tooling which enables development in ASP.NET, PHP and Node.js. This release centres around the Windows Azure integration, improving remote editing capabilities and integration with TFS and Git.
• jQuery Migrate 1.2.0 Released – Dave Methvin announces the release of jQuery Migrate 1.2.0 which can be used with jQuery 1.9 or 2.0 to plug the gaps in the API where methods have been removed, providing a means of gradually updating your applications to use only the supported functionality of the V1.9 and v2.0 versions.

Information

• There are now Visual studio project templates for Nancy – Christiaan Baes highlights the availability of Visual Studio project templates for NancyFx available now as a VSIX from the Visual Studio Gallery, providing a much easier way to get up and running with a Nancy project.
• Using Nancy to Remotely Control a Desktop Application & An Example for Self-Hosting Nancy in an Application – Roland Weigelt discusses the how and why of his recent project working with NanxyFx to create an application which allows the controlling of a Desktop application
• Penny Pinching in the Cloud: Enabling New Relic Performance Monitoring on Windows Azure Websites – Scott Hanselman takes a look at the free offering of New Relic for working with Windows Azure, looking at how it offers improved monitoring of your Windows Azure services
• Mmm, curry – Eric Lippert highlights the May-June edition of .NET Curry Magazine, a free publication (although registration is required)
• MSDN Magazine – Speaking of Magazines, The May edition of MSDN Magazine is now out with articles looking at authentication with Social Media Applications, JSON support in Windows Runtime Components, ‘One ASP.NET’ and much more

Community

• DDD East Anglia Sessions – Session Voting for DDD East Anglia, the first DDD event of the year, has now opened, with most of the month available for voting on a great range of sessions.
• NxtGenUG – Event: Windows Azure Websites – The Hereford NxtGenUG chapter welcome Richard Conway for a session looking at the use of Windows Azure Websites for hosting your applications on Monday 13th May.

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