The Morning Brew

Software

• Announcing release of ASP.NET and Web Tools 2013.1 for Visual Studio 2012 – The ASP.NET team announce the release of the ASP.NET and Web Tooling 2013.1 update for Visual Studio 2012, allowing developers using 2013 and 2012 to collaborate, and make use of ASP.NET MVC 5, WebAPI2, etc
• XUnit.PhantomQ v.1.2 Released – Tom DuPont announces the release of XUnit.PhantomQ 1.2, a NuGet package which allows your QUnit Tests in JavaScript to be run as though they were XUnit Tests.

Information

• RyuJIT .NET JIT compiler CTP1 FAQ – The .NET Team share a Frequently Asked Questions article on the RyuJIT Compiler, the new 64 bit JIT compiler for .NET
• Browser Link APIs in Visual Studio 2013 RTM – Reshmi Mangalore shares a detailed look at the BrowserLink functionality included in Visual Studio 2013, exploring the APIs which allow you to extend this functionality with your own custom behaviours.
• Managing the number of concurrent tasks using the TAP – Bill Wagner answers a customer question looking at controlling the number of tasks running at any given time using the Task Asynchronous Programming Model.
• Giving Clarity to LINQ Queries by Extending Expressions – Edward Charbeneau takes a look at making LINQ expressions more easily comprehended by adding your own extension methods which return queries.
• Disabling ARR’s Instance Affinity in Windows Azure Web Sites – Erez Benari takes a look at Azure’s use of Application Request Routing in and looks at some of the potential trouble spots in its use.
• Refactoring to Functional – Reducing and Flattening Lists – Hadi Hariri continues his series looking at refactoring code to a more functional programming style with a look at processing and working with lists.

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