Hello and welcome to This Week in .NET — a lovingly curated collection of links relating to what’s new and exciting in the world of .NET. The complete list is tagged dotnetweekly. (Don’t forget to check out our weekly JavaScript and front end roundups too!)
Software
- Kevin Cunnane announces the first preview release of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) 2015 as part of their ‘Fast Train’ previews.
Information
- Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack show off using Process Monitor and Process Explorer to track down a GitHub for Windows issue that he could write up as a bug.
- Rush Frisby discusses the .NET JavaScript Engine and goes over its Performance Results.
- Leon Bambrick tries to figure out which URI encoding method he should use in C#/.NET
- Khalid Abuhakmeh talks about capturing ASP.NET application startup exceptions by reminding us to implement Application_Error.
- Thomas Levesque talks about Exception filters in C# 6 and how their biggest advantage may surprise you.
- Troy Hunt released a free recorded webinar on Pluralsight talking about Why SQL Injection remains the #1 Web Security Risk, even today!
- Scott Ge highlights the open sourcing of the TwinsOrNot.net site which uses Microsoft’s Project Oxford Face Algorithms to detect similarities in faces.
- Steve Smith looks at the application startup process in ASP.NET 5 applications, how it works, and where it has drawn on the OWIN principles.
- Scott Guthrie talks about the New Azure Billing APIs that are now available.
- Robert Green and Mark Wilson Thomas talk about fixing coding mistakes on the fly in VS 2015.
I hope you enjoyed this week’s links. Which ones caught your attention?
Please PM me if you have anything of interest for the next issue, and happy reading! - cpradio