January 2016

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01/31/2019

January 2016

Volume 31 Number 1

[Big Data]

Making Big Data Batch Analytics Easier Using U-SQL

Michael Rys introduces the new Big Data language U-SQL with its combination of SQL and C# semantics and demonstrates its power for solving batch-oriented analytics problems using a sample dataset. He also shows how to use Visual Studio to speed up development.

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[Upstart]

A Winning Plan

Krishnan Rangachari

Even the longest journey starts with a single step. Krishnan Rangachari explores how he managed the challenge of taking on large projects and adopted a winning attitude.

[Big Data]

Real-Time Data Analytics for .NET Developers Using HDInsight

Omid Afnan

Omid Afnan explores the question of how to collect, analyze and act on continuous streams of data in real time, and walks through a simple but powerful scenario that deals with a stream of tweets, using Apache Storm as the key tool to enable real-time, continuous analytics.

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[Cutting Edge]

Don’t Gamble with UX—Use Wireframes

Dino Esposito

Effective wireframes and domain-driven design ubiquitous language provide a means for developers to communicate concepts and ideas in software development.

[Big Data]

Creating Big Data Pipelines Using Azure Data Lake and Azure Data Factory

Gaurav Malhotra

Learn how to build a big data pipeline using Azure Data Factory to move Web log data to Azure Data Lake Store, then process that data using a U-SQL script on the Azure Data Lake Analytics service.

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[Data Points]

EF7 Migrations: Not New but Definitely Improved

Julie Lerman

Code First Migrations has undergone some dramatic changes with Entity Framework 7. The workflow is much cleaner and more straightforward, and source control is far easier, as Julie+Lerman explains.

[Windows 10]

Using the OneDrive REST API in a Windows 10 App

Laurent Bugnion

In part one of a two-part series, Laurent Bugnion looks at Microsoft OneDrive and the low-level REST APIs that enable developers to work with the HttpClient, async/await keywords and the JSON.net package.

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[The Working Programmer]

How To Be MEAN: Test Me MEANly

Ted Neward

In the latest installment of his series on the MEAN stack, comprised of MongoDB, Express, AngularJS and Node.js, Ted Neward explores automated tests that exercise the API he's built over previous issues.

[Game Development]

Babylon.js: Advanced Features for Enhancing Your First Web Game

Raanan Weber

Raanan Weber continues his tutorial on game development with Babylon.js by enhancing his simple bowling game with advanced features like collision detection, physics integration, audio effects and more.

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[Essential .NET]

C# Scripting

Mark Michaelis

Mark Michaelis delves into the new C# scripting environment of Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, which brings a new C# read-evaluate-print-loop (REPL), available as an interactive window within Visual Studio 2015 or as a command-line interface.

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[Don't Get Me Started]

Moving Forward, Looking Back

David Platt

The twin Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, today are exploring the edges of our solar system and beyond. David Platt asks, who will write and maintain the code for the probes, which are nearly 40 years old?