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C’est une des réalités cruelles du monde du travail: alors qu’à chaque rentrée, des jeunes gens brillants et (sur-)diplômés font leurs premiers pas en entreprise, ils se rendent rapidement compte que si c’est grâce à leur intelligence et leurs capacités de réflexion qu’ils ont ét via Pocket

When I got into JavaScript, there was only one browser that mattered: NetScape. It dominated completely until Microsoft started shipping IE with the OS. In those days, the argument that JavaScript’s developer tools were weak was actually true. via Pocket

RAML RESTful API Modeling Language RESTful API Modeling Language (RAML) is a simple and succinct way of describing practically-RESTful APIs. It encourages reuse, enables discovery and pattern-sharing, and aims for merit-based emergence of best practices. via Pocket

"Des survalorisations intenables dans la durée, des marchés financiers instables, une Chine affaiblie : tout annonce l'inévitable". Ces mots n'ont pas été proférés par un militant anticapitaliste énervé. via Pocket

Disclaimer: I speak in absolutes below for brevity. Yes, nearly every “rule” in programming has exceptions. JavaScript is hard. It moves so fast that it’s often unclear whether you’re “doing it wrong” at any given moment. Some days it feels like the bad parts outweigh the good parts. via Pocket

Simply place BATBAND™ around the back of your head, pair it to a mobile device through Bluetooth, control its features using the touch sensors and you are set to listen to your favourite tunes, or discreetly make and take calls. via Pocket

At DockerCon this year, Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure, demonstrated the first ever application built using code running in both a Windows Server Container and a Linux container connected together. via Pocket

After reading this overly long tome: What Programmers Want I thought a bit about programmer motivation. via Pocket

Often considered two alternative tools, Docker and Vagrant can be used together to build isolated and repeatable development environments. via Pocket

You might have heard the news that .NET is open source. In this post I’m going to explain what exactly we open sourced, why we did it, and how you can get involved. If you’re not familiar with . via Pocket

In my last post I threw 100 randomly generated email addresses to an Azure event hub and it didn’t even budge. Now it’s time to process the data and store it in a setup that resembles haveibeenpwned. With the events now in the event hub, I could create another cloud service which uses the . via Pocket

German security researchers find 56 million data records lying unprotected in cloud back-end databases. via Pocket

Today we’re launching a four part series that covers simple steps you can take to improve your apps and make your release cycles faster. Our advice is based on real-world challenges and rewards from Niels Frydenholm, Senior iOS Developer at eBay Classified, who spoke at Xamarin Evolve 2014. via Pocket

Si vous avez plus de temps, le présent article reprend – point par point – les éléments de la « carte de référence », en étayant et justifiant les propositions. Bonne lecture! via Pocket

JSON support in SQL server is one of the most highly ranked requests with more than 1000 votes on the Microsoft connect site. We have announced that SQL Server 2016 will have a native JSON support. Note that this will not be the exact copy of native XML support that exists in SQL Server since 2005. via Pocket

The microservices architectural style has been the hot topic over the last year. At the recent O'Reilly software architecture conference, it seemed like every session talked about microservices. Enough to get everyone's over-hyped-bullshit detector up and flashing. via Pocket

I have spent quite a bit of time teaching cqrs, ddd, strong boundaries, document data stores, and all sorts of other methods for taming complexity in either wide applications (lots of features/complexity) or  high volume systems (both have different issues). via Pocket