DevOps
Continuous integration and delivery to Azure websites with Bamboo
Fortunately for Azure developers, there are many great ways to set up continuous delivery (CD) to Websites. I use Bamboo CI server.
Code
Craft Beer
Kegbot and the dream of merging beer with technology
I love beer! And because of the love affair, I've had a kegerator in my home for over a decade. I still love and enjoy bottles of my favorite brews, but there is nothing like pouring yourself a beer right from your stainless tap.
DevOps
Use Raygun error tracking with your Debug and Trace code
As we all know, exception handling is critical to every application's success. It's not a matter of if something goes wrong, it's how and when. However, it's one thing to trap an exception and another to get that information into an actionable format.
Azure
Use Kudu webhooks with Mobile Services for easy deployment notifications
Kudu is all around great tool if you're using Azure Websites. It will not only build and deploy your code from git, but it also provides a lesser-known web interface available on every azure website
Git
Streamline your TFS to Git migration with Gitflow
As a long-time TFS user and VSS user before that, what is most commonly referred to as centralized version control (CVCS) was all I knew.
Git
Migrate an existing project from TFS to Git with changeset history intact
When I started searching on the topic of moving from my 2-year-old TFS repository on visualstudio.com over to a new git repository, I was mentally preparing myself for a struggle.
Code
Automate Nuget pack and push using Grunt and Node.js
Automation is fun, even when it's simple. If it makes sense, I try to automate as much as possible in my professional and personal life.
Azure
Getting full text search up and running in Azure
For those that have apps running in Azure using Azure SQL databases, you'll notice one major feature missing. There is no full text search capability.
Open Source
Recent Bootstrap and Metro UI package updates
Twitter.Bootstrap.Less updated to the latest source and published on 11/13/2013. Full changelog on the Bootstrap blog.
Code
Bootstrap NuGet package moving to Outercurve
As of v3.0.1.1, the Twitter.Bootstrap package will begin redirecting users to the Bootstrap package managed by the Outercurve foundation.