Ah, Streams... how could I ever forget about manipulating files in code and needing to use Streams to read and write them! I've written a lot of .NET in my life and am used to the way you read and write files with it, but I've been increasingly doing a lot of Python (BTW: .NET … Continue reading Reading and writing binary files with Python with Azure Functions input and output bindings
Microsoft Ignite 2020 – Recommended Sessions for Australian Developers
It feels like only yesterday I read through the session list for Microsoft Build 2020 and pulled out what I thought were the best sessions to attend. Here we are in September and it's now time for Microsoft Ignite 2020 which kicks off tomorrow! Microsoft Ignite tends to be much more of an IT Pro … Continue reading Microsoft Ignite 2020 – Recommended Sessions for Australian Developers
Serverless Days ANZ 2020 Retrospective
The first ever Serverless Days ANZ event run on Friday September 4 and, boy, what a success it was! In this post I'll go into the online event in a bit more detail and look at some of the stats along with my highlights. Apart, yet more together From early 2020 the organisers of Serverless … Continue reading Serverless Days ANZ 2020 Retrospective
Building a virtual event platform using Microsoft Azure
Over the last several months I've been involved in the coordination of multiple online community events and a constant struggle I see is the choice of platforms out there to host these sort of events. In this post I am going to run through how Azure can provide all you need if you wanted to … Continue reading Building a virtual event platform using Microsoft Azure
Building manageable, loosely-coupled serverless solutions with Azure Event Grid
This is a post I've been working on for a while and comes off the back of a talk I did at the online meetup for Sydney Serverless in April 2020. Over the last few years I've spent a lot of time focused on the serverless space having built one of the first Azure Functions … Continue reading Building manageable, loosely-coupled serverless solutions with Azure Event Grid
Build 2020 – Recommended Sessions for Australian Developers
Phew! I just trawled through all 600+ sessions for this year's online Microsoft Build 2020 and pulled out what I think are the not-to-miss sessions for developers. I've put together the following list which encompasses the smaller, sometimes interactive sessions that will be on offer. You will be able to catch big keynote moments elsewhere … Continue reading Build 2020 – Recommended Sessions for Australian Developers
Free Microsoft Teams for communities: public file sharing
In my last post on using Microsoft Teams as an online community hub I looked at how to setup Teams. In this post I want to talk about how you can use Teams to share files with your community. A challenge the Azure Sydney User Group has been facing is providing access to presentations, etc, … Continue reading Free Microsoft Teams for communities: public file sharing
Free Microsoft Teams for communities: getting started
Many moons ago when I joined the Azure Sydney User Group as an organiser we had a website. Over time the site remain unloved and was eventually decommissioned in favour of just hosting the group on Meetup. As demand for the group and its content has grown over the last few years, and with the … Continue reading Free Microsoft Teams for communities: getting started
Getting your community event online
There's been a large amount of change over the last couple of months due to the impact of COVID-19 on in-person events. As I've spent much of the last eight years running, or being involved with, community events I thought I'd share some tips and insights I've gained over this time on what you need … Continue reading Getting your community event online
I’m a .Net developer, do I need to switch languages?
No. Thanks for coming to my TED talk. I work for Microsoft, but not on the teams who work on .Net or Visual Studio. This piece is entirely *my* opinion and is not informed via any internal insights I hold! Seriously though, what *does* the future hold for .Net developers in 2020? Just last week … Continue reading I’m a .Net developer, do I need to switch languages?
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