Software development without a roadmap is akin to driving off a cliff — an undertaking that seriously jeopardizes your product’s life. Here’s how to develop a business technology roadmap that ensures your project safely reaches its final destination.

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Connie Yau joins Scott Hanselman to demonstrate the advantages of using the new Azure SDK by comparing rewrites of the same application, one using the legacy library and the other using the unified Azure SDK. In this example, Connie uses the Azure SDK for Java.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:01:45]– Cloud Clipboard sample app[0:03:07]– Adding authentication[0:06:02]– Common Azure core functions (pagination, logging, etc.)[0:07:51]– How it started vs. how it's going[0:08:54]– Idiomatic design principle[0:10:05]– Wrap-upDownload the Azure SDKAzure SDK for Java on GitHubAzure SDK code samplesAzure SDK design guidelinesConnie's Cloud Clipboard sample on GitHubCreate a free account (Azure)

Connie Yau joins Scott Hanselman to demonstrate the advantages of using the new Azure SDK by comparing rewrites of the same application, one using the legacy library and the other using the unified Azure SDK. In this example, Connie uses the Azure SDK for Java.[0:00:00]– Introduction[0:01:45]– Cloud Clipboard sample app[0:03:07]– Adding authentication[0:06:02]– Common Azure core functions (pagination, logging, etc.)[0:07:51]– How it started vs. how it's going[0:08:54]– Idiomatic design principle[0:10:05]– Wrap-upDownload the Azure SDKAzure SDK for Java on GitHubAzure SDK code samplesAzure SDK design guidelinesConnie's Cloud Clipboard sample on GitHubCreate a free account (Azure)

How to write the competition section for a book proposal

By Michael Swaine

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