Julie Lerman. THE JULIE LERMAN dropped by the show and taught me five ways that you can interact with data from VS Code. This episode was particularly enlightening for me because Julie is always full of great information that nobody else seems to know about. We also discuss my over-sized nacho purchase and subsequent indigestion (thanks, Vegas) and a VS Code-like product that you may have never even heard of. Julie Lerman on TwitterCosmos DB Extension for VS CodeSQLite Extension for VS CodeJulie's MSDN article on Azure Data StudioAzure Data Studio

Burke is joined by Anthony Chu to discuss five different ways to build real-time applications with JavaScript. Also, Burke wears a wig to fulfill his hair dreams and Anthony crushes those dreams in real-time. Links: Anthony Chu on TwitterLong Polling blogSSE: Using server-sent eventsWeb Sockets APISignalR at asp.netAzure SignalR Microsoft Docs

What does Azure DevOps have to do with generators, Captain Kirk, and ponies? Where can you get therapy for your VB 6 scars? Why don't Angular, React, and Vue developers have a cool logo like docker? How can you automate your development pipeline using whatever tools you want with Azure DevOps? We turn to the triple amazing Donovan Brown to lay this all out. DevOps Resource Center here.

What does a giant Jenga tower have in common with NoSQL databases? NOTHING. But we're giving you both anyway. In this episode, Burke and Jasmine Greenaway bring you five reasons that you should check out Cosmos DB today. They also play a dangerous game of Jenga with an oversized tower made out of 2x4's, and someone nearly gets crushed. Jasmine Greenaway on TwitterCosmos DB IntroCosmos DB / C# / JavaScript App TutorialCosmos DB / Azure Functions Tutorial Learn more at aka.ms/5things-azureTo watch more episodes go to Five Things PlaylistFollow Hosts Burke Holland and John Papa on Twitter

Refined. Genteel. Sophisticated. In this episode, Burke is joined by the great JavaScript connoisseur, Brian Holt to bring you five magical ways that VS Code can work with Azure. These are all the classiest VS Code extensions for the discerning cloud palette. Links from the show...Brian Holt on TwitterAzure App Service ExtensionAzure Cosmos DB ExtensionAzure Event Grid ExtensionAzure Functions ExtensionAzure Storage Extension Learn more at aka.ms/5things-azureTo watch more episodes go to Five Things PlaylistFollow Hosts Burke Holland and John Papa on Twitter

ROCK AND ROLLLLL cause Vue.js is here and we are back with Burke's BFF and Vue.js core team member, Sarah Drasner. This week we bring you Five Vue.js libraries that will melt your face off and or rock your socks. This one was filmed in the late afternoon in the hottest possible place on earth (Building 25 cafeteria in Redmond to be exact) and there was much sweating and discussion of said sweating. Follow Sarah on Twitter Links from the show: Vuelidate: https://monterail.github.io/vuelidate/Vuetify: https://vuetifyjs.com/en/Vue Test Utils: https://vue-test-utils.vuejs.org/Vue Apollo: https://github.com/Akryum/vue-apollocuid: https://github.com/ericelliott/cuid

Phil Haack joins John Papa on this week's FIVE THINGS to talk about (more than) five things about GitHub. Check out these links from the show: Ignore white space in code review blog postKeep your project boards up to date, automatically blog postGithub DesktopAnalyzing GitHub Issue Comment Sentiment With Azure blog postAzure Sentiment Analysis on GitHubGitHub Changelog

SSSSSSSSSSSSSingle Page Applications – they're applications with a single page (sometimes) and we build a lot of them in 2018. In this episode, Burke sits down with Asim Hussain to go over Five Super-Secret Special Services for Single Page Applications. This episode is all about services that you can use to speed up your app, scale like a pro and of course go to the top of Hacker news. Also, Burke eats a Dum Dum and Asim trims his beard. Check out these links from the show...Asim Hussain on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jawacheWebsite deployment with Azure Storage: https://cda.ms/JnCreate an Azure CDN Profile and endpoint: https://cda.ms/JpDeploy to Azure with Azure Functions: https://cda.ms/JqCreate and automate your first app with Azure Logic Apps: https://cda.ms/JrBuilding a Mongo DB API with Azure Functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89WXgaY-NqY

It's a gadget extravaganza! Burke sits down with Suz Hinton and a ninja cat that sings the Final Countdown (yes, really) to bring you Five IoT Devices that you should have bought yesterday. Buttons, light bulbs, starter kits, ninja cats – we've got you covered on how to invest a little bit of cash and get a lot of cool connected stuff. Also, Suz has her first Goo Goo Cluster and Burke makes a shameless plea for chocolate covered financial support.Items from the show... Azure IoT HubPower BI – For Visualizing IoT DataThe IoT Devices... LIFX LightbulbBurke's ienjoylamp.comAdafruit HUZZAH BreakoutAzure MX ChipFlic ButtonParticle Maker KitThe Final Countdown Ninja Cat is not available in stores. Sorry! :(

Christina Warren joins John Papa to talk Five Things about developing on a Mac. They talk about the kind of hardware you need, software for web and Swift developers, CI/CD workloads on Azure and macOS, and containerizing all the things! Links for the stuff mentioned: Duet Display -- for turning your iPad into a secondary monitor for your Mac (or Windows) computer. Swift Extension for VS Code - Maintained Swift extension/debugger for VS Code Visual Studio App Center and instructions on how to do your first build -- especially if you don't have all the hardware you need to test on. Setting Up Azure Service Fabric on a Mac - Service Fabric doesn't run natively on a Mac, but with the power of Docker, you can get it running! Docker Desktop - Containerize all the things with Docker and the Docker desktop app for macOS. Learn more at https://aka.ms/5things-azure To watch more episodes go to https://aka.ms/FiveThingsPlaylist Follow Hosts https://twitter.com/John_Papa and https://twitter.com/burkeholland on Twitter