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Every EPiServer developer knows that editors love to work with high-resolution images. If those images are not optimized for different devices, they may increase the page loading time and ruin the browsing experience. There is nothing worse than serving 5000x5000px images on a device whose viewport is only 400x700px, or sending big images (15mb+) over a 3G network. The days of fixed-width website design is behind us. HTML5 has support for responsive images using picture element.

www.dcaric.com/blog/resizing-images-in-episerver

ImageResizer is the best image server for ASP.NET. It can be dropped into existing apps and works alongside your CMS or existing platform to eliminate manual image tasks, enable fast and adaptive websites, and improve your sales by reducing page load time.
imageresizing.net/

velocityjs.org/
Velocity.js Overview
Velocity is an animation engine with the same API as jQuery’s $.animate(). It works with and without jQuery. It’s incredibly fast, and it features color animation, transforms, loops, easings, SVG support, and scrolling. It is the best of jQuery and CSS transitions combined. Download
Download Velocity, include it on your page, and replace all instances of jQuery’s $.animate() with $.velocity(). You will immediately see a performance boost across all browsers and devices — especially on mobile. Compatibility
Velocity works everywhere — back to IE8 and Android 2.3. Under the hood, it mimics jQuery’s $.queue(), and thus interoperates seamlessly with jQuery’s $.animate(), $.fade(), and $.delay(). Since Velocity’s syntax is identical to $.animate(), your code doesn’t need to change. Secret Sauce
JavaScript and jQuery are falsely conflated. JavaScript animation, which Velocity uses, is fast; it’s jQuery that’s slow. Although Velocity works alongside jQuery, it uses its own animation stack that delivers its performance through two underlying principles: 1) synchronize the DOM → tween stack to minimize layout thrashing, and 2) cache values to minimize DOM querying.

> Hosting on Azure and building on Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)? You should utilize the (now) wonderful release management tool built into VSTS.
blog.elmah.io/continuous-deployment-to-azure-in-visual-studio-team-service/?utm_campaign=dotNET%20Weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=week-36_year-2018

When a front-end application (think javascript) tries to access your ASP.NET Core API, if your API is hosted at a different “origin” then you’ll see the dreaded “CORS” error.
Use this tool to make your ASP.NET Core API and front-end app play nice.
corsdot.net/?utm_source=list

What’s the deal with async and awaitin C#? Why should a .Net developer in 2018 need to know what it is and how to use it?
www.blog.jamesmichaelhickey.com/async-await-for-the-rest-of-us/?utm_campaign=dotNET%20Weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=week-35_year-2018

Azure is a big cloud with lots of services, and for even the most experienced user it can be intimidating to know which service will best meet your needs. This blog post is intended to provide a short overview of the most common concepts and services .NET developers need get started and provide resources to help you learn more.

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/webdev/2018/09/04/how-to-get-started-with-azure-and-net/

So I’m writing to you, my past coding self, to get you up to speed on something important: The Shell. The future me is (moderately) wiser and wants to help. I wrote a similar guide for Git Rebasing that you (and others) found helpful. My post this time is broader, lays the groundwork for learning and understanding more about the Shell and why it matters.

dev.to/maxwell_dev/the-shell-introduction-i-wish-i-had-551k

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Domain Driven Design for Everyone Else Barry O Sullivan I’ve been talking a lot about Domain Driven Design (DDD) lately, be it at meetups or with clients, so I thought I’d write down my thoughts and see if it helps.
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