Several improvements to the update pipeline are now part of Preview 3, including:

• Improve SQL Server insertion logic (also make RETURNING the default INSERT strategy for retrieving db-generated values for other providers).
• Use RETURNING/OUTPUT clause for UPDATE/DELETE
• Refactor ReaderModificationCommandBatch
• Reimplement MaxBatchSize as a pre-check  

So, last week one of my colleagues wanted to serialize an object along with custom property attribute to JSON. Interesting… JSON.NET by default will not allow serializing custom property attribute. So, you have to write custom JSON converter to fix this. Let’s take a look at how 

...Instead of combing through our Azure portal everyday, manually scrolling for resources without tags, I want to use a PowerShell script to query our resources in a subscription and list out items that do NOT have tags assigned to them. 

In this post I will describe how to get most out of the newest version Entity Framework v 2.2 to support pure domain modeling as much as possible. 

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 RC.2

• Find in files "Locating next match" UI is annoying.
• Find files keeps defaulting to current document.
• Quick references freezes VS 2019 RC.
• PackageId:MsSqlCmdLnUtils;PackageAction:Install;ReturnCode:1603;.
• Error List does not show errors because it is scoped to "Current Document".
• Cannot use conditional breakpoint on PropertyInfo.Name value.
• Visual Studio crashes when parsing macros at the end of a file.
• Search in Visual Studio 2019 is very slow.
• Visual Studio hangs when starting debugging.
• vdproj not supported in Visual Studio 2019 RC.
• Visual Studio installer welcome image contains offensive element for Chinese.
• VSIX Extension pre-req has been removed in Visual Studio 2019 RC breaking extension compatibility.
• Create Project from Start Screen Ignores Selected Project Folder.
• cpp properties is dialog does not show up when using Project menu item or select "Manage configuration" drop down menu.
• Visual Studio 2019 Build Tools - developer prompt title says "Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio 2017".
• German tranlation regarding the Feedback Tool: Help > Send Feedback > Report a Problem.
• 自动完成功能，如果双击候选项，会丢失输入焦点，需要单机编辑器才能继续输入-AutoComplete function, if you double-click the candidate, will lose the input focus, need a stand-alone editor to continue to enter.
• Context menus are sometimes placed on the wrong monitor in a multiple monitor configuration.
• Visual Studio 2019 conflict with QQ Pinyin.
• Cannot drag maximized Visual Studio window.
• Fixed slow reload of multiple C# and Visual Basic projects.
• When IntelliSense is present, when a user types Shift + Enter, the active selection will be completed and a new line inserted.
• Fixed a PMA issue where editor tooltips and light bulb doesn't render properly.
• Notifications about crashes caused by extensions now show up again.
• Notifications about performance of Visual Studio have been secured against tampering.
• Fixed an issue with toolbar rendering when dragged across displays.
• Fixed an issue with Tools Options rendering when running with per-monitor awareness enabled.
• Various DpiHelper classes has been deprecated (extensibility).
• Fixed splash screen scaling to better match the primary monitor scale factor.
• Fixed an issue in settings import where warnings/errors were not always reported correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Tools Options reported software rendering regardless of rendering tier.
• Fixed an issue where the name of the open folder was not displayed in the title bar region.
• Fixed an issue with find in files positioning when per-monitor awareness is enabled.
• Fixed an issue with dock adorner rendering when per-monitor awareness is enabled. 

This project uses mocha, chai, typescript and vs code debug toghether, so you can write your api tests easily. 

This is useful for scenarios when you've some api developed in python for example, but you'd prefer to develop tests in typescript/javascript.

Another use case is when you've some legacy api and you want to develop some tests to make [risk free change] of your legacy api possibel! 

This is the first of an eight part series where I am joined by Phil Japikse to discuss design patterns. A design pattern is a best practice you can use in your code to solve a common problem.  In this episode, Phil demonstrates the Command and Memento patterns. 

Episodes in this series:

• Command/Memento patterns (this episode)
• Strategy pattern
• Template Method pattern (to be published 7/20)
• Observer/Publish-Subscribe patterns (to be published 7/25)
• Singleton pattern (to be published 8/8)
• Factory patterns (to be published 8/10)
• Adapter/Facade patterns (to be published 8/15)
• Decorator pattern (to be published 8/17)