Andrew Connell's Insights & Perspectives on Tech Training
Sharing some of my experiences and insights into technical training in a recent interview with Office 365 Developer Podcast co-hosts.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Articles
Here you'll find articles & other useful resources. Enjoy!
Previous Articles
Some Perspectives on my experiences as a conference speaker
Dive into the debate on conference dynamics with my response to Troy Hunt’s recent article, adding a seasoned presenter’s perspective.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
What's Next for Me: Introducing Voitanos OnDemand Courses
Reflections on a Career Journey Teaching SharePoint and Creating Training Content - Author shares their experiences and accomplishments.
Monday, October 31, 2016
gRPC and Protocol Buffers: an ALT to REST APIs and JSON
In this article, I’ll introduce you to gRPC, an alternative to creating REST APIs and passing large JSON blocks around.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Better JS Testing Experience with VS Code and Wallaby.js
Speed up your JavaScript testing in VSCode with Wallaby.js. Wallaby.js automatically runs your tests and see the results without leaving your code files!
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Debugging Node.js projects with TypeScript and VS Code
In this article, learn how you can debug Node.js projects, written in TypeScript, using VS Code’s native capabilities.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Node.js, TypeScript & building to different folders
In this post, I explain how I set up my Node.js projects, written in TypeScript. I’ll share how I build to different folders.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Updates to Office UI Fabric and ngOfficeUIFabric Roadmap
Last week the Office UI Fabric team shared some significant changes to the Office UI Fabric project. Learn about the changes in this post.
Friday, August 5, 2016
Lessons Learned: My Experience with Identity Theft
In my post, I share my story of becoming a victim of identity theft & the importance of being cautious with personal details. Learn from my experience.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Simplify Your Technical Presentations with Docker Containers
I’m presenting at SPTechCon in Boston, demonstrating how to build an Office Add-in for Outlook with Angular 2, using a hands-on approach.
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Understanding Docker and Containerization: An Overview
The post explains the fundamentals of Docker and containerization technology, providing an overview from a different perspective
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Merging Pull Requests with ngOfficeUIFabric - In Action
I recently wrote how pull requests are managed for the ngOfficeUIFabric project as well as how we automate our CD process. In this post, see it in action!
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
ngOfficeUiFabric v0.11.0 Released - Sharing a New Directive
Today we released v0.11.0 of the ngOfficeUiFabric. This release includes a new directive, multiple fixes, updates to Office UI Fabric 2.6.1 and tooling updates.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Microsoft Cloud Show ep 127: The Future of SharePoint
Microsoft’s Future of SharePoint event in San Francisco showcases direction for SharePoint with deep-dive pre-recorded videos available.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
ngOfficeUiFabric v0.9.0 Released - Sharing a New Directive
ngOfficeUiFabric library v0.9.0 is out! This release includes a new directive, multiple fixes and new features such as support for the new fixed table type.
Monday, April 25, 2016
ngOfficeUiFabric v0.8.0 Released - Two New Directives
ngOfficeUiFabric library v0.8.0 is out! This release includes two new directives, bringing us to a total of twenty-six (26) directives!
Monday, April 18, 2016
My Experience - NASA Social Event and SpaceX CRS-8 Launch
Experience my behind-the-scenes look at SpaceX’s CRS-8 mission launch and Falcon9 rocket’s first-stage landing on a drone ship at NASA Social.
ngOfficeUIFabric on the Channel9 Office Dev Show (ep 25)
I joined Microsoft’s Sonya Koptyev in the Channel 9 studios to talk about the ngOfficeUIFabric project - tune in to quickly see what it’s all about!
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
ngOfficeUiFabric v0.7.0 Released - Three New Directives
ngOfficeUiFabric library v0.7.0 is out! This release includes three new directives, bringing us to a total of twenty-four (24) directives!
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
ngOfficeUiFabric v0.6.0 Released - Two New Directives
ngOfficeUiFabric library v0.7.0 is out! This release includes three new directives, bringing us to a total of twenty-four (24) directives!
Monday, March 7, 2016
ngOfficeUIFabric - How We Do It - Continuous Delivery
Want to learn how we build the ngOfficeUIFabric OSS library? In this article, I share some of our processes how we keep things organized with contributors.
Monday, March 7, 2016
ngOfficeUIFabric - How We Do It - Handling Pull Requests
Learn what we consider good pull requests & how we merge them in ngOfficeUIFabric. You will notice we aren’t doing or saying anything all that unique.
Friday, March 4, 2016
ngOfficeUIFabric - How We Do It - Keeping a Clean Commit Log
Learn how we keep a very clean commit log, one that is self-documenting, one that is very easy to read and quickly identify when and where stuff happened.
Friday, March 4, 2016
ngOfficeUiFabric v0.5.0 Released - Two New Directives
Today we released v0.5.0 of the ngOfficeUiFabric. This release includes two new directives, bringing us to a total of seventeen (17) directives!
Wednesday, February 24, 2016