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Near Real-Time Data Streaming with Azure Stream Analytics

Azure Stream Analytics is Microsoft’s latest addition to its suite of advanced, fully managed, server-less...

Dashboards, Data, Data visualization

Why No One is Using Your Dashboard

Adapted from a lightning talk presented at MERL Tech 2018 in Washington DC. As a...

.NET, Developer Tools, Software Development

NancyFX Vs. Web API in ASP.Net Core

In my previous post, I gave an overview of NancyFX, an open source and community...

.NET, Developer Tools, Software Development

Getting Started NancyFX and ASP.Net Core

Many people will start a new ASP.Net Core project and choose Web API as their...

Developer Tools, Software Development, Tools

Application vs System Container

So you’re thinking about jumping into container technologies and everywhere you look suggests that you...

Design, Software Development, UI/UX

How to Run an Effective Design Review

Design reviews are an important part of our design process at Excella. Whether they’re called...

Agile, Scrum, Software Development

Sprint Zero or Not to Sprint Zero

A colleague of mine recently asked me and a few other Excella developers our opinions...

careers, UI/UX, User Experience

Q&A with UX Legend Jared Spool

Last week on a rainy Thursday night, Jared Spool stood before a packed audience at...

Developer Tools, JavaScript, Software Development

The Best New Feature of Angular 4

A team of Excellians recently attended ng-conf 2017 in Salt Lake City, UT, the premiere...

.NET, Developer Tools, Software Development

Entity Framework Core: The Cross Platform ORM for .Net

What is Entity Framework? Entity Framework (EF) has been an important part of the Microsoft...

Developer Tools, Software Development, Tools

3 Tips for Integrating Jenkins Job DSL Plugin

Creating and editing jobs in Jenkins is a tedious and error-prone task. A Jenkins server...

Business Analysis, Software Development, User Experience

5 Tips for Conducting User Interviews

As a new UX professional, performing a user interview can be a daunting task. Your...