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Distributed system blog posts, podcasts, and presentations are everywhere, but understanding how to actually use various tools, projects, and services? Not so straightforward.

Adron Hall (@adron), Developer Evangelist at DataStax, joins Christina Warren (@film_girl) to break down distributed systems, including what they are (and aren't), then dive into questions to ask as you design distributed data systems and how to weigh pros and cons.

To help you visualize and get started, you'll see his favorite Cassandra* demo -- and how to make systems more intelligent and resilient across clouds and regions.

*Apache Cassandra = NoSQL open source distributed database

00:54 What is a Distributed System?

04:07 Distributed database demo - multi-cloud, mulit-node, DataStax and more

08:32 When should I use a distributed system

10:00 Getting started resources, repos and more

Check out Microsoft + Open Source: https://opensource.microsoft.com/

DataStax Academy materials available here: https://academy.datastax.com/courses

Explore Cassandra: http://cassandra.apache.org/

Adron's blog: https://compositecode.blog/

DataStax Enterprise is available in the Azure Marketplace here: https://aka.ms/DataStax_and_Azure_Marketplace

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Here is a smart way to use sound to provision IoT devices with wireless configuration, Cloud connection credentials and more. Chirp (https://chirp.io) created enterprise-ready, cross platform SDKs for transmitting data over sound and the Azure IoT team collaborated with Chirp to implement a nice and easy way to setup an MXChip devkit and connect it to Azure IoT Central using just sound.

Get started with Azure IoT Central: http://azureiotcentral.com

Get started with the Chirp SDK: https://admin.chirp.io/

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Mark Jacobs joins Scott Hanselman to discuss how Microsoft's internal enterprise increases compliance and creates a more trusted cloud environment using the Secure DevOps Kit for Azure (AzSK). Learn how Microsoft's DevOps teams leverage this tool to continuously keep their cloud applications secure and how you can use the same tool to reduce risk in your environment.

For more information:

• Secure DevOps Kit for Azure
• Secure DevOps Kit for Azure documentation
• Getting started with the Secure DevOps Kit for Azure
• Create a free account (Azure)

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This week on Channel 9, Christina is back, this time wearing more ironic merch (keep those nerd shirt suggestions coming!), and ready to talk about the latest developer news, including:

• [00:30] Azure Devs at GopherCon, including a workshop on Cloud-native Go and an upcoming Azure Friday takeover.
• [00:53] Microsoft Ignite - now with more code and you can register for Ignite. It runs September 24-28 in Orlando.
• [01:24] Azure CosmosDB JavaScript SDK 2.0 Public Preview
• [02:06] Linux on Azure App Service Enviornment now Generally Available
• [02:48] Windows Container Support in Azure App Service Public Preview
• [03:20] #FiveThings About CSS
• [03:31] Defrag Tools: Console Command Favorites
• [03:44] The Xamarin Show: FlexLayout for Xamarin.Forms Explained
• [04:00] VS Code Extensions For the Discerning Developer Palette
• [04:20] Microsoft Underwater Data Center Gets Webcams amd you can watch the stream at the project website. Utterly mesmerizing!
• [04:47] Christina's Pick of the Week Meet the 15-year old World Excel Champion

Don't forget to let me know your favorite VS Code extensions in the comments!

Please leave a comment or email us at twc9@microsoft.com.

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This week, James is joined by friend of the show David Ortinau, Xamarin SDK & Xamarin.Forms Program Manager, who introduces us to exactly what this new FlexLayout is all about. He walks us through some awesome demos of how and when you would want to use FlexLayout and how you can combine it with CSS if you desire for super awesomeness.

Show Links:

• FlexLayout documentation
• CSS + Xamarin.Forms documentation
• David's Felxibility GitHub Project
• Find James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.
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• Xamarin Developer Center & Blog
• Xamarin and Azure
• Mobile DevOps
• Xamarin University Self-Guided