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I’ve started to use Azure Cosmos DB a bit more over the last couple weeks and I’m really enjoying it.  The first real world scenario that I hit was needing to implement optimistic concurrency. This led me straight into I discovered two caching optimizations you can make for better performance accessing individual documents. Caching SelfLinks If you are using the .NET SDK, each document contains a unique SelfLink property.  This is represented by the _self property in the JSON. View the code on Gist. They are guaranteed to be unique and most importantly immutable. Because the SelfLink is immutable we… Read More »Azure Cosmos DB Caching Tips

  Code reviews are one of the most important development practices to improves quality, reduces bugs, and knowledge sharing.   Here is how to perform Code Reviews with Visual Studio. In order to use code reviews with Visual Studio, you must be using TFVS (Team Foundation Version Control) within Visual Studio Online or Team Foundation Request Code Review Before you commit your changes, in the team explorer go to the My Work section.  Create your code review request by specifying the reviewer (who you want to perform the code review), title, area path, and description.     After submitting the code… Read More »Code Reviews with Visual Studio