Final releases of VS 2015 Update 1, TFS Update 1 follow quickly after release candidates that were announced during Microsoft's Connect() event in November.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/03/2015
TypeScript has some "interesting" limitations when it comes to overloading functions. But it also offers you some options when you need more flexibility in declaring functions, including both optional parameters and infinite parameter lists.
With the Universal Windows Platform, you can now build apps that truly interact with the new digital assistant for Windows. In this article, Nick Randolph walks through using Cortana to launch and interact with your application.
- By Nick Randolph
- 12/01/2015
Microsoft's Jay Schmelzer described the current state of the developer group's open source efforts in Redmond at a Live! 360 Conference keynote.
Microsoft packages a handful of developer-related services into an Essentials-style pack, and submits Visual Studio Code to beta testing. Oh yeah, and it's also being open sourced.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/18/2015
Preview of new plugin from the developers of the Sencha Web Application Lifecyle Management Platform allows .NET developers to write JavaScript code as if it were native to Visual Studio.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/17/2015
Project Oxford team releases public beta of emotion tool that recognizes a core set of emotional states, which developers can embed into .NET apps.
- By Michael Domingo
- 11/16/2015
You can dramatically simplify your code by using classes to define read-only/immutable objects … but to create classes that behave correctly requires a little bit of redirection.
The short definition of a parameter sweep is that it's the process of trying different training parameter values in order to find a good set of neural network weight values.
- By James McCaffrey
- 11/10/2015
You can dramatically simplify your code by using value objects, but to create a value object that makes sense to the developer who uses it, you need to redefine what the equals sign means. Along the way, Peter points out some problems when you don't use classes to define your data.
Now that you know how to create tag helpers, let's create a custom one that loads a bootstrap-select dropdown via a remote URI.
The TypeScript datatyping support not only applies to simple variables, it also supports you when doing clever things with functions. Specifically, TypeScript ensures you create reliable code when implementing callback functions.
Create precise logic dictating which messages an actor will handle and how they will react to them.
- By Jason Roberts
- 10/26/2015
The acquisition adds Java development capabilities to the company's cross-platform development arsenal.
Microsoft's ASP.NET team is willing to pay $15,000 to developers who discover specific security gaps in .NET Core and ASP.NET.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/21/2015
An introduction to the Chakra JavaScript engine and how it can be used within a Windows 10 app to execute JavaScript.
- By Nick Randolph
- 10/21/2015
The trie data structure is one alternative method for searching text that can be more efficient than traditional search approaches. Here's a trie class you can create in C#.
- By Arnaldo Pérez Castaño
- 10/20/2015
Stop trying to make everything work all at once. Instead, use Domain Events to make applications simpler, more scalable and easier to maintain -- and to defer updates until you can't avoid making them.
Sprint 89 now has support for Azure Active Directory Groups, and previews a new work item form that will be the basis for work item forms moving forward.
- By Michael Domingo
- 10/19/2015
Organizations that encountered security breaches have lost large sums of money, both directly and indirectly in terms of damaged reputations, layoffs, fines, etc. With so much at stake, developers need to turn to IT security, which is now a must for any IT department.