Squash the dangers lurking in your SQL queries by setting parameters by way of parameterized queries.
Test, test and test again. You can automate those tests with a TestServer-based Web app that doesn't even touch the Web server.
- By Jason Roberts
- 07/27/2017
Playing around with Apple's Core Image imaging technology, using some simple C# code to perform facial recognition and apply filters to photos.
- By Wallace McClure
- 07/26/2017
Here’s a roundup of the newest tools and extensions available for the new Visual Studio 2017 release.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 07/25/2017
It's a programming language darling of those working in the data science/machine learning space, which might explain why Python takes the top spot in a recent IEEE survey. Plus: .NET Insight Podicast 11 explores coding camps.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/24/2017
James McCaffrey uses cross entropy error via Python to train a neural network model for predicting a species of iris flower.
- By James McCaffrey
- 07/20/2017
PowerShell Core, the version aimed at providing scripting capabilities across a number of platforms, will eventually supersede the Windows-only version. A beta is available now, with a full release planned for end of this year.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/19/2017
Among an explosion of free offerings in the Microsoft imprint are resources for mobile development, available to Microsoft Virtual Academy members. Plus, MS Press is discounting certification-related titles by more than half off if bought in bulk.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/14/2017
Keynotes and general sessions from the Azure event in June are now available on-demand. Also announce is a series of OpenDev events online at least two more times. And in this week's .NET Insight Podcast: How a bug (real, not the computer variety) figured into the making of the iconic Windows XP desktop.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/07/2017
Get Visual Studio to be more helpful when you're working with HTML.
Here's how to use Angular2 and TypeScript to retrieve JSON objects from an ASP.NET MVC controller and populate your page with the results.
Windows Template Studio, the wizard-based coding engine for Windows 10 UWP apps, gains momentum with a newer point release this week. Also, in this week's .NET Insight Podcast, we ask: Who are your programming heroes?
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/30/2017
When something goes wrong with your Web Service the decent thing to do is to return your errors in a variety of ways.
You like the idea of an AJAX application, but would rather not write the JavaScript yourself. You're in luck: ASP.NET MVC provides two tools that write the client-side code for you. And these tools even make sense if you’re comfortable with writing your own JavaScript.
C# finally gets the BASIC GOSUB feature through local functions, but local functions take that GOSUB-like capability up a few notches.
Sensibly, ASP.NET MVC 5 prevents users from entering HTML or Script tags into your page's textboxes, protecting you from a wide variety of hacks. However, for those rare occasions when you do need to let the user enter tags, here's how to do it.
Wally shows you how to use Xamarin.iOS to create a pedometer app for a Fitbit that employs the CoreMotion Framework.
- By Wallace McClure
- 06/20/2017
You don't have to resort to writing C++ to work with popular machine learning libraries such as Microsoft's CNTK and Google's TensorFlow. Instead, we'll use some Python and NumPy to tackle the task of training neural networks.
- By James McCaffrey
- 06/15/2017
Long live the programming language that is still running strong well into the second half of its third decade. What might help it is a provision for VB-based .NET Core and .NET Standard libraries in an upcoming VS 2017 release.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/13/2017
The .NET Framework gives you three different ways to call a Web Service. However, depending on your scenario, the latest and greatest object isn’t necessarily your best choice.