Developers can use the Desktop App Converter to convert Win32- and .NET 4.6.1-based apps to run on the Universal Wndows Platform and related extensions and toolings.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/17/2016
New updates mainly fall into the performance and reliability categories, but the .NET engineering teams also inlcude an update to the .NET Core SDK, dubbed 'Preview 1.'
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/16/2016
When working with TypeScript it's not unusual to need a class that matches an already existing server-side class written in C#. Here's one way to get from C# to TypeScript by doing what you normally do.
Now that you know how to communicate with the Band apps, here's another twist. Let's get interactive.
- By Nick Randolph
- 05/12/2016
Another preview of the next VS IDE adds debug improvements, including Edit and Continue capability while building XAML apps, as well as latest TACO Update 9.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/12/2016
In part 3 of this series on the C++ Core Guidelines, we explore constructors and why, rather than writing a default constructor, you should use in-class member initializers, a feature added in C++ 11.
- By Kate Gregory
- 05/11/2016
Tutorial kit showcases using Play Web app framework to build Java-based apps that interoperate with .NET.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/11/2016
Something as simple as a checkbox has users expressing their excitement with this update, but there are quite a few features that will be rolling out with the latest update that also shouldn't be ignored.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/10/2016
You can't make a complicated problem simple. But, by leveraging the right tools in your language (and the Visitor pattern) you can ensure that your code doesn't get as complicated as your problem.
Major update to cross-platform framework for building native apps includes support for Visual Studio Code and TypeScript, as wel as AngularJS, Maven, and CocoaPods.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/09/2016
In its mission to maintain openness with the developer community, Microsoft shows the road ahead for the eventual release of .NET Core 1.0 with Visual Studio 15.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/06/2016
The support and community development portals for Microsoft developers and IT specialists is getting a cloud upgrade, starting with a preview of services around Microsoft's enterprise mobility technologies. Bonus: It's being open sourced.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/05/2016
Programmatic efficiency is a highlight of this release, with a command-line option for extensions and clearer information for starting new projects.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/04/2016
New to this type of analysis? It's a classic statistics technique that is still useful. Here's a technique for doing a one-way ANOVA using R.
- By James McCaffrey
- 05/04/2016
Microsoft's venerable RDBMS gets a major update, with a developer-enabled version that unclutters the enterprise database solution development process.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/03/2016
Leveraging the right combination of object-oriented tools can keep your code simple, even as the problems you solve get more complicated.
Microsoft Azure has become one of the top cloud computing environments and we've got 14 essential tools for integrating Azure right into your development environment.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 05/02/2016
SharePoint 2016 and add-in development support are highlights of this release that allows Visual Studio developers to customize Microsoft Office.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/28/2016
Providers for Oracle, MySQL, PostgresSQL, SQLite 5.5, and DB 2.0 can now work with Entity Framework Core 1.0 RC1.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/28/2016
Add pressure-based interactions in your apps in just a few minutes.
- By Greg Shackles
- 04/27/2016