The goal is to eventually get developers to start working more diligently on apps aimed at the Windows 10 IoT Core platform by way of Node.js. That's where Node.js Tools for Windows IoT 1.5 comes in.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/26/2016
Use Node.js or .NET to write data-accessible apps that target Azure Mobile App on the back end with this new plugin.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/25/2016
You want to give the user the ability to select one (or more) items from a table. It's not as easy in ASP.NET MVC as you might like... but it's not awful, either.
If you have software development skills then there are actually a wide range of positions you can reasonably expect to migrate to (assuming you want one of those jobs). Here are some useful numbers on average salaries and job openings on which to base your decision.
ASP.NET 5.0 is no more, at least by name -- it's now ASP.NET Core 1.0. Newer versions of .NET Core 5 and Entity Framework 7 will also follow suit.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/20/2016
Now that the JavaScript engine is open to the development community at large, it paves the way to making it available on Linux and other non-Windows platforms.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/19/2016
Now that you've got a good sense of how to "speak" R, let's use it with linear regression to make distinctive predictions.
- By James McCaffrey
- 01/18/2016
Web pages aren't read-only anymore. These rich text editors let users post content of all kinds, edit content and even write collaboratively within the browser.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 01/15/2016
JetBrains announced that it's developing a C# integrated development environment that works independently of the Visual Studio environment.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/14/2016
Developers (including you) benefit when you provide a string representation of your class. By implementing IFormattable, you can take control of this representation and provide some flexibility. Besides, if you don't provide one, the Microsoft .NET Framework will provide a useless one for you.
Also noteworthy: weird keyboard layout problem encountered by developers on OSX -- fixed.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/12/2016
Like a mobile force, Xamarin 4 awakens. So upgrade now, especially if you're a Visual Studio developer and building apps for iOS.
- By Wallace McClure
- 01/11/2016
With the Universal Windows Platform, developers can target a wide variety of devices with a single application, but it comes with performance ramifications. We look at ways to make those apps more efficient and highly performant.
- By Nick Randolph
- 01/08/2016
Incremental update version 14.0.2 of the Eclipse plugin supports Mars, mixed repository use in projects.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/07/2016
For this first in a series, Eric Vogel checks out the new IReadOnlyCollection<T> Stack<T> and Queue<T> implementations in .NET Framework 4.6.
You're a developer who's managed to create the killer app. You've also built a well-rounded team and marketing plan to push it. But wait -- is it what users want?
- By Wallace McClure
- 01/06/2016
It's a small step, but a duet of sender-side features are enabled in this preview that allow a more nuanced way of pushing out event-driven WebHooks to users.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/04/2016
Security risks will be a major concern for companies using some versions of .NET Framework and SQL Server after extended support ends some time this year.
Generic classes and functions are one way to create flexible, reusable classes and functions. But before you start creating your own generic functions, you should be clear on when they’re your best choice.
It's no small feat to be able to customize work items, right from the Web. The functionality is due to process inheritance, which is a function of Team Process Templates.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/22/2015