Version 3.1.2 of the Microsoft F# derivation has expanded portable library support and enables the Publish option in Web and Azure projects.
- By Michael Domingo
- 09/03/2014
Microsoft's Amanda Silver addressed the challenges of developing for a widening spectrum of devices infiltrating the enterprise, and demonstrated a few tools that have been added to the Visual Studio suite for tackling those challenges head on.
Microsoft's Azure team releases NoSQL document database-as-a-service accessible for devs looking to toward the cloud for app development/deployment, as well as a few other developer-friendly Azure tools.
Third round of funding to go toward expanding Visual C#-based mobile app tool offerings, and to growing the company's sales and marketing teams.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/21/2014
Unified API at root of changes that will allow developers using Xamarin tools to simplify developing for 32- and 64-bit frameworks, as well as share code between Android and Apple apps.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/20/2014
VS "14" CTP 3 includes early build of next-generation Microsoft .NET Framework and ASP.NET, plus a slew of enhancements that include C++ productivity improvements.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/19/2014
This time, it's an issue with new Git projects.
The repair team says it's rolling back recent updates to mitigate the problem.
The latest version includes both fixes and upgrades.
Microsoft indicated it will postpone a planned fix for Internet Explorer to block out-of-date ActiveX controls because of customer feedback, apparently to give users more time for testing.
.NET vNext isn't here just yet, but Microsoft wants developers to move on to .NET Framework 4.5.2 as soon as possible, with support for versions 4 up to 4.5.1 ending mid-January 2016.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/11/2014
"Summer update" comes with improved URL support, message logging, and authentication.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/07/2014
In related news, also released is another CTP for an extension for developing apps with the Apache Cordova platform.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/06/2014
Also released today: Azure SDK 2.4 for .NET.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/05/2014
Version 4 of the XML Schema-to-C++ compiler now supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and 2013.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/04/2014
New version of middleware integration platform integrates directly with .NET-written or -supported applications.
- By Michael Domingo
- 08/01/2014
Now that Kinect for Windows 2.0 devices have shipped, a preview of the software development kit is available for more than game developers.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/31/2014
An explanation of the Visual Studio Online outage that occurred July 18 was simply Azure SQL Database slowness, but it was a bit more than that.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/31/2014
A mere month later, Microsoft's point release of the Unity gaming platform add-on comes mainly with debugging improvements.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/30/2014
A portfolio of apps customized for your environment is the key to maximizing SharePoint's benefits.