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With .NET 6 Support Ending, Security Vulnerabilities Loom

While many Visual Studio developers are awaiting the debut of .NET 9 in November, they might want to pay attention to a looming security issue with .NET 6, which will reach end of support at the same time, perhaps leaving apps open to cybersecurity attacks.

Semantic Kernel AI SDK Gets Autonomous Agents (Experimental)

As AI matures, agents are one of the most significant areas of development, and Microsoft's Semantic Kernel AI dev tooling is getting them, as an experiment for now.

'GitHub Models' AI Playground Debuts with Llama 3.1, GPT-4o and More

GitHub Models is unveiled as a limited public beta to help platform's 100-million-plus developers try out the latest/greatest AI models from a range of providers.

Java, Python Tooling Advances in VS Code

Microsoft's Visual Studio Code dev teams for Java and Python announced Gradle enhancements for the former and improved Python discovery for the latter.

Copilot in Visual Studio Will Get Access to Org Knowledge Bases

Visual Studio devs who have become dependent upon GitHub Copilot AI assistance will have to wait a while for a hot new feature already available in VS Code.

Microsoft Going Small in Semantic Kernel AI Dev Tooling

In revealing future plans for its Semantic Kernel AI dev tooling, Microsoft said it's going small -- at lease in terms of AI model size.

Microsoft Previews AI Prompt Playground for VS Code: Prompty

Prompt engineering positions might not be pulling down $335,000 salaries anymore, but Microsoft is continuing to pump out AI model prompting guidance, with a recent effort being Prompty, described as an intuitive prompt playground delivered in a Visual Studio Code extension.

Google Extends Free Use of VS Code AI Assistant Until Nov. 8

Developers who use Google's Gemini Code Assist tool in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor were this month informed the tool would be free to use until Nov. 8, 2024, an extension of a previous July 11 deadline.

Stack Overflow Dev Survey: VS Code, Visual Studio and .NET Shine

In this year's big Stack Overflow developer survey things are much the same for Microsoft-centric data points: VS Code and Visual Studio still rule the IDE roost, while .NET maintains its No. 1 position among non-web frameworks.

Cloud-Native .NET Aspire 8.1 Targets Building Containers, Orchestrating Python

Microsoft's first significant update to .NET Aspire for cloud-native app development addresses the building of container images and the orchestration of Python code among a bevy of new features and enhancements.

Uno Platform 5.3 Enhances Hot Reload UI

Uno Platform 5.3 shipped with enhanced Hot Reload UI functionality, full support for the Rider IDE from JetBrains and more.

Visual Studio Uses RUBICON to Improve AI Conversations

AI assistants have improved coding productivity, but how do you know if they're getting better?

Visual Studio Subscribers Now Get 'Visual Studio Live!' and Other Learning Discounts

Microsoft announced new learning benefits to subscribers of its flagship Visual Studio IDE, including discounts for Visual Studio Live! developer conferences and other educational opportunities.

ChatGPT's Impact on App-Dev? GitHub Site Gives Instant Insights

GitHub just updated its online open data and insights platform that provides information on the global and local impact of developers, letting users instantly see their own software development trends.

Microsoft Focuses on .NET Aspire, 'Modern SQL' with AI at Dev Conference

Microsoft yesterday announced its dev execs will focus on cloud-native development with .NET Aspire -- along with modern SQL with a touch of AI in Microsoft Fabric -- at a developer conference next month at the company's Redmond headquarters.

OpenSilver 3.0 Framework for .NET Gets UI by AI

A new AI-powered UI designer highlights the new release of OpenSilver 3.0, a free, open-source UI framework for building modern .NET web applications in C# and XAML, basically a reimplementation of Microsoft Silverlight that runs on current browsers via WebAssembly.

Copilot AI Gets Smarter, More Secure in Visual Studio Previews

Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 dev team has been focusing on the AI-powered GitHub Copilot coding assistant as it ramps up the next major release, v17.11.

.NET 9 Addresses NuGet Vulnerabilities in Preview 6

With new dev tooling security vulnerabilities publicized regularly, Microsoft's new .NET 9 Preview 6 addresses the problem in one specific area: NuGet packages used for sharing code libraries, tools and other assets in the .NET ecosystem.

Microsoft Makes UI Changes for Java on VS Code

Java on Visual Studio Code got some UI changes including new sections for the project settings page, along with improvements for Spring development.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Adds Bevy of Blazor Controls

Syncfusion beefed up its Blazor offerings in the second major 2024 release of its third-party development tooling for Microsoft-centric developers.

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