• News

    IDE Irony: Coding Errors Cause 'Critical' Vulnerability in Visual Studio

    In a larger-than-normal Patch Tuesday, Microsoft warned of a "critical" vulnerability in Visual Studio that should be fixed immediately if automatic patching isn't enabled, ironically caused by coding errors. 01/17/2025

  • In-Depth

    Building Blazor Applications

    A trio of Blazor experts will conduct a full-day workshop for devs to learn everything about the tech a a March developer conference in Las Vegas keynoted by Microsoft execs and featuring many Microsoft devs. 01/16/2025

  • The Data Science Lab

    Gradient Boosting Regression Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the gradient boosting regression technique, where the goal is to predict a single numeric value. Compared to existing library implementations of gradient boosting regression, a from-scratch implementation allows much easier customization and integration with other .NET systems. 01/15/2025

  • News

    Microsoft Execs to Tackle AI and Cloud in Dev Conference Keynotes

    AI unsurprisingly is all over keynotes that Microsoft execs will helm to kick off the Visual Studio Live! developer conference in Las Vegas, March 10-14, which the company described as "a must-attend event." 01/14/2025

  • News

    Copilot Agentic AI Dev Environment Opens Up to All

    Microsoft removed waitlist restrictions for some of its most advanced GenAI tech, Copilot Workspace, recently made available as a technical preview. 01/13/2025

  • News

    Microsoft's New Cloudy Java: The Modern Web App Pattern and 'Strangler Fig'

    Having introduced its Modern Web Application (MWA) pattern for Java developers late last year, Microsoft is now promoting the cloud-centric concept further by highlighting the benefits of the "Strangler Fig" approach. 01/10/2025

  • News

    VS Code Python Devs Get 'Full' Language Server Mode for Pylance

    Serving tens of millions of developers, Microsoft's dev team for Python in Visual Studio Code shipped a new release with three major new features, including a "full" language server mode for Pylance, which provides language-specific "smarts," including IntelliSense. 01/09/2025

  • News

    Top 10 GitHub Copilot Extensions, Led by Docker and PerplexityAI

    They work in GitHub.com, the Visual Studio IDE and VS Code, where developers can access various services, perform actions and generate files without leaving those dev environments. 01/08/2025

  • Q&A

    The Science Behind User Interface Design

    UI design expert Billy Hollis helps developers and designers grasp the principles of the human visual system to create interfaces that are not only functional but also intuitive and engaging. 01/07/2025

  • The Data Science Lab

    Random Forest Regression and Bagging Regression Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the random forest regression technique (and a variant called bagging regression), where the goal is to predict a single numeric value. The demo program uses C#, but it can be easily refactored to other C-family languages. 01/02/2025

  • News

    Compare New GitHub Copilot Free Plan for Visual Studio/VS Code to Paid Plans

    The free plan restricts the number of completions, chat requests and access to AI models, being suitable for occasional users and small projects. 12/18/2024

  • Q&A

    Diving Deep into .NET MAUI

    Ever since someone figured out that fiddling bits results in source code, developers have sought one codebase for all types of apps on all platforms, with Microsoft's latest attempt to further that effort being .NET MAUI. 12/17/2024

  • News

    Copilot AI Boosts Abound in New VS Code v1.96

    Microsoft improved on its new "Copilot Edit" functionality in the latest release of Visual Studio Code, v1.96, its open-source based code editor that has become the most popular in the world according to many surveys. 12/17/2024

  • The Data Science Lab

    AdaBoost Regression Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the AdaBoost.R2 algorithm for regression problems (where the goal is to predict a single numeric value). The implementation follows the original source research paper closely, so you can use it as a guide for customization for specific scenarios. 12/16/2024

  • Q&A

    Versioning and Documenting ASP.NET Core Services

    Building an API with ASP.NET Core is only half the job. If your API is going to live more than one release cycle, you're going to need to version it. If you have other people building clients for it, you're going to need to document it. 12/13/2024

  • News

    TypeScript Tops New JetBrains 'Language Promise Index'

    In its latest annual developer ecosystem report, JetBrains introduced a new "Language Promise Index" topped by Microsoft's TypeScript programming language. 12/11/2024

  • News

    OpenSilver 3.1 Unveils Drag-and-Drop XAML Designer for VS Code

    Claiming an industry first, Userware announced a drag-and-drop XAML designer for use in VS Code, coming with OpenSilver 3.1, the latest iteration of the open-source implementation of Microsoft's long-deprecated and oft-mourned rich client development platform, Silverlight. 12/10/2024

  • News

    Visual Studio Dev Vexed by Copilot's Obtuse 'Responsible AI' Refusal

    No matter what, some systems simply won't divulge exactly what in the current conversation caused them to balk, simply pointing to vague policies and generic guidance. 12/09/2024

  • Q&A

    Build Your First AI Applications with Local AI

    "AI right now feels like a vast space which can be hard to jump into," says Craig Loewen, a senior product manager at Microsoft who is helping devs unsure about making that first daunting leap. 12/05/2024

  • News

    On Blazor Component Reusability - From Day 0

    "We want to try to design from Day One, even Day Zero, with reusability in mind," says Blazor expert Allen Conway in imparting his expertise to an audience of hundreds in an online tech event on Tuesday. 12/04/2024

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