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Visual Studio Gets Experimental Razor Editor for Blazor, Other Projects

The latest preview of Visual Studio 2019 16.7 adds an experimental Razor editor for working with Blazor, boosting web development with C#/.NET instead of JavaScript. 07/16/2020
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Move Over XAML, Xamarin.Forms Now Does Markup in C#

Although C# markup for Xamarin.Forms has been available since Xamarin.Forms 4.6 (it's now at v4.7) debuted this spring, it was just "introduced" on the Microsoft Developer Blogs site by creator Vincent Hoogendoorn. 07/15/2020
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Microsoft Updates .NET Core, Issues Remote Code Execution Security Advisory

Microsoft issued security updates for .NET Core while releasing a security advisory about a remote code execution vulnerability. 07/15/2020
The Data Science Lab

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Outliers

After previously detailing how to examine data files and how to identify and deal with missing data, Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research now uses a full code sample and step-by-step directions to deal with outlier data 07/14/2020
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.NET 5 Performance Improvements Cited with 250-Plus Pull Requests

Stephen Toub has documented performance improvements coming in .NET 5, the milestone all-things-.NET unification effort debuting in November that completes Microsoft's transition from the ageing Windows-only .NET Framework to the open source, cross-platform .NET Core direction. 07/13/2020
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New JavaScript Debugger Now Default in VS Code 1.47 (June 2020 Release)

Oft-cited No. 1 development tool Visual Studio Code has a new debugger for the oft-cited No. 1 programming language, JavaScript, in the new June 2020 release of Visual Studio Code, version 1.47. 07/10/2020
Visual Studio Toolbox

Mads Kristensen Unveils 'The Essentials' Visual Studio Extension Pack for All Devs

Visual Studio senior program manager Mads Kristensen has created a new extension pack for the IDE to ease the acquisition of the basic tools that would benefit all developers. 07/09/2020
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Azure Machine Learning Studio Web Debuts

Microsoft announced the Azure Machine Learning studio web experience is generally available with a bunch of new features. Here's what's new. 07/09/2020
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Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 Preview 3 Boosts Linux-Based C++ Development

We reported that Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 Preview 2 -- released early last month -- sported a C++ focus, and that holds true for Preview 3. 07/08/2020
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Popularity Index: Classic Visual Basic Hangs In There

While the latest TIOBE Index of programming language popularity isn't earth-shaking -- focusing on an all-time high for statistical language R -- perhaps the the biggest surprise is this: Classic Visual Basic (VB6) is still in the top 20. 07/07/2020
The Data Science Lab

Data Prep for Machine Learning: Missing Data

Turning his attention to the extremely time-consuming task of machine learning data preparation, Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to examine data files and how to identify and deal with missing data. 07/06/2020
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AWS Cloud Helps Users Port .NET Framework Apps to .NET Core

Amazon Web Services introduced a tool to help its cloud computing users port their .NET Framework apps to .NET Core, the open source, cross-platform successor to the 18-year-old, Windows-only legacy framework. 07/02/2020