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Practical .NET
Integrating lambda expressions into your methods is easy. The trick is in recognizing when to use them. And that means understanding when the strategy and factory method patterns are going to make your applications better.
09/27/2016
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News
From Microsoft Ignite: The partnership that kicked off between the two companies two years ago takes another leap forward into the cloud in a big way.
09/26/2016
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If you have areas in your application where you often put breakpoints, it might be worthwhile to give them names so that you can manage them in the Breakpoints window.
09/26/2016
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In-Depth
You might be surprised how easy it was to port this NoSQL database for .NET to the Python language.
09/23/2016
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Code Focused
Each language treats case clauses differently, but there's a way you can make them less boring in C#.
09/21/2016
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News
It appears to be an incremental update, but the new features make all the difference when it comes to speed.
09/21/2016
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Code Focused
Here's another area where the two languages differ.
09/21/2016
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Visual Studio Toolbox
The tools and extensions keep on coming, so here's another round-up of new releases. You keep building extensions, we'll keep sharing them with the Visual Studio community.
09/20/2016
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Cross-Platform C#
The goal of one tool for every platform isn't quite a reality yet, but you can get close. Here's what you can accomplish so far with Xamarin tools.
09/20/2016
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News
The Visual Studio team said the goal with the new setup engine is to speed up installations, as well as install only what is necessary for what the developer requires.
09/19/2016
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Practical .NET
Back when he had a job, Peter used to hire developers. When he did, there were three questions he got from Scott Hanselman's blog, way back at the beginning of the .NET Framework that he's still asking today.
09/19/2016
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News
At Microsoft's conference later this month, it will show off the microservice-based ALM too. It won't have Visual Studio support, but developers will be able to use Linux dev tools to allow Service Fabric to tap into Linux VMs.
09/16/2016
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If you do any more with numbers than just add, subtract, multiply or divide then you need the Math class. In fact, you probably need the Math class even if that's all you do.
09/15/2016
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News
Among the list of bug fixes is one that squashes a potential security issue with ASP.NET Core View Component that can result in an elevation of privilege on systems.
09/14/2016
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Code Focused
Standard function breakpoints probably help in most of the debugging sessions. But, sometimes, there's simply too much code to check, too many objects or cases. What if you want to filter out code that generates a breakpoint? Here's a look at conditional breakpoints.
09/14/2016