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    How to Train a Machine Learning Radial Basis Function Network Using C#

    A radial basis function network (RBF network) is a software system that's similar to a single hidden layer neural network, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research, who uses a full C# code sample and screenshots to show how to train an RBF network classifier. 03/24/2020

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    Visual Studio 2019 for Mac v8.5 Ships

    Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 shipped this week, improving ASP.NET Core authentication and unit testing, adding support for Azure Functions 3.0 and more. 03/24/2020

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    Microsoft Details Low-Code DevOps

    The burgeoning low-code application development space should and can do DevOps too, says Microsoft, which has detailed new tooling for its Power Apps and Power Platform. 03/23/2020

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    Visual Studio Code Gets New Python Debugger

    The March 2020 update to Microsoft's wildly popular Python extension for Visual Studio Code focused on improving quality via bug fixes, but it did introduce a new debugger. 03/20/2020

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    F# 5 Preview Focuses on Interactive Analytics

    Microsoft is previewing F# 5, the latest iteration of its functional-first programming language, as it moves toward a unifying .NET 5 release in November. 03/19/2020

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    Microsoft Advances Native UI Platform for Windows, WinUI

    Microsoft this week launched a new web site for WinUI, its native UI platform for applications running on Windows 10 devices, as a new version 3 is offered in beta. 03/18/2020

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    Unifying .NET 5 Arrives in Preview 1

    Microsoft released .NET 5 Preview 1, the first iteration of what will become one framework to handle all .NET development projects. 03/17/2020

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    What's New for .NET, Mobile, C++ and Debugging in Visual Studio 2019 v16.5

    Microsoft released Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5, with new features for .NET, C++, debugging and many more areas. 03/16/2020

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    'Docker for Visual Studio Code' Tool Generally Available in Version 1.0

    Microsoft shipped version 1.0 of the extension for Visual Studio Code used to build applications that use Docker containers, adding support for an experimental Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) engine among a slew of new features. 03/16/2020

  • The Data Science Lab

    How to Create a Radial Basis Function Network Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to design a radial basis function (RBF) network -- a software system similar to a single hidden layer neural network -- and describes how an RBF network computes its output. 03/13/2020

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    Microsoft: 'We Do Not Plan to Evolve Visual Basic as a Language'

    In its move to the open-source, cross-platform .NET Core, Microsoft will support Visual Basic in the upcoming .NET 5 and is expanding the programming language's supported application types to help VB developers migrate their code, but noted "we do not plan to evolve Visual Basic as a language." 03/12/2020

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    Blazor WebAssembly Tackles Progressive Web Apps

    The client-side effort of Microsoft's Blazor project -- for C#-based web development powered by WebAssembly -- is out in a new preview before a May debut, adding support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) among several other new features. 03/11/2020

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