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By Michael Domingo
This TypeScript 2.0 release candidate shows off a few new features, such as tagged unions and support for more literal types, and flexes itself beyond excludes in the config file with support for globs and includes. Bonus: It's "stable enough for general use," says Microsoft.
09/07/2016
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Developers who have been taking Visual Studio '15' Preview through its paces are getting a good look at a number of key C# 7.0 features, such as tuples and pattern matching.
09/02/2016
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By Michael Domingo
New extension allows editing of JavaScript running in a Safari browser, directly from Visual Studio Code runnning on a Windows or Mac machine. Also: UserVoice getting replaced for another feedback loop.
09/01/2016
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If you want as much editing space as possible, you can clear all of your tool windows with just one menu click. And, in Visual Studio 2015, you can get back to your preferred layout just as quickly.
09/01/2016
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IndexedDB allows you to store data on the client to let the user work offline and to reduce demands on the server. Here's enough code to both get you started and to show you the difference between doing it in JavaScript and doing it in TypeScript.
08/30/2016
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Create the best object for moving data from your Controller to your View.
08/29/2016
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Code Focused
C# might be more elegant with escape sequences, but that doesn't mean Visual Basic is weaker in this area.
08/29/2016
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By Michael Domingo
Many of the new features previewed in the IDE -- setup engine, revamped the Start Page, quick launch from clone, etc. -- have been enhanced and improved. Dozens of language-specific improvements are also embedded in this fourth preview.
08/23/2016
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One way to slow down your application is to make multiple trips to the database. Here's a way to cut those trips in half (at least) and it has to do with the EntityFramework.Extended library.
08/22/2016
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Code Focused
How C# and Visual Basic handle characters and single-character strings is a bit inconsistent. There's no tidy solution, but it's something you do need to know.
08/18/2016
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By Terrence Dorsey
Here's a round-up of the most recently released extensions for Visual Studio. There's something here for everyone, from starting a new project to deploying your code.
08/17/2016
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By adding one open source library to your application (and adding two methods to your LINQ statements) you can cut the time spent on database updates and deletes in half.
08/15/2016
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Here are three tips to make interacting with the toolbox faster.
08/12/2016
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As the end approaches for code-based sandbox support in SharePoint sites, Microsoft and third parties point to a few resources for inventorying sites that use it.
08/11/2016
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Vectors, lists, arrays, matrices and data frames -- a look at five of the most fundamental data structures built into R.
08/10/2016
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You can customize how your Controllers deal with unhandled errors (though "unhandled errors" don't really exist).
08/09/2016
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By Michael Domingo
A release candidate for TFS '15' comes with UI changes on the Web side and a slew of improvements to Agile planning capabilities, Git, Build, and Release Management, to name a few (as well gobs of bug fixes).
08/09/2016
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If you're looking for a lean, mean, cross-platform, desktop code editor then Visual Studio Code might be just your cup of tea. However, if you're used to the level of functionality you get with Visual Studio, it's important to set your expectations appropriately.
08/08/2016
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In-Depth
By William L. Bain
Integrating distributed, in-memory computing with distributed caching can easily extend LINQ semantics to create important new capabilities for real-time analytics on fast-changing data.
08/08/2016
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Support for .NET Standard Libraries means Xamarin apps can share code among other .NET platforms, including .NET Core and ASP.NET Core.
08/03/2016
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By Greg Shackles
Learn how Xamarin.Forms Behaviors and Effects make it easy to customize your apps in ways you can reuse them across all of your apps.
08/03/2016
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By Michael Domingo
With the release of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, there's now a version of the Universal Windows Platform app development tools for Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 that specifically targets it.
08/02/2016
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By Michael Domingo
The container technology company has made its tools that allow for streamlining the process of spinning up and managing Docker containers on Windows and Mac environments generally available.
08/02/2016
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This may sound like a silly thing to ask, but how do you know what version of ASP.NET MVC your application is using?
07/29/2016
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By Michael Domingo
Latest update includes support for more recent Node.js release, as well as quite a few productivity enhancements and bug fixes.
07/28/2016