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July 25, 2021
Jul 25, 2021
07/25/21
Suppose a user pastes some plain text into a document. In principle, the text can contain any Unicode character. That includes virtually all characters used in the current languages of the world along with many ancient scripts and a plethora of symbols, mathematical and otherwise, that don’t belong to any language. The question arises as to ...
July 23, 2021
Jul 23, 2021
07/23/21
Happy Friday! With Jay out of the office this week, I'm back with some great community content to keep you going until he's back.
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July 23, 2021
Jul 23, 2021
07/23/21
It doesn't mean anything special any more, but it once did.
July 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021
07/22/21
Hello Android developers! Reading books on Microsoft Surface Duo can be a great take on the classic reading experience. In this blog, we will walk through an eBook reader sample I created as an internship project. This eBook sample demonstrates how the Two Page layout for foldable devices can naturally spread content across multiple...
July 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021
07/22/21
Learn about the new System.Text.Json source generator
July 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021
07/22/21
Remember where it searches.
July 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
07/21/21
In this three-part series we will explore how to build modules and header units from the command line as well as how to use/reference them. The goal of this post is to serve as a brief tour of compiling and using primary module interfaces from the command line and the options we use. Note: This tutorial will focus primarily on dealing ...
July 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
07/21/21
Today we’re inviting you to try out Visual Studio 2022 for Mac as we share our first private preview release. This is the first release of our .NET IDE with a refreshed, fully native macOS UI. We’d love for you to download it, try it out, and share your feedback to help us shape the next major release of Visual Studio for Mac. The ...
July 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
07/21/21
It’s been a while since we last mentioned the D3D9On12 mapping layer. As a quick refresher, it maps D3D9 commands to D3D12 by acting as the D3D9 Device Driver Interface (DDI). Having this mapping layer enables older D3D9 applications to run on modern systems that may not have a D3D9 driver. Since the last blog post, we’ve added support for...
July 21, 2021
Jul 21, 2021
07/21/21
Xamarin.Essentials 1.7 is here with some great enhancements for your mobile and desktop apps. We also talk about the future of the library with .NET MAUI Essentials.
Join us in shaping the next major release of Visual Studio.