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Introduction to .NET Framework Compatibility

May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 05/2/16
Bertrand Le Roy
This post was written by Mike Rousos, a software engineer on the .NET team. Introduction Beginning with the .NET Framework 4.0, all versions of the .NET Framework with a major version number of 4 (called ‘4.x’ versions) install as in-place updates. This means that only one 4.x .NET Framework is installed on a computer at a time. Installing...

Building accessible websites just got a lot easier

May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 05/2/16
Mads Kristensen
(image) When building websites it is important that it is accessible for everyone that needs to use it. Implementing web accessibility features greatly helps to achieve that. Here’s what the W3C has to say about that: Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web. More specifically, Web accessibility means that people...

WebForms can Gulp too – Using Node Tools with ASP.NET WebForms

April 29, 2016 Apr 29, 2016 04/29/16
Jeffrey Fritz
Visual Studio 2015 brought a set of tools into the IDE from the Node environment that are great for web developers to use.  Many folks who build JavaScript applications or single-page-applications were eager to see the introduction of these tools to Visual Studio.  Can the tried and true ASP.NET Web Forms framework use Gulp, npm, bower, and ...

The week in .NET – 4/27/2016

April 26, 2016 Apr 26, 2016 04/26/16
Bertrand Le Roy
To read last week's post, see The week in .NET – 4/19/2016. Xamarin Evolve Tomorrow, April 27th, the Xamarin Evolve conference keynote will be streamed live at 9AM EST. Watch it here: https://evolve.xamarin.com/live. On.NET Last week on the show, we had Burke Holland and Sam Basu from Telerik. This week, we'll speak with Benjamin ...

Notes from the ASP.NET Community Standup – April 19, 2016

April 21, 2016 Apr 21, 2016 04/21/16
Jeffrey Fritz
This is the next in a series of blog posts that will cover the topics discussed in the ASP.NET Community Standup. The community standup is a short video-based discussion with some of the leaders of the ASP.NET development teams covering the accomplishments of the team on the new ASP.NET Core framework over the previous week. Within 30 minutes...

The week in .NET – 4/19/2016

April 19, 2016 Apr 19, 2016 04/19/16
Bertrand Le Roy
To read last week's post, see The week in .NET – 4/12/2016. On.NET Last week on the show, we looked at what PlayFab is doing to help game developers take advantage of the cloud. This week, we'll be speaking with Telerik. Package of the week: NUglify NUglify is a library that can minify JavaScript and CSS. It has no dependencies, and can ...

Introducing the Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool Version 1.3

April 19, 2016 Apr 19, 2016 04/19/16
Stacey Haffner [MSFT]
This post was written by Rakesh Ranjan Singh, Senior Software Engineer on the .NET Setup team. We are happy to announce the latest version of the .NET Framework Repair Tool that supports all versions of the .NET Framework from 3.5 SP1 to 4.6.1. This version of the tool adds support for .NET Framework 4.5.2, 4.6 and 4.6.1. The .NET Setup ...

On .NET – 4/14/2016 – PlayFab

April 19, 2016 Apr 19, 2016 04/19/16
Bertrand Le Roy
We're back this week with a new episode with PlayFab to talk about how the cloud can help make awesome games. PlayFab is going to be present at a few conferences over the next couple of months: Mobile Dev + Test: https://mobiledevtest.techwell.com/program/concurrent-sessions/can-your-mobile-infrastructure-survive-million-concurrent-...

What’s new for the .NET Native Compiler and Runtime in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2

April 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016 04/18/16
Stacey Haffner [MSFT]
Last week we released an update to the Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Universal Windows Apps (UWA). The release includes improvements across the libraries, runtime, and compiler. This means that development is faster and applications will be more responsive and easier to maintain. Applications such as NCAA March Madness Live and TuneIn Radio ...