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Introducing Azure API Apps
As part of the Azure SDK 2.5.1 release, a new feature called Azure API Apps were included. This new feature raises the capabilities of ASP.NET Web API, extending it with Swagger metadata while providing a simple to manage interface in the Azure Portal. Extend your API with authentication and no code changes, or generate an SDK for your API with a few clicks. A full definition of API Apps and their capabilities is available in the online Azure documentation. Video coverage of the API Apps announcement with Scott Guthrie is available online: Let’s take a quick look at some concepts, with links to more informati...
Prism grows up
It's been over seven years since the Prism project started, led by the patterns & practices team. It was originally known as the Composite Application Library. Last year, we celebrated our 5th official release of Prism. The two major focuses of that release were: composability and ease of community contribution. From the beginning, Prism has had a strong community focus. This hasn't simply been a matter of surveys and user studies, but frequent discussions and regular code reviews with community members and industry experts. Now it's time to take Prism to the next level. We are very pleased to announce that...
Prism grows up
It's been over seven years since the Prism project started, led by the patterns & practices team. It was originally known as the Composite Application Library. Last year, we celebrated our 5th official release of Prism. The two major focuses of that release were: composability and ease of community contribution. From the beginning, Prism has had a strong community focus. This hasn't simply been a matter of surveys and user studies, but frequent discussions and regular code reviews with community members and industry experts. Now it's time to take Prism to the next level. We are very pleased to announce ...
Prism grows up
It's been over seven years since the Prism project started, led by the patterns & practices team. It was originally known as the Composite Application Library. Last year, we celebrated our 5th official release of Prism. The two major focuses of that release were: composability and ease of community contribution. From the beginning, Prism has had a strong community focus. This hasn't simply been a matter of surveys and user studies, but frequent discussions and regular code reviews with community members and industry experts. Now it's time to take Prism to the next level. We are very pleased to announce ...
Customize external web tools in Visual Studio 2015
Visual Studio 2015 ships with multiple open source command line tools that are used in modern web development workflows. Those tools are: All of these tools are shipped as part of Visual Studio but are not installed in the same way as you would install them manually. They are all located in the Visual Studio install directory and are used by some of the new features such as the Task Runner Explorer and the new ASP.NET 5 project system. If you manually install any of these tools, then there will likely be a difference in the versions between what Visual Studio is using and what you are using from the comman...
MSBuild Engine is now Open Source on GitHub
Today we are pleased to announce that MSBuild is now available on GitHub and we are contributing it to the .NET Foundation! The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is a platform for building applications. By invoking msbuild.exe on your project or solution file, you can orchestrate and build products in environments where Visual Studio isn't installed. For instance, MSBuild is used to build the .NET Core Libraries and .NET Core Runtime open source projects. The MSBuild sources we're publishing today are closely aligned with the version we will ship with Visual Studio 2015. You may notice a few differences as this i...
dotnetConf is back, this Wednesday
dotnetConf is a free, 2 day virtual event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft, and it’s this Wednesday! As you can guess by its name, it’s dedicated to your favorite development platform, .NET. Grab a comfortable chair, a pot of your favorite hot (or cold) beverage and a mind to fill with all the latest .NET product and community news. The dotnetConf team has been planning the event for a few months now. We’ve got a great show ready for you. Two Days of Talks This is the 3rd dotnetConf. This time around, we’re using a two-day thematic format, on March 18th and 19th. Check out the dotnetConf agend...
Welcome Back! – The AJAX Control Toolkit March 2015 Update
Welcome Back! - The AJAX Control Toolkit March 2015 Update Its been 15 months since a significant update was released for the AJAX Control Toolkit on CodePlex. In the time since then, our friends at DevExpress have stepped up and offered to lead this open source project. In just a few short months, they have implemented a number of modern and strategic changes to the toolkit to help make it a valuable part of your ASP.NET Web Forms arsenal. This release is branded as version 15.1 and is available NOW from http://devexpress.com/ms-act DevExpress has written a great post highlighting the updates they've made to t...
Updates to ASP.NET 5 yeoman generators for beta 3
Hi everyone, the blog post below is written by Shayne Boyer, who is a community member that has been working on the ASP.NET 5 yeoman generators. I hope you enjoy it. - Sayed With the most recent version of Visual Studio 2015 CTP, CTP 6 this past Monday, there were some great improvements not only in the IDE but also ASP.NET 5. See the article here from Jeff Fritz, or Introducing ASP.NET 5 on Scott Guthrie’s blog, for even more. We have updated the ASP.NET 5 yeoman generators to have the latest content based on ASP.NET 5 beta 3. For more info on getting started with the generators see the two previous blog p...