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Cosmos DB Solves Common Data Challenges in App Development

April 27, 2018 Apr 27, 2018 04/27/18
Jasmine Greenaway [MSFT]
When considering how to implement your application with a relational database, it can change how you build it dramatically. Some of these challenges include adding an abstract implementation of the schema in the code, mapping data to objects, building queries, and preventing SQL injection attacks. Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to ...

Five Visual Studio 2017 Extensions for Web Developers

March 21, 2017 Mar 21, 2017 03/21/17
Jeffrey Fritz
You’ve downloaded and installed Visual Studio 2017, and it’s a great improvement over previous versions.  Now what?  How can you make your web development experience better?  In this article, we will recommend five Visual Studio extensions that will make your day-to-day tasks easier and even more enjoyable. Razor Language Service ...

ASP.NET 5 Updates and other improvements for Web Developers in Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6

February 23, 2015 Feb 23, 2015 02/23/15
Jeffrey Fritz
It's time for another Visual Studio 2015 CTP, and with the CTP 6 release in February 2015 you should find a number of improvements that every web developer will enjoy. In this article we'll review the new features and improvements in ASP.NET 5 and the Visual Studio editor improvements delivered in CTP 6. For a complete list of the ASP.NET 5 ...

Announcing the Release of Web API OData 5.3

September 11, 2014 Sep 11, 2014 09/11/14
Andrew Zhou from Microsoft
The NuGet packages for ASP.NET Web API OData 5.3 are now live on the NuGet gallery!Download this releaseYou can install or update the NuGet packages for ASP.NET Web API OData 5.3 using the NuGet Package Manager Console, like this: Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.OData -Version 5.3.0 Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.OData -Version 5.3....

Announcing the Release Candidates for Web API OData 5.3

August 27, 2014 Aug 27, 2014 08/27/14
Andrew Zhou from Microsoft
The release candidate NuGet packages for ASP.NET Web API OData 5.3 are now live on the NuGet gallery!Download this releaseYou can install or update the release candidate NuGet packages for ASP.NET Web API OData 5.3 using the NuGet Package Manager Console, like this: Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.OData -Version 5.3.0-rc -Pre Install-Package...

Release Candidates for ASP.NET MVC 5.2, Web API 2.2 and Web Pages 3.2

May 27, 2014 May 27, 2014 05/27/14
Kanchan Mehrotra (Microsoft)
The release candidate NuGet packages for ASP.NET MVC 5.2, ASP.NET Web API 2.2 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.2 are now live on the NuGet gallery!Download this releaseYou can install or update the release candidate NuGet packages for ASP.NET MVC 5.2, ASP.NET Web API 2.2 and ASP.NET Web Pages 3.2 using the NuGet Package Manager Console, like this: ...

Announcing ASP.NET Session State Provider for Redis Preview Release

May 12, 2014 May 12, 2014 05/12/14
Guang Yang - MSFT
Today, we are pleased to announce a preview release of ASP.NET Session State Provider for Redis. You can use it with your own Redis server or the newly announce Microsoft Azure Redis Cache (Preview). What is Redis Redis is an open source, BSD licensed, advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys ...

Creating a Custom Scaffolder for Visual Studio

April 3, 2014 Apr 3, 2014 04/3/14
Joost de Nijs
With the release of Visual Studio 2013 last October, we introduced the concept of Scaffolding to Web Application projects.  Scaffolding is the framework on which code generation for MVC and WebAPI is built.  For more information on Scaffolding or the MVC Scaffolders check the following blog post: http://www.asp.net/visual-studio/...

Scaffolding ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer-based-models

January 14, 2014 Jan 14, 2014 01/14/14
Ian_Hong
The ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer (Entity Designer) is a GUI tool for editing Entity Framework models. You can use the Entity Designer to visually create and modify entities, associations, mappings, and inheritance relationships. You can also use the tool to validate the model. When you build the Entity Framework models, Entity Designer...

A High-Value, Undocumented LESS Editor Feature in Visual Studio

November 6, 2013 Nov 6, 2013 11/6/13
VKichline
Recently a very valuable, undocumented feature in the Visual Studio LESS editor came to my attention. This applies equally to Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 and later, and to Visual Studio 2013. The installation of Web Essentials is not required to benefit from this feature.The Visual Studio LESS Editor respects @import statements, and can ...