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The week in .NET – 3/1/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET – 2/23/2016. On.NET Last week, we had a fun, slightly chaotic discussion with Scott Hanselman. This week, our guest is Rachel Reese, and we'll talk about Jet.com and F#. Package of the week: SkiaSharp Xamarin released a new 2D drawing API based on Google's powerful Skia library that powers ...

The week in .NET – 2/23/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 2/17/2016. On.NET Last week, Joe Duffy was on the show to talk about Midori. This week, we had to move the show to Friday at 4:00PM Pacific Time, but we’ll have the pleasure of speaking with Scott Hanselman. Package of the week: RestSharp Interacting with REST resources may in theory be ...

The week in .NET – 2/11/2016

This issue of the Week in .NET is slightly late, and I apologize for that. I was visiting some customers in California for the first half of the week, and they've kept me very busy. I'm writing this post on the plane to Seattle. While I was in LA, I also visited the LADOTNET user group, where I talked about .NET Core, C# 6, and the future of C...

The week in .NET – 2/2/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/25/2016. On.NET On .NET can now be enjoyed on Channel 9, in addition to our YouTube channel. A nice consequence of this, beyond the additional audience, is that we're getting a nice audio podcast feed out of it, which should be useful to all of you who prefer to enjoy the show at times when ...

The week in .NET – 1/25/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/19/2016.On.NETLast week, we chatted with Don Syme about the future of F#, and the community behind it. This week, our guests are Brian Flannery and Colin Sullivan from Apcera. We're going to talk about NATS, a high performance messaging system with a great .NET client.Package of the week: ASP....

The week in .NET – 1/19/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/12/2016. On.NET Last week, we had Jonathan Chambers on the show to talk about Unity. This week, we'll have Don Syme, and we'll talk about F#. Package of the week #1: NATS client Microservices and IoT both require distributed architectures where a large number of endpoints communicate fast ...

The week in .NET – 1/12/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/5/2016. On.NET Last week, we had Mads Torgersen on the show to talk about language design in general, and C# in particular. This week, we'll talk to Jonathan Chambers from the Unity 3D team about game engines, and using .NET to target iOS, Android, or even the Web. Please send me your ...

The week in .NET – 1/12/2016

To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/5/2016.On.NETLast week, we had Mads Torgersen on the show to talk about language design in general, and C# in particular. This week, we'll talk to Jonathan Chambers from the Unity 3D team about game engines, and using .NET to target iOS, Android, or even the Web. Please send me your questions ...

The week in .NET – 1/5/2016

We're back for a new year of .NET! For this first week of 2016, we're off to a great start with two packages and lots of interesting posts. To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 12/29/2015. On.NET This week on our On.NET live YouTube show, we'll speak with Mads Torgersen, probably mostly about C#. Please feel free to send me ...

The week in .NET – 1/5/2016

We're back for a new year of .NET! For this first week of 2016, we're off to a great start with two packages and lots of interesting posts.To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 12/29/2015.On.NETThis week on our On.NET live YouTube show, we'll speak with Mads Torgersen, probably mostly about C#. Please feel free to send me questions ...