IoT Developer

Introducing Visual Studio Tools for Azure IoT Edge

September 25, 2018 Sep 25, 2018 09/25/18

Xin Shi

Today we are pleased to announce a preview of Azure IoT Edge tools for Visual Studio 2017. Azure IoT Edge is a fully managed service that delivers cloud intelligence locally by deploying and running artificial intelligence (AI), Azure services, and custom logic directly on cross-platform IoT devices. This preview offers the ability to create ...

Azure IoT Toolkit supports IoT Hub Module Management (Module Twin, Module Direct Method, Module CRUD)

September 20, 2018 Sep 20, 2018 09/20/18

Jun Han

With the v1.4.0 release of Azure IoT Toolkit, it supports module management. You could easily create module, view module twin, update module twin, invoke module direct method and delete module in VS Code.

Azure IoT Toolkit supports C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby to develop Azure IoT application in VS Code

August 31, 2018 Aug 31, 2018 08/31/18

Jun Han

With the latest release of Azure IoT Toolkit, lots of popular languages are supported to quickly create an Azure IoT application in VS Code: C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby! (Note: For C#, Java, Node.js and Python, it is based on Azure IoT Hub SDK, while for Go, PHP and Ruby, it is based on Azure IoT Hub REST API.) What's your ...

Introducing yet another approach for iot compiler toolchains – iotz

August 24, 2018 Aug 24, 2018 08/24/18

Oguz Bastemur

iotz is an extension based containerized wrapper for other IoT compiler toolchains. There are many toolchains with specific needs and way of using. We developed this experimental tool to make compiling things easier.

Azure IoT Edge for VS Code 1.2.0 has been released – Now run IoT Edge modules with simulator

August 14, 2018 Aug 14, 2018 08/14/18

Xin Shi

What’s new in IoT Edge for VS Code 1.2.0: 1. Now you and run IoT Edge solution with the built-in IoT Edge simulator without deploying to IoT Edge device.

Azure IoT Workbench now supports ESP32 devices

August 13, 2018 Aug 13, 2018 08/13/18

Liya (Liki) Du

In April this year, we released our first public preview of Azure IoT Workbench in Visual Studio Code, an IoT development environment aims to make it easy to code, build, deploy and debug your IoT project for MXChip IoT DevKit. From this one DevKit, we gradually add more popular Azure supported development kits such as teXXmo IoT Button. ...

Azure IoT Toolkit 1.2.0: Quickly build your Azure IoT application in VS Code with Node.js, Python or REST API

August 8, 2018 Aug 8, 2018 08/8/18

Jun Han

Do you know you could get started with Azure IoT very easily with popular languages such as Node.js and Python? With Azure IoT Toolkit, you could quickly build your Azure IoT application in VS Code in just a few minutes using Node.js, Python or REST API.

Azure IoT Toolkit 1.1.0 for VS Code released: Welcome page, generate SAS token, deploy Edge device at scale and more!

July 26, 2018 Jul 26, 2018 07/26/18

Jun Han

Shortly after GA of Azure IoT Toolkit for VS Code, We are pleased to announce that the 1.1.0 release of the Azure IoT Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code is now available from the marketplace. You can download the Azure IoT Toolkit extension from the marketplace, or install it directly from the extension gallery in Visual Studio Code. Let...

Use VS Code to call Azure IoT Hub REST APIs

July 19, 2018 Jul 19, 2018 07/19/18

Jun Han

The REST APIs for IoT Hub offer programmatic access to the device, messaging, and job services, as well as the resource provider, in IoT Hub. With the Azure IoT Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code, you could easily use IoT Hub REST APIs in VS Code, no extra toolchain needed! Let's see how quick it is to send a device-to-cloud message to ...

Use VS Code as IoT Hub Device Simulator — Say Hello to Azure IoT Hub in 5 Minutes

July 12, 2018 Jul 12, 2018 07/12/18

Jun Han

When doing development for Azure IoT solutions, developers may want to test and debug his cloud solution with a real device. However, not every developer has a real device in his hand.  With the Azure IoT Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code, you could easily use VS Code as a device simulator to quickly interact with Azure IoT Hub. Let's ...