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Extending the async methods in C#

January 11, 2018 Jan 11, 2018 01/11/18
Sergey Tepliakov
The async series In the previous blog post we discussed how the C# compiler transforms asynchronous methods. In this post, we'll focus on extensibility points the C# compiler provides for customizing the behavior of async methods. There are 3 ways how you can control the async method's machinery: Custom...

Converting PCL (Portable Class Libraries) to .NET Standard Class Libraries – Part 3

January 10, 2018 Jan 10, 2018 01/10/18
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In Part 3 of this 3 part series, App Dev Manager, Herald Gjura describes how to incorporate these libraries into an existing .NET application.In Part 1 and 2 of this blog series I described how to migrate your old PCL libraries into the .NET Standard ones, and how to change you build and release pipeline for a successful NuGet deployment. In ...

Async Main() is available, but hidden

January 9, 2018 Jan 9, 2018 01/9/18
Pam Lahoud
Check out this quick tip on unlocking the new features of C# 7.1 from Premier Developer consultant Ben Williams.Ever try to use async/await in your Main method of a .NET app? You couldn’t before, but now you can. I just posted a quick tip about enabling this by turning on C# 7.1 features in Visual Studio (they are not enabled by default). ...

[Service Fabric] How to troubleshoot deployment errors in Service Fabric Windows cluster

January 8, 2018 Jan 8, 2018 01/8/18
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Having issues deploying your service to your Service Fabric cluster?  Check out this post from Premier Developer consultant Julien Oudot on troubleshooting deployment issues in Service Fabric. The Service Fabric explorer is a great interface to control the cluster health and configuration. However, I recently worked with customers who ...

Visual Studio App Center

January 5, 2018 Jan 5, 2018 01/5/18
Pam Lahoud
This overview of Visual Studio App Center comes to us from Premier Developer consultant Sana Noorani. One of Microsoft’s newest offerings, the Visual Studio App Center, is a tool for streamlining the DevOps pipeline for mobile development. The product is an updated version of its previous product, Mobile Center, and has many more features...

Get Excited About Microsoft Flow

January 4, 2018 Jan 4, 2018 01/4/18
Pam Lahoud
Need to set up a workflow between applications or services but don’t know where to start?  Check out this post about Microsoft Flow from Premier Developer consultant Daisy Chaussee to learn how to make services talk to each other without even writing one line of code!Microsoft Flow creates automated workflows between apps and services. ...