I’ve been working on developer tooling for over 16 years, and I still love it when I find a new tip or trick that shaves seconds off a repetitive task. The set below are features that I see infrequently used but can save loads of time!
In earlier parts of our Function Azure blog post series, we outlined the implementation of different artifacts of our research project on communication between the VSTS and LaunchDarkly with the Azure Function extensions. In this one we will present how we have implemented continuous integration and deployment of our Azure Functions in Azure using...
We are excited to announce that Time Travel Debugging (TTD) features are now available in the latest version of WinDbg Preview. About a month ago, we released WinDbg Preview, which provides great new debugging user experiences. We are now publicly launching a preview version of TTD for the first time and are looking forward to your feedback.
The inspiration for our Connect(); event has always been about developers and the innovative applications they create. I am excited to announce our popular and highly anticipated Connect(); 2017 returns Nov. 15-17. From the earliest days of computing, developers have shaped the future and changed the world. We’re at a critical inflection point whe...
Have you always wanted to build a blog or other web application but haven’t had the time or educational resources to learn? With our blog template, available in our GitHub repo, you can create your web application fast and effortlessly, and even learn to master the new Razor Pages architecture along the way. This blog post will explore how to use R...
Today, we are thrilled to share our latest stable release of Xamarin.Forms, version 2.4.0. This is our fastest, most stable release ever and we think you’re going to love it!
A few years ago, my colleague Joel Martinez and I wrote a F# program we called “Oculus Thrift” that demonstrated iOS SceneKit in a Google Cardboard stereoscopic viewer. With the recent release of iOS 11, I wanted to see if we could do something similar with ARKit, Apple’s augmented-reality framework. It took just 8 lines of F# code.
This post describes the new Runtime, Compiler and Base Class Library (BCL) improvements in the .NET Framework 4.7.1. You can try out these features by downloading the Developer Pack, described in the Welcome to the .NET Framework 4.7.1 Early Access blog post.
With the first wave of new iPhone 8 devices landing in people’s hands, and the installed base of iOS 11 users growing rapidly, it’s an exciting time to build apps for iPhone and iPad, as well as macOS and the new 4k Apple TVs and Cellular Apple Watches. Of course, Visual Studio and Xamarin are ready to enable you as .NET developers to create native...
Final version of SQL Server 2017 is available for download. New version of SQL Server has a lot of enhancements compared to the previous version. In this post will be highlighted some of the new features that are available: Cross-platform support – you can run SQL Server 2017 on Windows, Linux, and Docker containers. Built-in intelligence – SQL Ser...
