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What’s new in Azure? Check out Azure.Source – Volume 42

August 3, 2018 Aug 3, 2018 08/3/18

John Powell

Azure App Service now supports Java SE on Linux - Support for Java SE 8-based applications on Linux in Azure App Service is now available in public preview. Now you can build and deploy Java web apps on a highly scalable, self-patching web hosting service where bug fixes and security updates will be maintained by Microsoft. Additional ...

Guest Post: Visual UI tests on iOS simulator using Xamarin and Appium

August 3, 2018 Aug 3, 2018 08/3/18

John Powell

In this tutorial, you will learn how to integrate automated visual user interface tests into a development toolchain that includes Xcode iOS simulator using Xamarin, Appium, Applitools, and MacOS (formerly OSX...

Announcing Linux on App Service Environment General Availability

August 3, 2018 Aug 3, 2018 08/3/18

John Powell

Interested in deploying your Linux or containerized web app in an Azure Virtual Network? Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Linux on App Service Environment, which combines the features from App Service on Linux and App Service Environment. As we announced in our public preview, our Linux customers will be able to ...

Announcing Xamarin.Android 9.0 (P) Preview

August 1, 2018 Aug 1, 2018 08/1/18

John Powell

Android 9.0 (P) introduces many features such as Wi-Fi RTT(Round-Trip-Time), Display cutout support, Notification enhancements, Multi-camera support, and much more. We’re excited to announce Xamarin.Android support for Android 9.0 (P) in our latest preview release of Xamarin.Android for both Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac...

Current use cases for machine learning in healthcare

August 1, 2018 Aug 1, 2018 08/1/18

John Powell

Machine learning (ML) is causing quite the buzz at the moment, and it’s having a huge impact on healthcare. Payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies are all seeing applicability in their spaces and are taking advantage of ML today. This is a quick overview of key topics in ML, and how it is being used in healthcare...

Announcing F# 4.5 Preview

August 1, 2018 Aug 1, 2018 08/1/18

John Powell

We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be shipping a new language version of F# soon. The version will be F# 4.5. F# 4.5 has been developed entirely via an open RFC (requests for comments) process, with significant contributions from the community, especially in feature discussions and demonstrating use cases. You can view all RFCs ...

Visual Studio App Center and GDPR

August 1, 2018 Aug 1, 2018 08/1/18

John Powell

On the Visual Studio App Center team, our engineers are completely aligned with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which gives consumers better and more explicit control of data – especially their personal data. For those of you who are less familiar with the GDPR, it is a European regulation designed to give consumers ...