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Announcing new REST API’s for Process Customization (Azure DevOps)

September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018 09/21/18

Shikha Kaul

Last sprint we released a new set of REST API endpoints for process customization. In version 4.1 there are 3 sets of REST API’s. Two for the inherited model and one for the Hosted XML model. This created some confusion on what endpoints to use and when. In the new 5.0 (preview) version we combined the two inherited REST API’s under a ...

Xamarin.Forms 3.2.0 Released: Going Big with Little Things

September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018 09/21/18

Shikha Kaul

Xamarin.Forms 3.2.0 continues the theme of previous releases to give you big wins by making little things much easier to do. The entire version 3 series has been about reducing the friction of doing such things as positioning the Android tabs to the bottom, controlling spellcheck and capitalization and prediction on text controls. There are ...

The future of ASP.NET SignalR

September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018 09/21/18

Shikha Kaul

In ASP.NET Core 2.1, we brought SignalR into the ASP.NET Core family. Many of our users have asked what this means for the previous version of SignalR: ASP.NET SignalR...

Deep dive into Azure Repos

September 21, 2018 Sep 21, 2018 09/21/18

Shikha Kaul

With the introduction of Azure DevOps, we’re offering developers a new Git service called Azure Repos. It has unlimited free private repositories with collaborative code reviews, advanced file management, code search, and branch policies to ensure high quality code. Azure Repos is great for small projects as well as large organizations that ...

Deep dive into Azure Boards

September 19, 2018 Sep 19, 2018 09/19/18

Shikha Kaul

Azure Boards is a service for managing the work for your software projects. Teams need tools that flex and grow. Azure Boards does just that, brining you a rich set of capabilities including native support for Scrum and Kanban, customizable dashboards, and integrated reporting...