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Create Interactive .NET Documentation with Try .NET

May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 05/30/19

Shikha Kaul

When it comes to developers’ documentation, it is essential that we capture their interest and lead them down the path of success as soon as possible. Across multiple languages, developer ecosystems have been providing their communities with interactive documentation where users can read the docs, run code and, edit it all in one place...

Simplify the management of application configurations with Azure App Configuration

May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 05/30/19

Shikha Kaul

We’re excited to announce the public preview of Azure App Configuration, a new service aimed at simplifying the management of application configuration and feature flighting for developers and IT. App Configuration provides a centralized place in Microsoft Azure for users to store all their application settings and feature flags (a.k.a., ...

Xamarin.Forms 4.0: Getting Started with Shell

May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 05/30/19

Shikha Kaul

Xamarin.Forms 4.0 introduced amazing new features to help streamline development when building beautiful mobile apps with C#. The main highlight was the new Xamarin.Forms Shell, which seeks to reduce the complexity of building mobile apps by providing fundamental app architecture features. Such as a full visual hierarchy, common navigation ...

Announcing TypeScript 3.5

May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 05/30/19

Shikha Kaul

Today we’re happy to announce the availability of TypeScript 3.5! If you’re new to TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript that adds optional static types. TypeScript code gets type-checked to avoid common mistakes like typos and accidental coercions, and then gets transformed by a program called the TypeScript compiler...

Exploring new frontiers for Git push performance

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19

Shikha Kaul

In previous posts I’ve talked about performance improvements that our team contributed to the Git community. At Microsoft, we’ve been pushing Git to its limits with the largest and busiest Git repositories on the planet, improving core Git as we go and sending these improvements back upstream. With Git 2.21.0 and later you can take ...

Accelerate bot development with Bot Framework SDK and other updates

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19

Shikha Kaul

Conversational experiences have become the norm, whether you’re looking to track a package or to find out a store’s hours of operation. At Microsoft Build 2019, we highlighted a few customers who are building such conversational experiences using the Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service to transform their customer experience...

Announcing the preview of Windows Server containers support in Azure Kubernetes Service

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19

Shikha Kaul

Kubernetes is taking the app development world by storm. Earlier this month, we shared that the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) was the fastest growing compute service in Azure’s history. Customers like Siemens Healthineers, Finastra, Maersk, and Hafslund are realizing the benefits of using AKS to easily deploy, manage and scale ...

Announcing TypeScript 3.5 RC

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19

Shikha Kaul

Today we’re happy to announce the availability of our release candidate (RC) of TypeScript 3.5. Our hope is to collect feedback and early issues to ensure our final release is simple to pick up and use right away...

Performance Improvements in .NET Core 3.0

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19

Shikha Kaul

Back when we were getting ready to ship .NET Core 2.0, I wrote a blog post exploring some of the many performance improvements that had gone into it. I enjoyed putting it together so much and received such a positive response to the post that I did it again for .NET Core 2.1, a version for which performance was also a significant focus. ...