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Sep 19, 2019
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How to debug and profile any EXE with Visual Studio

Shikha Kaul

Have you ever needed to debug or profile an executable (.exe file) that you don’t have source for or can’t build? Then the least known Visual Studio project type, the EXE project, is for you!

Sep 19, 2019
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Release Candidate builds of Entity Framework Core 3.0 and Entity Framework 6.3 are now available

Shikha Kaul

We previously said that preview 9 would be your last chance to test EF Core 3.0 and EF 6.3 before general availability. But it turns out that we made enough improvements to our libraries and across the whole of .NET Core 3.0 to justify publishing a release candidate build. Hence the packages for EF Core 3.0 RC1 and EF 6.3 RC1 were uploaded to nuget...

Sep 19, 2019
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Announcing .NET Core 3.0 Release Candidate 1

Shikha Kaul

Today, we’re announcing .NET Core 3.0 Release Candidate 1. Just like with Preview 9, we’ve focused on polishing .NET Core 3.0 for a final release. We are now getting very, very close. We intend to release the final version on September 23 at .NET Conf.

Sep 19, 2019
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Get Ready for iOS 13 and Xcode 11

Shikha Kaul

Support for iOS 13 and Xcode 11 to accompany Apple’s Xcode Gold Master (GM) release was just announced! Additionally, we have also just published updated documentation to help you quickly get started with all the new features. Now, build your Xamarin.iOS (and Xamarin.Forms for iOS) apps with Xcode 11 GM and submit your iOS 13, tvOS 13 or watchOS 6 ...

Sep 17, 2019
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Xamarin.Forms 4.3 Prerelease and the CarouselView Challenge

Shikha Kaul

Today we’re announcing the first prerelease of Xamarin.Forms 4.3! The focus of this release is the new CollectionView, a successor to the current ListView. Back in April, we asked you to participate in a CollectionView challenge. The purpose of the challenge was to gather feedback from you, the community, to make certain that the CollectionView can...

Sep 17, 2019
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DRED v1.2 supports PIX marker and event strings in Auto-Breadcrumbs

Shikha Kaul

In Windows 10 1903, DRED 1.1 provided D3D12 developers with the ability to diagnose device removed events using GPU page fault data and automatic breadcrumbs. As a result, TDR debugging pain has been greatly reduced. Hooray! Unfortunately, developers still struggle to pinpoint which specific GPU workloads triggered the error. So, we’ve made a few t...

Sep 17, 2019
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Keep Up to Date With the Latest Xamarin Docs

Shikha Kaul

The Xamarin documentation is the best source of information for building apps with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. Follow the quickstart to build your first Android or iOS app with Xamarin.Forms. Then complete the tutorials to learn more about common mobile app concepts.

Sep 17, 2019
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.NET Core September 2019 Updates – 2.1.13 and 2.2.7

Shikha Kaul

Today, we are releasing the .NET Core September 2019 Update. These updates contain security and reliability fixes. See the individual release notes for details on updated packages.

Sep 17, 2019
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Say hello to the new Visual Studio terminal!

Shikha Kaul

Building on the momentum from the recently announced Developer PowerShell, we are excited to share the first preview of the new Visual Studio terminal. This new preview experience is part of Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 3.