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Join us for .NET Conf 2019, Sept 23-25

September 5, 2019 Sep 5, 2019 09/5/19

Shikha Kaul

.NET Conf is back again this year and will be live streaming to a device near you September 23-25 on www.dotnetconf.net! .NET Conf is a FREE, 3 day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET Core 3.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2019! Come celebrate and learn about the new release. You won’t want to ...

Announcing ML.NET 1.4 Preview and Model Builder updates (Machine Learning for .NET)

September 5, 2019 Sep 5, 2019 09/5/19

Shikha Kaul

We are excited to announce ML.NET 1.4 Preview and updates to Model Builder and CLI. ML.NET is an open-source and cross-platform machine learning framework for .NET developers. ML.NET also includes Model Builder (a simple UI tool) and CLI to make it super easy to build custom Machine Learning (ML) models using Automated Machine ...

Modernizing iOS Apps for Dark Mode with Xamarin

September 5, 2019 Sep 5, 2019 09/5/19

Shikha Kaul

With iOS 13, Apple introduces dark mode: A system-wide option for light and dark themes. iOS users may now choose the theme or allow iOS to dynamically change appearance based on the environment and time. Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Forms deliver native iOS experiences to keep your applications looking shiny and fresh no matter what time of day...

Announcing TypeScript 3.6

September 5, 2019 Sep 5, 2019 09/5/19

Shikha Kaul

Today we’re happy to announce the availability of TypeScript 3.6! For those unfamiliar, TypeScript is a language that builds on JavaScript by adding optional static types. These types can be checked by the TypeScript compiler to catch common errors in your programs (like misspelling properties and calling functions the wrong way). Tools ...

How the .NET Team uses Azure Pipelines to produce Docker Images

September 5, 2019 Sep 5, 2019 09/5/19

Shikha Kaul

Producing Docker images for .NET might not seem like that big of a deal.  Once you’ve got a Dockerfile defined, just run “docker build“ and “docker push“ and you’re done, right?  Then just rinse and repeat when new versions of .NET are released and that should be all that’s needed.  Well, it’s not quite that ...

Redesigning Configuration Refresh for Azure App Configuration

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Shikha Kaul

Since its inception, the .NET Core configuration provider for Azure App Configuration has provided the capability to monitor changes and sync them to the configuration within a running application. We recently redesigned this functionality to allow for on-demand refresh of the configuration. The new design paves the way for smarter ...

Vcpkg: 2019.07 Update

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Shikha Kaul

The 2019.07 update of vcpkg, a tool that helps you manage C and C++ libraries on Windows, Linux, and macOS, is now available. This update is a summary of the new functionality and improvements made to vcpkg over the past month. Last month was the first time we created a vcpkg release (Vcpkg: 2019.06 Update...

Getting Started with GitHub Actions in Visual Studio

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Shikha Kaul

GitHub Actions uses a clean new syntax for expressing workflows based on YAML scripts—so you can edit, reuse, share, and fork them like code. By including actions in your repositories, others would be able to easily test and build projects using the same actions used on the original projects...

Visual Studio Tips and Tricks: Increasing your Productivity for .NET

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Shikha Kaul

The .NET team is constantly thinking of new ways to make developers more productive. We’ve been working hard over the past year to take the feedback you’ve sent us and turn it into tools that you want! In this post I’ll cover some of the latest productivity features available in Visual Studio 2019 Preview...

Build and Debug MySQL on Linux with Visual Studio 2019

September 3, 2019 Sep 3, 2019 09/3/19

Shikha Kaul

The MySQL Server Team recently shared on their blog how to use Visual Studio 2019 to edit, build, and debug MySQL on a remote Linux server. This leverages Visual Studio’s native support for CMake and allows them to use Visual Studio as a front-end while outsourcing all the “heavy lifting” (compilation, linking, running) to a ...