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.NET Core 2.2 will reach End of Life on December 23, 2019

December 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019 12/10/19

Shikha Kaul

.NET Core 2.2 was released on December 4, 2018. As a non-LTS (“Current”) release, it is supported for three months after the next release. .NET Core 3.0 was released on September 23, 2019. As a result, .NET Core 2.2 is supported until December 23, 2019...

ASP.NET Core updates in .NET Core 3.1

December 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019 12/10/19

Shikha Kaul

.NET Core 3.1 is now available and is ready for production use! .NET Core 3.1 is a Long Term Support (LTS) release...

What’s new in XAML developer tools in Visual Studio 2019 for WPF & UWP

December 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019 12/10/19

Shikha Kaul

Since the launch of Visual Studio 2019 we’ve released many new features for XAML developers working on WPF or UWP desktop applications. With this week’s release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 and 16.5 Preview 1 we’d like to use this opportunity to do a recap of what’s new throughout the year. If you missed our previous releases or ...

Pinnable Properties: Debug & Display Managed Objects YOUR Way

December 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019 12/10/19

Shikha Kaul

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about the DebuggerDisplay attribute. This is a managed attribute that lets you customize how you view objects in debugging windows by “favoriting” specific properties. Since that post, we’ve streamlined DebuggerDisplay’s behavior with Pinnable Properties, a new managed feature available for Visual ...

DirectX 12 and Fortnite

December 10, 2019 Dec 10, 2019 12/10/19

Shikha Kaul

On Monday, Epic Games announced that DirectX 12 support is coming to Fortnite. And today, the wait is over: anyone updating to the v11.20 patch has the option to try out Fortnite’s beta DX12 path...

‘Tis the Season for the Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 Release

December 5, 2019 Dec 5, 2019 12/5/19

Shikha Kaul

Here in Redmond, glimpses of holiday cheer are filling our campus buildings as the season shifts to twinkling lights and frosty temperatures.  The Visual Studio team is seizing this time as an opportunity to celebrate the comradery needed to respond to developer needs and suggestions. Equally, we are reflecting over what we can improve in the...

Announcing .NET Core 3.1

December 5, 2019 Dec 5, 2019 12/5/19

Shikha Kaul

We’re excited to announce the release of .NET Core 3.1. It’s really just a small set of fixes and refinements over .NET Core 3.0, which we released just over two months ago. The most important feature is that .NET Core 3.1 is an long-term supported (LTS) release and will be supported for three years. As we’ve done in the past, we wanted ...

Developing for the new category of dual-screen devices built for mobile productivity

December 5, 2019 Dec 5, 2019 12/5/19

Shikha Kaul

Last month we shared our vision for dual-screen devices, designed to help people get more done on smaller and more mobile form factors. Today, we are going to share how developers can unlock this new era of mobile creativity. There are two stages to optimize for dual-screen devices...

Azure DevOps will no longer support Alternate Credentials authentication

December 5, 2019 Dec 5, 2019 12/5/19

Shikha Kaul

We, the Azure DevOps team, work hard to ensure that your code is protected while enabling you to have friction free access. Until now, we’ve offered customers the ability to use Alternate Credentials in situations where they are connecting to Azure DevOps using legacy tools. While using Alternate Credentials was an easy way to set up ...

CPU- and GPU-boundedness (DirectX)

December 5, 2019 Dec 5, 2019 12/5/19

Shikha Kaul

We wrote this article to explain two key terms: CPU-bound and GPU-bound. There’s some misinformation about this terms, and we’re hoping this article can help fix this problem...