The open source approach has a tremendous value for us as a technological community. The collaborative development model helps the industry evolve rapidly, increase innovation and save time and money. We all use open source components in our applications, front or back end, JavaScript, .NET or Python, whether it is a JSON serialization library or a...

The technological landscape has changed quite radically in recent years. Computing capabilities moved from PCs to smartphones and wearables, while adding even more power to these devices. This advancement in technology has also changed the way we interact with our devices. Physical keyboards have been replaced with software implementations and the ...

We’ve upgraded Smart Detection – Failure Anomalies so that it monitors your web app’s outgoing dependencies and AJAX calls as well as incoming server requests. If you’re monitoring your app with Application Insights, you’ll be notified within minutes if there’s a sudden disruption or degradation in your app’s performance.

About a year ago we released the new work item form to Visual Studio Team Services. This was the beginning of our vision for managing work items in a more social and visual way. Over the past year, we focused on realizing this vision through continual improvements and listening to customer feedback.

In our first release of the new year, we’ve included a lot of great pull request features. Let’s take a lap around them to see how they can help improve your workflow.

The Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the technology behind the modern Windows API, and the core of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). The same API can be used across all Windows devices, whether it’s a PC, tablet, HoloLens, phone, Xbox or anything else that runs Windows.

Want a deeper dive into ASP.NET Core 1.0? Build on what you learned in Introduction to ASP.NET Core 1.0, and explore this new technology even further, as Scott Hanselman, Jeff Fritz, and Rowan Miller offer an in-depth, intermediate-level look at ASP.NET Core 1.0.

As part of the “2016-05-31” REST API version, we have introduced the pop receipt on add message functionality, which has been a commonly requested feature by our users.

Those of you who have been following .NET Core over the past few years (has it been that long?) know all too well that the “build system” has experienced a significant amount of flux, whether it be dropping built-in support for gulp or the demise of Project.json. For me as a columnist, these changes have been challenging as I didn’t want you, my de...

This is the next in a series of blog posts that will cover the topics discussed in the ASP.NET Community Standup. The community standup is a short video-based discussion with some of the leaders of the ASP.NET development teams covering the accomplishments of the team on the new ASP.NET Core framework over the previous week. Join Scott Hanselman, D...