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Aug 3, 2018
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Announcing TypeScript 3.0

TypeScript 3.0 is here! Today marks a new milestone in the TypeScript journey, serving JavaScript users everywhere. If you’re unfamiliar with TypeScript, it’s not too late to learn about it now! TypeScript is an extension of JavaScript that aims to bring static types to modern JavaScript.

Aug 1, 2018
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Announcing Xamarin.Android 9.0 (P) Preview

Android 9.0 (P) introduces many features such as Wi-Fi RTT(Round-Trip-Time), Display cutout support, Notification enhancements, Multi-camera support, and much more. We’re excited to announce Xamarin.Android support for Android 9.0 (P) in our latest preview release of Xamarin.Android for both Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac.

Aug 1, 2018
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Current use cases for machine learning in healthcare

Machine learning (ML) is causing quite the buzz at the moment, and it’s having a huge impact on healthcare. Payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies are all seeing applicability in their spaces and are taking advantage of ML today. This is a quick overview of key topics in ML, and how it is being used in healthcare.

Aug 1, 2018
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Announcing F# 4.5 Preview

We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be shipping a new language version of F# soon. The version will be F# 4.5. F# 4.5 has been developed entirely via an open RFC (requests for comments) process, with significant contributions from the community, especially in feature discussions and demonstrating use cases. You can view all RFCs that corresp...

Aug 1, 2018
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Visual Studio App Center and GDPR

On the Visual Studio App Center team, our engineers are completely aligned with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which gives consumers better and more explicit control of data – especially their personal data. For those of you who are less familiar with the GDPR, it is a European regulation designed to give consumers greater control...

Aug 1, 2018
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Blazor 0.5.0 experimental release now available

Update: We released Blazor 0.5.1 to address several customer reported issues. If you have already installed Blazor 0.5.0 please update to the 0.5.1 patch (release notes). Blazor 0.5.0 is now available! This release explores scenarios where Blazor is run in a separate process from the rendering process. Specifically, Blazor 0.5.0 enables the option...

Jul 27, 2018
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Top 4 ways to optimize your Microsoft Store listing

When publishing your app to the Microsoft Store, be sure to take advantage of the many options to make your Store listing stand out. Great video, text, and images can help create customer interest and drive purchases. Remember, your Microsoft Store listing will be many customers’ first exposure to your app. It’s crucial to make a good first impress...

Jul 27, 2018
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What’s new in VSTS Sprint 137 Update

The Sprint 137 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) has rolled out to all organizations. In this Update, both Microsoft-hosted Linux and macOS agents, as well as Azure DevOps Projects are now generally available. Watch the following video to learn about a few of the features, which also includes a demonstration of some of the improvements t...

Jul 27, 2018
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Previewing Files Inside Your Xamarin.iOS App

If your app interacts with files, such as email attachments or photos, allowing users to preview those files without leaving your app is a great way to enhance the user’s experience. Fortunately, iOS makes adding this feature simple by providing the document interaction controller and the Quick Look preview controller. In this post, you will learn ...

Jul 27, 2018
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Data Breakpoints – Visual Studio 2017 15.8 Update (C++)

New to Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8, you can now set data breakpoints from within the Locals, Autos, Watch, and Quickwatch windows!  To view official documentation on data breakpoints, check out this post.