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Announcing TypeScript 3.5

May 30, 2019 May 30, 2019 05/30/19
Shikha Kaul
Today we’re happy to announce the availability of TypeScript 3.5! If you’re new to TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript that adds optional static types. TypeScript code gets type-checked to avoid common mistakes like typos and accidental coercions, and then gets transformed by a program called the TypeScript compiler...

Exploring new frontiers for Git push performance

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19
Shikha Kaul
In previous posts I’ve talked about performance improvements that our team contributed to the Git community. At Microsoft, we’ve been pushing Git to its limits with the largest and busiest Git repositories on the planet, improving core Git as we go and sending these improvements back upstream. With Git 2.21.0 and later you can take ...

Accelerate bot development with Bot Framework SDK and other updates

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19
Shikha Kaul
Conversational experiences have become the norm, whether you’re looking to track a package or to find out a store’s hours of operation. At Microsoft Build 2019, we highlighted a few customers who are building such conversational experiences using the Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service to transform their customer experience...

Announcing TypeScript 3.5 RC

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19
Shikha Kaul
Today we’re happy to announce the availability of our release candidate (RC) of TypeScript 3.5. Our hope is to collect feedback and early issues to ensure our final release is simple to pick up and use right away...

Performance Improvements in .NET Core 3.0

May 28, 2019 May 28, 2019 05/28/19
Shikha Kaul
Back when we were getting ready to ship .NET Core 2.0, I wrote a blog post exploring some of the many performance improvements that had gone into it. I enjoyed putting it together so much and received such a positive response to the post that I did it again for .NET Core 2.1, a version for which performance was also a significant focus. ...

Moving from Node.js to .NET Core

May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019 05/23/19
Shikha Kaul
Here on Visual Studio App Center, our platform is built as a set of microservices, which has afforded teams to make language and platform choices that work best for them, and ultimately allowed us to move and iterate quickly. Over time, two distinct stacks have emerged...

Welcome to the Shell Era: Xamarin.Forms 4.0 Released

May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019 05/23/19
Shikha Kaul
For the past year, Xamarin has been on a focused journey to improve your productivity by reducing your complexity when building cross-platform mobile applications. Notice the reference to “your” complexity, and not some abstract notion of complexity. That is because the Xamarin team spends countless hours obsessing over feedback, using ...

Visual interface for Azure Machine Learning service

May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019 05/23/19
Shikha Kaul
During Microsoft Build we announced the preview of the visual interface for Azure Machine Learning service. This new drag-and-drop workflow capability in Azure Machine Learning service simplifies the process of building, testing, and deploying machine learning models for customers who prefer a visual experience to a coding experience. This ...

Introducing Visual Studio App Center Auth

May 21, 2019 May 21, 2019 05/21/19
Shikha Kaul
For the past few months, the team has been working to develop a seamless identity management service to easily manage user identities at scale in Visual Studio App Center. Today, we’re really excited to launch App Center Auth in early preview! (image...