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While Visual Studio 2022 Preview builds have been available on Windows for quite some time, Mac users were made to wait a bit. However the wait is definitely worth it. This not just a thoughtless port, this is a legit ... Read more
Another update to the Windows Community Toolkit has arrived, packed with a myriad of enhancements and new features under version 7.1. As always these feature and enhancements are made possible thanks to the help and contributions of the dotnet developer ... Read more
Following the acquisition of GitHub, Microsoft now provides two distinct DevOps solutions in Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise. Both platforms have mature and popular features, as well as free and paid models. Let's kick things off with the elder platform. ... Read more
As we talked about earlier this year, Microsoft remains committed to supporting non-Microsoft languages and frameworks within their tooling Eco-system. This September brings about a substantial amount of features for Java developers. Let's go through some few features being rolled ... Read more
For the past 5-6 years we've seen consistent improvements in performance and functionality across a multitude of products from Microsoft. Whether its SQL Server, Windows Server or even Windows 10, everything seems to be getting better and faster. Well the ... Read more
Many of us are barely getting acquainted with .NET 5 and all of its goodies yet here comes .NET 6 marching forward at the speed of light headed into its second to last preview release. There are many improvements and ... Read more
Some background The ASP.Net web forms framework launched nearly 20 years ago, and instead of asking developers to move on to the next shiny thing, Microsoft is still heavily investing in its proven web application framework. For those of you ... Read more
Visual Studio 2022 Preview Overview There are many improvements coming to Visual Studio 2022, such as this new version being able to allocate more memory for a smoother experience even when dealing with large complex projects. It also comes with ... Read more
The investments being made by Microsoft to enhance the tooling and improve the experience for its developers keep on coming this year. Just when you think they've put the lid on Visual Studio 2019 and shift their focus to the ... Read more
A few days ago Prosus, a European tech investment firm, announced they had entered into an agreement to acquire one of the world's most visited sites, Stack Overflow for US$1.8 billion. The site has become an invaluable tool for developers ... Read more
Visual Studio 2019 16.10 now generally available with new .NET enhancements in tow. Improvements have been made to Git tooling, some of the changes aim to improve automation and make you more productive with Git workflows. Enhancements to Docker are ... Read more
Microsoft keeps marching .NET forward with an incredible amount of features on its journey to general availability. Some notable new offerings include: .NET MAUI or Multi-platform App UI which allows developers to build applications for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android ... Read more
So what is Unity you ask? Unity is a game engine originally developed around the year 2005 for Mac OS X, it has since been extended to over 20 platforms including iOS, Android and Windows as well as the web. ... Read more
A quick introduction to Web Assembly Web Assembly or Wasm as it is also known is an open standard for running binary code across multiple platforms serving both client and server scenarios. Most people know it as the vehicle for ... Read more
A lot has been happening in the world of Rust and Microsoft. Since last year's preview announcement there has been huge progress on this project. Having Rust support in VS Code and Visual Studio is great, but things are getting ... Read more
Rust Foundation A couple of months ago Microsoft announced they had joined the likes of Amazon, Google, Huawei and Mozilla as a founding member of the Rust Foundation. This new independent organization aims to keep pushing the language forward while ... Read more
A brief look at Java Java has been a force to be reckoned with for nearly 25 years. It came with the promise of "write once, run anywhere", the idea was to allow developers to compile their applications down to ... Read more
For a few months there had been rumors floating around about LG downsizing or dismantling its mobile division. Now it appears those rumors were true. LG Electronics is exiting the smartphone business after losing $4.5 billion USD over the past ... Read more
Microsoft has been building tight integrations between platforms on their road to providing a comprehensive business solution. Teams is at the core of collaboration and it provides first class integration with most Microsoft 365 offerings. Now that goodness is coming ... Read more
Microsoft is kicking off its digital Ignite 2021 conference this morning with an introducing keynote at 8:30 AM PT featuring CEO Satya Nadella and HoloLens inventor Alex Kipman.
Talk about moving fast! Microsoft has been hard at work bringing their unified development promise to reality. This upcoming version of .NET, now in preview, will delivery on that promise. Let's dive into some of the new features below. Cross-platform ... Read more