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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
Though an official Microsoft announcement was posted by mistake and has since been deleted, a working version of vscode.dev is still available online. This browser-hosted version of Visual Studio Code lets developers open and browse source code hosted on GitHub ... 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
Microsoft has revealed a roadmap for a Visual Studio update for Java developers which covers from July 2021 to December 2021. The firm supports Java in Visual Studio Code through an extension pack that has a collection of components recommended ... Read more
Microsoft announced yesterday that they are launching a technical preview of GitHub Copilot, an AI programmer that helps developers to write better code. GitHub Copilot helps a programmer to discover alternative ways to solve problems, write tests and explore new ... 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
During the Windows Developer event for Windows 11 today, Microsoft announced that Windows Insiders will get their first look at the new Microsoft Store "next week." While it's been previously announced that Insiders will get access to the first builds ... Read more
Low code development allows business workers to create custom business applications without the need for extensive programming skills.
Microsoft announced the release of Visual Studio 2022 64-bit Preview 1 yesterday, and it is available for download now. For the first time in Visual Studio history, Visual Studio 2022 marks the first release of a 64-bit version of Visual ... 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
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the Power Apps Developer Plan at Build 2021 that allows developers to build and test Power Apps, Power Automate and Microsoft Dataverse for free in a development environment. The plan enables you to create apps and flows ... Read more
Microsoft is announcing several new capabilities for Azure database services at Build. The Azure Database's ledger capability, which is in preview for users, provides cryptographic verification for sensitive records. Azure Synapse Link for Microsoft Dataverse provides immediate insights from Microsoft ... Read more
Microsoft has unveiled its first features in a customer product powered by GPT-3, the powerful natural language model developed by Microsoft invested OpenAI, which will enable users to build applications without the need to know how to program code or ... 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