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16 New Tools and Extensions for Visual Studio

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T07:30:11.000Z

The summer may be coming to an unwelcome end -- except to those of us looking forward to fall colors and skiing -- but there's been no let up in the release of new tools and extensions for Visual Studio. That includes the first trickle of extensions specifically for the upcoming Visual Studio 15. I've pulled together a round-up of 16 new contributions to the <a href="https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">Visual Studio Gallery</a> that range from project templates to security toolsets to simple utilities that make you more productive. Bonus: They're all free.

Announcing September 2016 Updates for .NET Core 1.0

by bill-s, 2016-09-14T21:24:38.000Z

Today, we are releasing a set of reliability and quality updates for .NET Core 1.0. The quickest way to get the updates is to head over to dot.net/core and follow the updated install instructions for your operating system. You can download and install the update as an MSI for Windows, a PKG for macOS and updated zips and packages for Linux OSes. If you don’t yet have .NET Core, you can start with this release. It contains everything you need to get started.

DataScience for Developers: Build your first predictive model with R

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T18:54:30.000Z

As you have probably heard, ‘intelligent apps’ is the new black, today is easier than ever to enhance an application with features related to cognitive computing, neural networks or DataScience.

Debugging BotFramework locally using ngrok

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T18:54:49.000Z

No doubt you’re already having lovely long conversations with your bot via Skype (or Facebook Messenger, or even SMS!) built using the botframework, and by using the Bot Emulator you can run your bot locally and debug it.

Making ASP.NET apps first-class citizens on Google Cloud Platform

by bill-s, 2016-09-16T21:29:07.000Z

Google Cloud Platform is known for many things: big data, machine learning and the global infrastructure that powers Google. What you might not know is how well we support applications built on ASP.NET, the open-source web application framework developed by Microsoft. Let’s change that right now.

Self-contained .NET Core Applications

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T07:29:12.000Z

Just in case you missed it, .NET is all open source now and .NET Core is a free, open source, cross-platform framework that you can download and start with in &lt;10 minutes. You can get it on Mac, Windows, and a half-dozen Unixes at <a href="http://dot.net/">http://dot.net</a>. Take that along with the free, cross-platform <a href="http://code.visualstudio.com/">Visual Studio Code</a> and you'll be writing C# and F# all over the place.

Using DevOps to Drive Organizational Agility and Innovation

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T07:28:26.000Z

Industry analyst Ben Kepes provides insights on how integrating DevOps practices enables organizations to deliver business outcomes more rapidly. He discusses how DevOps is more about culture and communication than technology alone—and how to foster a culture across an organization that supports agility and innovation. He explains how agility can be further enhanced by a heterogeneous development environment, automation tools, and a cloud infrastructure. He ends by taking a look at the current and future state of DevOps and recommends steps an organization can take to become more agile.

The Xamarin Show 1: Sharing Code Across iOS, Android, and Windows

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T07:29:43.000Z

Welcome to The Xamarin Show, your weekly native cross-platform mobile development show with your host <a title="James on Channel 9" href="https://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/JamesMontemagno" target="_blank">James Montemagno</a>. Each week join James and his guests as they discuss building mobiles apps, integrating SDKs, extending mobile apps, the latest Xamarin news, awesome apps developers are building, and so much more. On this weeks episode we take a look at how to share code across iOS, Android, and all of the Windows platforms. There are many strategies to help share code across a single application or across several applications and we explore all of them!

What is PASS Summit?

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T18:53:39.000Z

PASS Summit is the conference for technical data professionals who utilize the Microsoft Data Platform. Offering sessions to suit all learning styles and training needs, PASS Summit's educational program is specifically designed for those who want to do more with their SQL Server and Business Intelligence implementations.

Xamarin - Cross-Platform Productivity with Xamarin

by bill-s, 2016-09-17T18:54:05.000Z

If you’re in Silicon Valley these days, you’ll notice that investors and developers alike are mostly conservative about the technologies they use. Most would hire an iOS developer first, followed (if they had enough funding) by an Android and/or a Windows developer.

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