A Brief Look at the .NET Portability Analyzer

by bill-s, 2016-01-30T09:20:11.000Z

.NET is going through some monumental changes! It is often difficult to even begin to think about how to port our particular code to the various flavors of .NET. In this video Taylor Southwick and Connie Yau spend some time discussing a great tool that will definitely help in this difficult process. I was impressed with how easy it was to ascertain trouble spots that might cause issues when attempting to port libraries over to a more lightweight portable profile. Would love your comments!

Apache Cordova development lands on Visual Studio Code

by bill-s, 2016-01-30T09:19:26.000Z

Thousands of developers already use <a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/cordova-vs.aspx">Visual Studio’s Tools for Apache Cordova</a>—affectionately abbreviated as “TACO”—to build mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows using a shared JavaScript codebase. Within the IDE, TACO provides everything you need to install and configure the native SDKs, preview your app, debug on emulators and devices, and even manage <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2016/01/29/continuous-mobile-beta-distribution-and-crash-reporting-using-vs-team-services-hockeyapp-codepush-and-cordova-phonegap.aspx">continuous integration/deployment via Visual Studio Team Services</a>.

TypeScript - Understanding TypeScript

by bill-s, 2016-01-30T09:18:42.000Z

In many ways, it’s useful to think of TypeScript on its own merits. The TypeScript language specification refers to TypeScipt as “a syntactic sugar for JavaScript.” That’s true and probably an essential step in reaching to the language’s target audience—client-side developers currently using JavaScript.

InMemory Caching in ASP.NET MVC 6

by bill-s, 2016-01-30T09:17:21.000Z

Caching enables you to store data in memory for rapid access. This way, when you access the data again, your applications can fetch data from the cache instead of making round trips to the data source. This improves performance and scalability. Caching also comes in handy when the data source is temporarily unavailable.