An Overview of Client-Side Storage

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T21:03:57.000Z

Storing data directly within the browser has a lot of benefits, the main one being quick and network-independent access to a "database".

Build a REST API for your Mobile Apps with ASP.NET Core

by bill-s, 2016-12-08T20:16:54.000Z

Nowadays, RESTful APIs are the standard way of exposing backends to applications. They allow you to share your business logic between different clients with a low level of coupling through a super-standardized protocol: HTTP.

Error Logging Middleware in ASP.NET Core

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T20:41:49.000Z

This post is about the concept of middleware in Core. We have named the post Error Logging Middleware in ASP.NET Core, because we want to use error logging as an example of utilizing middleware.

How to Use Your GPU in .NET

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T21:01:54.000Z

This project is going to show you that a modern Core I7 is probably the slowest piece of programmable hardware you have in your PC. Modern Quad Core CPUs have about 6 Gflops whereas modern GPUs have about 6Tflops of computational power.

Mobile - Embedding Native Views in Your Xamarin.Forms Apps

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T20:57:46.000Z

When Xamarin.Forms debuted less than three years ago, application programmers immediately recognized it as a powerful and versatile solution for cross-platform mobile development.

New Updates to Web Tools in Visual Studio 2017 RC

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T21:05:26.000Z

Today we announced an update to Visual Studio 2017 RC that includes a variety of improvements for both ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core projects.

Microsoft SQL Database Development

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T20:57:15.000Z

Learn skills for database development beyond just creating a table with rows and columns using the standard query language (SQL).

The Minimal ASPNET 1.1 App

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T21:01:26.000Z

In a previous article, I described how to create the minimal ASP.NET Core 1.0 app. That is, what’s the smallest amount of code you could write to produce an ASP.NET Core application?

Visual Studio 2017 RC Now Available

by bill-s, 2016-12-10T20:56:46.000Z

Visual Studio 2017 RC (previously known as Dev “15”) is now available. There is a lot of stuff for C++ to love in this release.