The week in .NET - 1/19/2016
To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/12/2016.On.NETLast week, we had Jonathan Chambers on the show to talk about Unity. This week, we'll have Don Syme, and we'll talk about F#.Package of...
View ArticleAdvancing Node.js for Windows 10 IoT Core
One of the latest trends that has excited many technology enthusiasts in the last few years is Internet of Things (IoT), which has the potential to transform how technology is consumed by enterprises...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 Update 1: New Experimental Feature - MPX
Introduction This post is about Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX) support in Microsoft Visual Studio* 2015; content provided by Gautham Beeraka, George Kuan, and Juan Rodriguez from...
View ArticleBuilding a Simple App with the Windows Bridge for iOS
Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP)...
View ArticleReview: littleBits Gadgets and Gizmos electronics kits for STEM kids
I love posting about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and some of the great resources, products, and software that we can use to better prepare the next generation of little...
View ArticleClang with Microsoft CodeGen (January 2016) released
collaboratively edited by Clang/C2 crew using OneNote We have just released an out-of-band update of Clang/C2 toolset that brings in some of the community fixes as well as bugs found from testing. This...
View ArticleBing Continuous Delivery – from the white board to millions of users – in hours!
In a never-ending quest to delight users with fresh, relevant features, Bing has been improving their innovation rate and code velocities. Four years ago, Bing engineers deployed new features once a...
View ArticleVisual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Update 5
Welcome to the new year and a new Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) update! We just released Update 5 of the tools for you—full details are in the release notes—and we’ve created a new...
View ArticleHoloLens Interaction Model
Before we dive into talking about the interaction model, we wanted to share that today is the day we open up Twitter voting to select the winner for the Share Your Idea campaign!The Share Your Idea...
View ArticleVS 2015 Update 2's STL is C++17-so-far Feature Complete
In VS 2015 Update 2, we've implemented every C++ Standard Library feature that's been voted into C++11, C++14, and the C++17-so-far Working Paper N4567 . (See the end of this post for Update 2...
View ArticleTroubleshooting launch issues with xaml based apps using Coded UI Test
This blog assumes that you have a prior understand of functional testing with Coded UI Test on Windows Store. If not, please go through the introduction blog for Windows Store Apps. Here I would cover...
View ArticleOn .NET 1/21/2016 - F# with Don Syme
This week, we're happy to have Don Syme on the show to talk about F#.
View ArticleDashboard widget SDK, create branch from work item, test visualizations and...
Happy New Year! Because of the holidays, we skipped our December deployment, so we have a ton of exciting things to announce this week. There’s a long list, so let’s jump in…Public preview of the...
View ArticleThe week in .NET - 1/25/2016
To read last week's post, see The week in .NET - 1/19/2016.On.NETLast week, we chatted with Don Syme about the future of F#, and the community behind it. This week, our guests are Brian Flannery and...
View ArticleBing Elections 2016: Who will win Iowa and New Hampshire?
On February 1, the Iowa Caucus marks the next phase in the 2016 election. In response, Bing’s Election Center will move up a gear to add predictions to the Bing Political Index (BPI), candidate...
View ArticleServicing Update Available for Visual Studio Update 1
In Visual Studio 2015 we are piloting a recurring and cumulative servicing update that provides fixes to high-impact bugs between our regular updates. In the second servicing update recently made...
View ArticleTop News from October-December 2015, Part 1
It’s been a few months since our last roll-up of top developer stories, so I’ll be catching up with the news from last fall in two posts. We’ll start here in Part 1 with Visual Studio, .NET, ASP.NET,...
View ArticleConvenient two-factor authentication with Microsoft Passport and Windows Hello
If your app handles user data, then secure authentication should be one of your primary concerns. Identity management is a hard thing to do well, involving encryption, reset mechanisms, and other...
View ArticleTop 10 reasons to use Visual Studio for C++ Android Development!
Visual Studio: C++ cross-platform mobile solution Visual Studio (download here ) is fast becoming a cross-platform C++ IDE. Our vision is for Visual Studio to become the IDE of choice for your...
View ArticleBranch and pull requests improvements for Visual Studio
In Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, we enhanced the Git experience based on your feedback. As I mentioned in the most recent Git Futures post, there's a lot more on the way.BranchesNo matter what you're...
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