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Tips and tricks for search on Visual Studio Marketplace
There are times when searching for something, when a simple term just won’t do. Whether it is when you are ordering some coffee or sifting through your inbox, sometimes you know exactly what you are...
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Publish or update a public app (Dev Center Tip #1)
When managing apps in the Windows Dev Center, you will most commonly choose to publish or update a public app. This is the default option listed on the flowchart we introduced in the previous post in...
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Boolean (checkbox) fields on Team Services
The wait is over. With the latest deployment to Team Services, you can now add a checkbox to your work items. To do this, simply add a Boolean field to your work item type.It’s been a long journey and...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Core RC2 and .NET Core SDK Preview 1
Today, we are announcing the release of .NET Core RC2. You can use it to build ASP.NET Core, console apps and class libraries for Windows, OS X and Linux. RC2 is a major update from the November RC1...
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Package flighting (Dev Center Tip #2)
Do you need to set up test users? Would you like to have a beta program for future releases of your app? Package flighting is the distribution option that lets you do either of these. Package flighting...
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Using speech in your UWP apps: It’s good to talk
As developers, we adapt as technologies move from the realm of Science Fiction into readily available SDKs. That’s certainly, or perhaps especially, true for speech technologies. In the past 5 years,...
View ArticleAnnouncing Entity Framework Core RC2
Entity Framework (EF) Core is a lightweight, extensible, and cross-platform version of Entity Framework. Today we are making Entity Framework Core RC2 available. This coincides with the release of .NET...
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Pushpin Clustering in Bing Maps V8
Last month we announced the preview release of the Bing Maps V8 Web control. This new HTML5 power map control brings a lot of performance improvements and many new features. Today we would like to...
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Releasing F# Language Documentation as Open-Source
Guest post by Den Delimarsky, Program Manager, Cloud & EnterpriseContinuing our efforts to make our documentation more flexible and open, we are releasing the F# language documentation as...
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Sketching your app design
If design can be said to have one big secret, something that makes designers what they are and distinguishes them from coders, it is sketching. At the same time, it is an easy skill to learn—though not...
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Announcing the new Desktop to UWP Packaging Project for Visual Studio “15”
At the Build 2016 conference, we released the Desktop App Converter which enables you to bring your existing desktop applications to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP).With the Desktop App Converter,...
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Bringing your existing desktop apps to UWP
At Build 2016, we showed you how to use the Desktop App Converter to bring your existing desktop applications to the universal .appx packaging format as a first step to bringing your application to the...
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The week in .NET – 5/16/2016
To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET – 5/10/2016.We shipped!Yesterday, we released ASP.NET Core RC2, .NET Core RC2, and the preview 1 of the associated SDK. We also released Entity Framework...
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Versioning NuGet packages in a continuous delivery world: part 2
This is part 2 in a series of blog posts covering strategies for versioning a NuGet package. If you missed part 1, pick it up here. Today’s post talks about future improvements we’d like to make to the...
View ArticleSitemaps – 4 Basics to Get You Started
1 - Why You Need a Sitemap If you have a website and want to be recognized in the search engines, then you absolutely need a sitemap. If your site does not have a sitemap, then you run the high risk...
View ArticleThird-party and legacy distribution options (Dev Center Tip #3)
There are two additional publishing options that have not been addressed in the Windows Dev Center Tips blog series yet. Over the years, alternative distribution mechanisms have come along in the form...
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.NET Core 1.0 RC2 - Upgrading from previous versions
.NET Core RC2 is out, it's open source, and it's on multiple platforms. I'm particularly proud of the cool vanity domain we got for it. http://dot.net. ;) It makes me smile.Here's the important blog...
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Feature Preview: Creating load tests using HTTP archive
If you have used cloud-based load testing before, you may already be familiar with the ability to run a ‘quick load test’ using the VSTS portal. It’s a great way to:Run a quick load test for your app –...
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Troubleshooting an HTTP archive-based load test
Did you know that you can use the cloud-based load testing service in VSTS to create and run load tests using HTTP archive (.har) files? The feature preview is available now. To learn more, see this...
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Sideloading and enterprise distribution (Dev Center Tip #4)
When distributing line-of-business (LOB) apps that are specific to your organization, you will probably want to avoid the public Windows Store, which is intended mainly for consumers. There are two...
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