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Publishing ASP.NET Core 1.1 applications to Azure using git deploy
I took an ASP.NET Core 1.0 application and updated its package references to ASP.NET 1.1 today. I also updated to my SDK to the Current (not the LTS - Long Term Support version). Everything worked...
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More Productive JavaScript in Visual Studio 2017 RC
We know you choose Visual Studio for JavaScript editing because it provides tools that make them the most productive. In Visual Studio 2017 RC, we’ve been focusing on improving the things you use most...
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Productivity in Visual Studio 2017 RC
We know that many developers choose Visual Studio because of its powerful, yet natural, productivity features that help you stay “in the zone”. Visual Studio 2017 RC brings many improvements in this...
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Getting the most out of Git
Posted on behalf of guest blogger: Tobias Günther, CEO Fournova . Git Tower and Team Services together provide an awesome Git solution for your team, on Mac and (now!) Windows. —In the last few years,...
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Standard C++ and the Windows Runtime (C++/WinRT)
The Windows Runtime (WinRT) is the technology that powers the Universal Windows Platform, letting developers write applications that are common to all Windows devices, from Xbox to PCs to HoloLens to...
View ArticleTFS/Team Services Q4 Roadmap update
A few days ago we published our Q4 update to the TFS/Team Services roadmap. We should have done it 6 weeks ago but, Connect(); in mid-November had us really busy and it just fell through the cracks....
View ArticleDevOps at Connect();
A little late on this, but the video of my presentation (with Jamie Cool) is on Channel9 now:...
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Harness the Power of the Redesigned Start Page
In Visual Studio 2017 RC, we brought you a faster installation, better performance, and new productivity features. One of these productivity features is a redesigned Start Page that prioritizes the...
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The week in .NET – Cosmos on On.NET, GongSolutions.WPF.DragDrop, Transistor
To read last week’s post, see The week in .NET – .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, EF Core 1.1 – Docker – Xenko.On .NETLast week, Chad Z. Hower, a.k.a. Kudzu was on the show to talk about Cosmos, a C# open...
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Docker on a Synology NAS - Also running ASP.NET and .NET Core!
I love my Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) device. It has sat quietly in my server closet for almost 5 years now. It was a fantastic investment. I've filled it with 8TB of inexpensive Seagate...
View ArticleVS Team Services Update – Nov 28
This week we are deploying our sprint 109 payload. You can read the release notes for details.There’s a few things I’m particularly excited about.Build task versioning– We had a live site incident a...
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APIs for Developers Series - Bing Search APIs
Coming out of the MVP Global Summit 2016 earlier this month, we were happy to see the excitement and enthusiasm around our Bing Search APIs and how they could help enhance our partners’ experiences. To...
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Evolving the Test Platform – Part 3: .NET Core, convergence, and cross-plat
[This is the 3rd post in the series on evolving the Visual Studio Test Platform. You can read the earlier posts here:Evolving the Visual Studio Test Platform – Part 2,Evolving the Visual Studio Test...
View ArticleIncreasing the size limit of Sitemaps file to address evolving webmaster needs
For years, the sitemaps protocol defined at www.sitemaps.org stated that each sitemap file (or each sitemap index file) may contain no more than 50,000 URLs and must not be larger than 10MB (10,485,760...
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Live Dependency Validation in Visual Studio 2017
Last month we announced that Visual Studio “Dev15” Preview 5 now supported Live Dependency Validation. In this blog post, I’ll give you an update about: an on-demand //connect 2016 video we’ve recorded...
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I suck at vacation - What I did this week
Well, it seems I'm lousy at vacation. I'm still learning what I'm supposed to do. My wife is working and the kids are still in school so here was my week.3D Printed Brackets for my new HTC ViveI...
View ArticleWhat’s new in Git for Windows 2.11?
Git for Windows v2.11.0 is out! Download it here (homepage is here).The new version corresponds to Git v2.11.0 (release notes are here, and our friends over at GitHub blogged about it, too). Apart from...
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A New Input Paradigm in Windows – The Surface Dial
With the debut of Windows Ink in the Windows Anniversary Update, we introduced simultaneous pen and touch as the dawn of a revolutionary change in interacting with Windows. In our blog post, we discuss...
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Symlinks in Windows 10!
OverviewSymlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems,...
View ArticleICYMI – Animations, C++/WinRT, Surface Dial and Symlinks
Did you miss us over the long weekend? We missed you, too.Here’s what you might’ve missed this past week!SymlinksSymlinks haven’t always been easy to access or create for Windows developers. Starting...
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