Diving Deep into .NET MAUI -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Ever since someone figured out that fiddling bits results in source code, developers have sought one codebase for all types of apps on all platforms, with Microsoft's latest attempt to further that effort being .NET MAUI.
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The free plan restricts the number of completions, chat requests and access to AI models, being suitable for occasional users and small projects.
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Copilot AI Boosts Abound in New VS Code v1.96 -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Microsoft improved on its new 'Copilot Edit' functionality in the latest release of Visual Studio Code, v1.96, its open-source based code editor that has become the most popular in the world according to many surveys.
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TypeScript Tops New JetBrains 'Language Promise Index' -- Visual Studio Magazine
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In its latest annual developer ecosystem report, JetBrains introduced a new 'Language Promise Index' topped by Microsoft's TypeScript programming language.
on Dec 11
OpenSilver 3.1 Unveils Drag-and-Drop XAML Designer for VS Code -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Claiming an industry first, Userware announced a drag-and-drop XAML designer for use in VS Code, coming with OpenSilver 3.1, the latest iteration of the open-source implementation of Microsoft's long-deprecated and oft-mourned rich client development platform, Silverlight.
on Dec 11
Visual Studio Dev Vexed by Copilot's Obtuse 'Responsible AI' Refusal -- Visual Studio Magazine
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No matter what, some systems simply won't divulge exactly what in the current conversation caused them to balk, simply pointing to vague policies and generic guidance.
on Dec 10
On Blazor Component Reusability - From Day 0 -- Visual Studio Magazine
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'We want to try to design from Day One, even Day Zero, with reusability in mind,' says Blazor expert Allen Conway in imparting his expertise to an audience of hundreds in an online tech event on Tuesday.
on Dec 6
Build Your First AI Applications with Local AI -- Visual Studio Magazine
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'AI right now feels like a vast space which can be hard to jump into,' says Craig Loewen, a senior product manager at Microsoft who is helping devs unsure about making that first daunting leap.
on Dec 5
Visual Studio's AI Future: Copilot .NET Upgrades and More -- Visual Studio Magazine
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At this week's Microsoft Ignite conference, the Visual Studio team showed off a future AI-powered IDE that will leverage GitHub Copilot for legacy app .NET upgrades, along with several more cutting-edge features.
on Nov 23
PowerShell Gets AI-ified in 'AI Shell' Preview -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Eschewing the term 'Copilot,' Microsoft introduced a new AI-powered tool for PowerShell called 'AI Shell,' available in preview.
on Nov 22
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GitHub says new research proves its Copilot AI tool can improve code quality, following earlier reports that said it boosts developer productivity -- and has a retort for contrarian studies.
on Nov 22
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The brand-new Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 lets devs specify the AI model they want to use with the baked-in GitHub Copilot, but some are clamoring for more options, such as the latest/greatest Claude 3.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic that is available in VS Code.
on Nov 21
SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric in Preview for Faster AI Apps -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Microsoft's early embrace of advanced AI in its dev tooling continues apace with the new public preview of SQL database in Microsoft Fabric, the company's analytics/data platform.
on Nov 19
Microsoft Seeks to Sort & Simplify its Agentic AI Dev Story -- Visual Studio Magazine
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The company will infuse multi-agent runtime tech developed in its AutoGen research project into its production-ready Semantic Kernel SDK, both open source.
on Nov 18
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Microsoft just shipped Visual Studio 2022 v17.12, focusing on enhancing developer experiences specifically for .NET 9 projects and introducing new AI productivity features. This update incorporates numerous developer-requested enhancements aimed at simplifying workflows and improving overall...
on Nov 16
Uno Platform Unveils 'Hot Design' Tool for Cross-Platform .NET Apps -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Uno Platform provided a new take on visual designers for .NET app development, claiming a breakthrough that changes code at runtime rather than the design stage.
on Nov 16
In .NET 9 Debut, Microsoft Focuses on .NET Aspire, AI -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Microsoft shipped .NET 9 today with the dev team highlighting .NET Aspire and AI in a keynote and follow-on sessions of the livestreamed launch event.
on Nov 16
Microsoft Previews Copilot AI in SQL Server Management Studio -- Visual Studio Magazine
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In announcing SSMS 21 Preview 1 this week, Microsoft revealed Copilot AI for the tool is also being previewed, privately.
on Nov 8
DBSCAN Clustering and Anomaly Detection Using C# -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of data clustering and anomaly detection using the DBSCAN (Density Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) algorithm. Compared to other anomaly detection systems based on data clustering, DBSCAN...
on Nov 7
Microsoft Highlights Third-Party Open-Source '.NET Smart Components' -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Microsoft has long acknowledged third-party vendor contributions to dev tooling ecosystems like Blazor and is now doing the same for its newly open-sourced .NET Smart Components.
on Oct 24
Microsoft's Stalled UWP Project Supports .NET 9 to Help WinUI 3 Migration -- Visual Studio Magazine
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The company urges devs to switch to Windows App SDK and WinUI 3 because UWP is no longer under active development.
on Sep 20
Windows Community Toolkit Update Improves Controls -- Visual Studio Magazine
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The Windows Community Toolkit advanced to version 8.1, adding new features, improving existing controls and making dependency changes.
on Sep 11
Newly Open-Sourced '.NET Smart Components' Demoed at AI Event -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Yesterday's .NET Conf Focus on AI online event highlighted Microsoft's latest/greatest AI dev tooling, including the newly open-sourced .NET Smart Components.
on Aug 26
Artificial Immune Systems for Intrusion Detection Using C# -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a demonstration program that models biological immune systems to identify network intrusion threats. The demo illustrates challenges with artificial immune systems as well as promising new approaches.
on Aug 16
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Microsoft's first significant update to .NET Aspire for cloud-native app development addresses the building of container images and the orchestration of Python code among a bevy of new features and enhancements.
on Aug 15
.NET 9 Addresses NuGet Vulnerabilities in Preview 6 -- Visual Studio Magazine
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With new dev tooling security vulnerabilities publicized regularly, Microsoft's new .NET 9 Preview 6 addresses the problem in one specific area: NuGet packages used for sharing code libraries, tools and other assets in the .NET ecosystem.
on Jul 31
OpenSilver 3.0 Framework for .NET Gets UI by AI -- Visual Studio Magazine
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A new AI-powered UI designer highlights the new release of OpenSilver 3.0, a free, open-source UI framework for building modern .NET web applications in C# and XAML, basically a reimplementation of Microsoft Silverlight that runs on current browsers via WebAssembly.
on Jul 31
Open Source 'Eclipse Theia IDE' Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Some seven years in the making, the Eclipse Foundation's Theia IDE project is now generally available, emerging from beta to challenge Microsoft's similar Visual Studio Code editor, with which it shares much tech.
on Jul 1
From Zero to .NET MAUI: Seeking One Codebase to Run Everywhere -- Visual Studio Magazine
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The promise of writing one codebase and running it everywhere has never really panned out for developers. However, using XAML and .NET MAUI, you come much closer.
on Jun 24
Microsoft Build 2024 Sessions Listed: Copilots, Copilots & More Copilots -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Microsoft today announced the session catalog for its Build developer conference next month in Seattle, with AI unsurprisingly dominating the event.
on Apr 28
Just for Fun: A Five-Card Poker Library Using C# -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Chances are if you've had many coding interviews you've been presented with a poker problem. Here's a great take from Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research.
on Apr 21
New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' -- Visual Studio Magazine
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'We find disconcerting trends for maintainability.'
on Mar 24
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GitHub Copilot is one thing, AutoDev is another, completely automating software development with autonomous AI agents that do all the work themselves, turning developers into supervisors.
on Mar 22
Geographically Visualizing Customer Data with Blazor and ArcGIS -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Whether you're analyzing sales territories, monitoring environmental changes, or tracking the spread of diseases, geospatial visualization provides a holistic view that goes beyond mere numbers.
on Mar 5
Choosing the Right UI Framework for Native Windows Applications -- Visual Studio Magazine
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What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on?
on Mar 3
Choosing the Right UI Framework for Native Windows Applications -- Visual Studio Magazine
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What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on?
on Feb 14
12 Simple .NET MAUI Do's and Don'ts -- Visual Studio Magazine
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A handy list of .NET MAUI 'do's and don'ts' was yesterday provided to viewers of the latest .NET MAUI Community Standup video hosted by Microsoft's Maddy Montaquila and David Ortinau.
on Feb 3
New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' -- Visual Studio Magazine
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'We find disconcerting trends for maintainability.'
on Jan 26
Microsoft Asks Devs About Visual Studio Pet Peeves: 'Don't Get Me Started' -- Visual Studio Magazine
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While the complaints are numerous and vociferous, Microsoft's Mads Kristensen took pains to reply to many, sometimes educating users on how to immediately solve their issues, sometimes pointing out where they can vote on relevant feature requests to solve the peeves, sometimes commiserating.
on Jan 25
Finally Go Eyes On with Upcoming Visual Studio 2022 UI Refresh -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Six months ago, Microsoft teased Visual Studio 2022 developers by announcing an upcoming UI refresh, which they can now finally get their eyes on in the new v17.9 preview 1.
on Nov 18, 2023
Microsoft Ships .NET 8 -- Visual Studio Magazine
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In announcing .NET 8 today, Microsoft emphasized the cloud, performance, full-stack Blazor, AI and .NET MAUI as major highlights of the latest edition of the company's free, cross-platform, open source developer platform.
on Nov 15, 2023
C# Overtaking Java in Popularity Index -- Visual Studio Magazine
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'If the trends remain this way, C# will surpass Java in about 2 month's time.'
on Oct 19, 2023
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Everything will ship at the Nov. 14-16 .NET Conf 2023 event.
on Oct 12, 2023
VS Code Update Improves Testing with GitHub Copilot AI -- Visual Studio Magazine
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Microsoft improved testing with the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code as part of the regular monthly update to the super-popular code editor.
on Oct 10, 2023