Xamarin University To Host Free Webinars in June
C# developers can dive into the basics of Xamarin.Forms, and go beyond with customizing them, learning how to target game development for various mobile platforms, and integrate it with Azure Machine Learning to build "smart" apps. It's all free in this once-weekly webinar series.
Exploiting Partial and RenderPartial in ASP.NET MVC
If you're wondering what the difference is between the HtmlHelper Partial and RenderPartial methods, then here's why Peter, at least, uses Partial.
Entity Framework 6.2 Emerges Out of Preview
This more fully-fledged version of Microsoft's object relational/mapper is now at the initial beta testing stage, with quicker startups and a number of fixes from the preview, but there's also more work to do to resolve some issues that can impact EF providers. Also: a list of new features of the EF Core 2.0 preview released at Build.
Use Docker To Breathe New Life for Your ASP.NET Apps
Using Docker's lightweight containerization technology, you can modernize and extend ASP.NET WebForms app quickly and safely on the Microsoft Azure cloud. In this first of a two-part series, we show you how.
Neural Networks Using Python and NumPy
With Python and NumPy getting lots of exposure lately, I'll show how to use those tools to build a simple feed-forward neural network.
Working with Exceptions Before the Error Handler Does
Normally, you don't care about first-chance exceptions -- it's only when something becomes a second-chance exception that you start to pay attention. But when you do care about all the exceptions, here's how to work with them both in Visual Studio and in your code.
From VSLive! Austin: What's New, What's Next for .NET in 2017
Microsoft's developers have been churning through code and delivering a dizzying array of tools and services. But there's still more to come this year, as Microsoft's Jeffrey T. Fritz explained at Visual Studio Live! this week.
The 30,000-Foot View of the Microsoft Application Portfolio
Microsoft's Matt Nunn provides a whirlwind tour of the current state of tools and services that Microsoft has to offer developers in this VSLive! Austin keynote.
Serverless C# with Azure Functions: HTTP-Triggered Functions
Last time I looked at the basics of triggers. Let's look at creating an HTTP-triggered function for displaying a greeting based on a target audience.
Microsoft Build 2017: Evolving the Mobile-First, Cloud-First Message
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella provided the framework of Microsoft's developer tooling and services so far and a nicely detailed glimpse into future direction. Then EVP Scott Guthrie detailed the vast number of new and upcoming offerings as a preview to the sessions taking place the rest of the week.
What We Expect To See at Microsoft Build 2017
Microsoft's big developer shindig often sets the agenda for Microsoft's development efforts for the next year and beyond.
By Michael Desmond
Turn Off Caching at the Browser
You can force users to always get the most recent version of your ASP.NET Web page by using the last tool you'd expect to handle this: The OutputCache attribute.
Video Sessions from VSLive! Now Available
We've updated the videos recorded at the Redmond, Boston and Orlando shows. This week's .NET Podcast features a podcast stream of John Papa's session in Orlando on choosing a mobile direction for your company.
Set Up ASP.NET MVC with AngularJS in Visual Studio
Here's how to add AngularJS to an ASP.NET MVC application in Visual Studio 2015.
Updates: .NET Framework 4.7 and TypeScript 2.3 Now GA
.NET Framework 4.7 now supports Windows versions besides the Creators Update, and the TypeScript team gets cracking on new PRs for version 2.4.