Microsoft's Day 1 Keynote was one of information overload, with a slew of product announcements. But there was one bit of emotional overload that I couldn't let go. Also: an interview with Paul Pardi and Selina Winter of the Microsoft Learning Group in this week's .NET Insight Podcast.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/12/2017
The OutputCache attribute is a great way to improve both response time and scaleability, except there are many times when you can’t use it. Here’s how to leverage the HtmlHelper Action method to handle those exceptions.
Let's catch up with the latest tools and extensions available for Visual Studio 2015 and the recently released Visual Studio 2017.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 05/10/2017
Microsoft's big developer shindig often sets the agenda for Microsoft's development efforts for the next year and beyond.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/09/2017
Learn how Mobile Center helps you easily develop, build, test, distribute, and monitor your mobile apps.
- By Greg Shackles
- 05/09/2017
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.
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.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/05/2017
.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.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/03/2017
Here’s how to add AngularJS to an ASP.NET MVC application in Visual Studio 2015.
Let's explore factor analysis again, this time using the R ability to tap into OOP, but we won't use the RC model.
- By James McCaffrey
- 05/02/2017
It's possible to hook into document store events to monitor (and even modify) behavior.
- By Jason Roberts
- 05/01/2017
Here's the best performing option when you're retrieving the objects at the end of an entity class's navigation property, either when you only want some of the objects or when you only want them some of the time.
New Help Viewer option allows Microsoft books and resources for the newest VS version to be available and updated with more recent and timely information. Plus: MSDN Editor-in-Chief Michael Desmond offers his Microsoft Build insights on this week's .NET Insight Podcast.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/28/2017
Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code are a bit more C++-friendly now that tools have improved support. Plus: Windows 10 evaulation VMs are now updated and available.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/26/2017
If you haven’t used the .NET Framework Contract tools to help guarantee code quality, it’s worthwhile to consider integrating them into your work. If you figured that Contracts were all hype, it may be time to see how they could be genuinely useful.
If you prefer to keep your Properties Window in Categories View, then here's some shortcuts you might find valuable.
Platform tools get some exposure on this week's roundup of news for developers in this week's podcast. Also: Who's listening, and who should we interview next?
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/21/2017
Last time we looked at presentation tools that you can use to show off your work to an audience or to a team. This time, we look at tools that might be more suitable for use in code review. I also share some of my experiences using these tools.
- By Terrence Dorsey
- 04/19/2017
Coding by Contract was once the future of programming. It isn’t as popular now as it was even five years ago, at least in the .NET Framework community. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find the related tools useful.
The Visual Studio Code page on GitHub hosts a slew of tips, and CodePlex will be shutting down later this year. Bonus: Inaugural .NET Insight Podcast!
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/14/2017