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New in .NET: ML.NET/Model Builder Updates, PeachPie 1.0, Xamarin Performance Monitoring

Updates to Microsoft's AI/ML tooling highlight recent developments in the .NET dev world, which include PeachPie 1.0 (PHP in .NET) and new performance monitoring support for Xamarin.

.NET 5 Blazor Powers 'Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock' Game

A Microsoft project demonstrates a .NET 5 Blazor upgrade by powering a digital variation of the old Rock, Paper, Scissors hand game.

Python in VS Code Improves Jedi Language Server Support

Visual Studio Code developers who subscribe to Insiders builds of Microsoft's Python extension now have access to improved support for the Jedi language server, which provides specific "smarts" for the language.

Survey Finds Slow EF Core Adoption, Surprising Dev Team

Microsoft's data dev team recently shipped Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 2, which comes a couple months after a survey surprised them with indications many developers are sticking with tech that can be more than 10 years old.

Windows Community Toolkit Gets .NET Standard MVVM Library

A new .NET Standard Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) library heads the list of new features in the Windows Community Toolkit, which just shipped in version v7.0.

VS Code Java Gets New Welcome Page with Features Tour

Microsoft's Java on Visual Studio Code dev team added a new experimental welcome page that presents a tour of important features for using the popular code editor with the popular programming language.

.NET 6 Preview 2 Boosts Razor/Blazor in ASP.NET Core

Razor and Blazor received some dev attention in the second preview of Microsoft's .NET 6 landmark release, coming in November to wrap up formerly disparate .NET components into one cross-platform, open source framework for just about any kind of application.

Microsoft's WinUI Wed with Uno Platform for Cross-Platform Apps

Microsoft and Uno Platform have teamed up to highlight the cross-platform app development capabilities of their respective dev tooling offerings.

.NET 6 Preview 2 Adds MAUI, Apple Silicon

The second preview of Microsoft's game-changing .NET 6 release is out, adding support for Apple Silicon chips along with an early implementation of .NET MAUI, an evolution of the Xamarin.Forms mobile-centric framework that adds desktop app support.

Project Reunion Preview: Because 'Windows Development Is Hard'

In an expansive effort to point its developer tooling at everything from the cloud to mobile to web to IoT to gaming to whatever, Microsoft may have neglected one obvious target: Windows. So here is Project Reunion, bridging Win32 and UWP.

As .NET Core 2.1 Support Nears End, Microsoft Previews .NET Upgrade Assistant

Microsoft recently warned developers that .NET Core 2.1 won't be supported after Aug. 21, after previewing a new .NET Upgrade Assistant.

New in Visual Studio F# Tooling: .NET 5 Scripting and F# Interactive

F# Interactive can run F# code interactively at the console, or execute F# scripts: " In other words, F# interactive executes a REPL (Read, Evaluate, Print Loop) for the F# language."

TypeScript Handbook Revamped as Primary Learning Resource

"We want the handbook to feel like the first recommendation you give for learning TypeScript."

Microsoft's Surface Duo Dev Team Courts Flutter Coders

Microsoft is helping Google provide support for foldable devices -- specifically the Surface Duo -- in Flutter apps.

VS Code Now Has Apple Silicon Builds for Native Mac Development

Goodbye Rosetta, hello M1. Visual Studio Code has been updated with new builds that let it run natively on machines with Apple Silicon (M1), the company's own ARM64 chips.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac v8.9 Ships with .NET 6 Preview 1 Support

During its Ignite 2021 online event for IT pros and developers this week, Microsoft shipped Visual Studio 2019 for Mac v8.9, arriving with out-of-the-box support for .NET 6 Preview 1, which the company also released recently.

Analyst: TypeScript Now Firmly in Top 10 Echelon (Ruby, Not So Much)

RedMonk analyst Stephen O'Grady believes TypeScript has achieved the rare feat of firmly ensconcing itself into the top 10 echelon of his ranking, now questioning how high it might go.

Microsoft Ships Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Servicing Baseline Release

Microsoft is urging enterprises and professional coders to standardize on the new Visual Studio 2019 v16.9, a servicing baseline release that's guaranteed to receive official support for an extended period.

Microsoft Extends Low-Code Push with Power Fx Programming Language

"Using formulas that are already familiar to hundreds of millions of users, Power Fx allows a broad range of people to bring skills they already know to low code solutions."

Microsoft's Tools to Fight Solorigate Attack Are Now Open Source

Microsoft open sourced homegrown tools it used to check its systems for code related to the recent massive breach of supply chains that the company has named Solorigate.

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