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Advanced Pattern Matching Features Removed From C# 7
Advanced pattern matching features that were originally expected to be present in C# 7 have been recently excluded from the future branch and will not make it into the next version of the language.
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A Easier Way to Repair the .NET Framework
Having a working set of the .NET Frameworks is important for nearly all Windows users, and developers are no exception. In spite of (or perhaps due to) its critical importance, it is easy to have these frameworks degrade into a non-functional state. Microsoft has updated their tool which makes repairs of these frameworks much easier.
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Exploring Azure with F# Azure Storage Type Provider
The Azure Storage Type Provider brings statically typed access to Azure storage data sources: Blob, Table and Queue. Isaac Abraham, maintainer of the project, recently presented how to interact with these data sources using the type provider.
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Reducing Visual Studio's System Impact
Over the past few years Microsoft has made significant effort to re-position Visual Studio as the premier developer tool for Windows, regardless of what platform the user is targeting. With this increase in scope comes an increase in both disk space and installation time-- both areas Microsoft plans to address with Visual Studio "15", the successor to Visual Studio 2015.
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MSDN/TechNet Being Replaced by Open Source Project docs.microsoft.com
After 15 years of running on a “brittle codebase with an archaic publishing and deployment system”, Microsoft has finally decided to retire MSDN and TechNet. The replacement will be an open source project known as docs.microsoft.com.
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Q&A on Continuous Delivery with Windows and .Net
"Continuous Delivery with Windows and .Net" is a short book by Matthew Skelton and Chris O'Dell that should be seen as a very useful complement to Jez Humble and Dave Farley's "Continuous Delivery" book for those that work in a Windows and .Net environment. InfoQ talked with the authors to learn more about the state of Continuous Delivery on Windows and .Net.
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Xamarin.Forms Open Sourced
Xamarin.Forms has been released as an MIT-licensed open source project as Microsoft continues to open up their .NET software platform. Coinciding with this announcement is news that Visual Studio users will find it easier to perform development for iOS devices from within Visual Studio.
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Neo4j 3.0 Released with Binary Communication Protocol and Standardised Drivers
Today at GraphConnect Europe 2016, Neo Technology announced the release of Neo4j 3.0, which includes a new binary protocol for transmitting data between server and client, and a new set of standardised drivers for interacting with the database, along with stored procedure support and higher performance and capacity. InfoQ spoke to Neo Technology to find out more.
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How VS2015 Update 2 Improves .NET Native Code
Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 has brought several new capabilities and improvements to VS2015. One area that has seen improvement is compiling code for .NET Native, yielding better support for generics and an improved backend compiler.
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Getting Started with F# on Linux and Mac OS X
The advent of .NET Core brings the ability to build and run F# programs on Linux and Mac OS X with the same level of support as Windows. David Stephens, program manager for F# at Microsoft, presented how to get started with F# on .Net Core at Build 2016.
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Overview of the UWP App Model at Build 2016
Andrew Clinick, Program Manager at Microsoft, presented an overview of what’s new in the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) App Model at Build 2016. One of the highlights this year is the conversion of desktop applications to UWP, code-named Project Centennial.
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.NET 4.6.2 Preview Brings Security and WPF Features
While most of the attention is on .NET Core, work continues on the original .NET Framework. Recently released as a preview, version 4.6.2 is primarily focused on security and WinForms/WPF related features.
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C# 7 Features Previewed
Over the last year we've shown you various features that were being considered for C# 7. With the preview of Visual Studio 15, Microsoft has decided to demonstrate the features to make it into the final release of C# 7.
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How Node Replaced Macros in Microsoft Word
Writing extensions for Word used to be handled by BASIC. Now, the language of choice is JavaScript and the platform Node.
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.NET's Future Includes an Open Sourced Mono
At Day 2 of Build, Microsoft's Scott Hunter and Scott Hanselman described the company's plans for a unified .NET library. As part of this plan, Mono has been switch to the MIT open source license.