Book review: Professional ASP.NET MVC 5. Is this the way to learn ASP.NET MVC?
This book caught my eye because while I like ASP.NET MVC, Microsoft’s modern web application framework, it seems to be badly documented. Even the word “badly” is not quite right; there is lots of...
View ArticleVLC is coming to Windows Phone
The popular media playback app VLC is coming to Windows Phone as well as Windows tablets, according to an email sent to supporters of its Kickstarter project for VLC for WinRT (Windows Runtime). A new...
View ArticleCompile Android Java, iOS Objective C apps for Windows 10 with Visual Studio:...
Microsoft has announced the ability to compile Windows 10 apps written in Java or C++ for Android, or in Objective C for iOS, at its Build developer conference here in San Francisco. Objective C code...
View ArticleMicrosoft completes Visual Studio 2015
Microsoft has completed Visual Studio 2015, the latest version of its all-encompassing development tool. You can download it here. Today is also the release day for TypeScript 1.5 (a language which...
View ArticleAdapting a native code DLL to be called from a Store or Universal Windows app
I am writing a Bridge game in C# – yes, I have been doing this for some time, it does run now but it is not ready for public unveiling. It is good fun though and a learning experience, as I am writing...
View ArticleHow to run Android Studio on Windows without disabling Hyper-V
If you run Windows and use the Hyper-V hypervisor, which is used by Visual Studio as well as being handy for testing stuff in virtual machines, then you will encounter an annoyance if you go on to...
View ArticleMicrosoft needs to fix its Android emulator
Microsoft wants Windows 10 to be an ideal developer operating system, with its Linux subsystem, and Visual Studio 2017 is notable for its strong cross-platform development tools. There is an annoyance...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces Visual Studio 2019, but pleasing developers is a tough...
Microsoft’s John Montgomery has announced Visual Studio 2019, in a post which is short on any details of what might be in the product, other than to continue evolving features that we already know...
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Hands On ASP.NET Core
I’ve been putting together a quick web application (well, I thought it would be quick) in my spare time (hah!) and I picked ASP.NET Core on Linux as a sensible option given that I like working in C#....
View ArticleVisual Studio, TypeScript, WebPack and ASP.NET Core: somewhat awkward
It is always good to learn a new language so I took advantage of the holiday season to look more closely at TypeScript. At least, that was the original intent. So far I have spent longer on...
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