Exploring Microsoft’s Adoption of Python in Visual Studio David Bolton, September 5, 2018 7 min read You don't usually think of Microsoft and Python in the same sentence. But now, in Visual Studio 2017, you can develop...
Visual Basic is in Danger of Obsolescence: TIOBE Nick Kolakowski, February 16, 2018 2 min read Visual Basic is headed for obsolescence, according to the February update of the TIOBE Index. “Last week Mads...
Managing SQL Server in Code: A Brief Walkthrough David Bolton, February 5, 2018 10 min read Microsoft's flagship relational database, SQL Server, is now 28 years old and still going strong. It comes with a...
Microsoft Releases Quantum Development Kit Preview Nick Kolakowski, December 15, 2017 3 min read In September, Microsoft announced plans to weave a quantum-computing language into Visual Studio, its integrated...
Microsoft Previews Smart New Dev Tools Nate Swanner, November 17, 2017 3 min read Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella At its Connect conference last week in New York City, Microsoft unveiled some new tools...
Tech Pros Don’t Fear Cloud Vendor Lock-In Nick Kolakowski, September 22, 2017 2 min read Is vendor lock-in a pervasive fear among tech pros? Not when it comes to the cloud, according to a new survey by...
5 Reasons to Use Visual Studio Code David Bolton, May 26, 2017 7 min read The days of Microsoft hating Linux are long past; in fact, the company joined the Linux Foundation in November 2016,...
Xamarin Live Lets Devs Debug Native Apps Quickly Nate Swanner, May 11, 2017 2 min read Xamarin Live On the heels of releasing Visual Studio for Mac at this week's Build conference, Microsoft is...
Visual Studio for Mac Launches This Month Nate Swanner, November 15, 2016 3 min read Visual Studio for Mac It’s (almost) official: Visual Studio is coming to the Mac. In a now-deleted blog post,...
Building Apps with Xamarin Forms David Bolton, August 4, 2016 5 min read Xamarin is both a company and a cross-platform development system for creating mobile apps in C#. Co-founded by...
