Microsoft Visual Studio isn’t just an IDE; it is the forge in which several generations of software—from shrink‑wrapped Windows utilities to cloud‑native micro‑services—have been hammered into existence. For nearly three decades it has remained the default...
"Write less, do more." That motto wasn’t just a clever tagline—it was a revolution. Before modern JavaScript frameworks became the norm, jQuery quietly changed everything. In the web development landscape now dominated by React, Angular, and Vue, it might be easy to...
When working with Large Language Models (LLMs), generating structured outputs like CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is invaluable for tasks such as data analysis, reporting, and integration with spreadsheet applications. However, since LLMs are primarily optimized for...
In this hands-on lab, you will construct an end-to-end Proof of concept for ticket ordering based on a microservices architecture based on Service...
In this workshop, you will learn how to build, setup, and configure a Web Application that performs media streaming using Azure Services; including...
It feels like it was not too long ago when .NET Core 1.0 was released. Well, today Microsoft just announced the latest .NET Core 3.0! There have...
"Developing for the cloud, in the cloud" has been a pretty cool idea for some time now. There are times when locally installed developer tools make...
The AZ-203 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure certification exam tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Developer. This exam tests...
The AZ-201 Microsoft Azure Developer Advanced Solutions certification exam tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Developer. This exam tests...
The AZ-200 Microsoft Azure Developer Core Solutions certification exam tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Developer. This exam tests...
The Azure Maps service is a Platform-as-a-Service API offering within the Microsoft Azure cloud that provides geospatial / GIS capabilities. The...
The "Microsoft Build" conference is Microsoft's annual developer conference. Build is the sister conference to the Microsoft Ignite conference....
The book "Python Data Science Handbook: Essential Tools for Working with Data" published by O'Reilly and written by Jake VanderPlas is available for...
Blockchain is a really interesting technology, but it's mostly remained very difficult to implement. The "Programming the Blockchain in C#" free...
A while back I wrote an OSS Spotlight post about the Swagger project. In short, Swagger is "the world's most popular API tooling". It's a powerful...
There have been a few approaches to make sharing and consuming Web Services easier over the years. Many developers have worked with WSDL and SOAP...
Azure Functions The serverless computing realm of cloud computing has been growing in interest and functionality lately. Recently, Azure Functions...
Just as Microsoft is constantly working to update, upgrade and add to the overall Microsoft Azure platform, they are also working to keep updating...
Written by Charles Petzold, the "Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms" book is a 1200 page deep dive for C# developers who want to write...
It's important for today's decision makers to understand how to create a mobile app development strategy. This can be key to opening up new business...
There are many excellent reasons to use Microsoft Azure to host applications and enterprise systems. There's even plenty of criticisms on it being...