April 2016
Volume 31 Number 4
![]() [.NET Core].NET Goes Cross-Platform with .NET CorePhillip Carter and Zlatko Knezevic give a clarifying explanation about what .NET Core is and how it’s positioned relative to the Microsoft .NET Framework, plus they provide an overview of the command-line experience that Microsoft is currently shipping. |
![]() [Upstart]Ordinary PeopleThe things that make us exceptional can often be the same things that make us so ordinary, writes Krishnan Rangachari. Learn how reshuffling your priorities might kindle a career renaissance. |
![]() [Visual C++]Microsoft Pushes C++ into the FutureVisual C++ is ground zero for many new proposals to the C++ language and standard library. Kenny Kerr highlights a few new or improved features in the Visual C++ Update 2 release that he finds particularly compelling. |
![]() [Cutting Edge]Pushing Notifications to Mobile AppsDino Esposito explains what it takes to add a notification layer on top of mobile applications, regardless of the mobile operating system itself. He also reviews the services of the Azure Notification Hub platform. |
![]() [Mobile Apps]Using Ionic and TACO to Create Cross-Platform Mobile AppsBuild an advanced UX for a hybrid, cross-platform Cordova app using the Ionic 2 framework, and explore the new Cordova Tools extensions for IntelliSense and debugging in Visual Studio Code. |
![]() [Data Points]Handling the State of Disconnected Entities in EFJulie Lerman looks at the enduring problem of disconnected data and presents a simple recipe for dealing with it in EF6 and the upcoming EF Core. |
![]() [Big Data]Data Processing and Machine Learning on SparkThe open source Apache Spark framework is the current leader in the Big Data processing and analytics space. This article shows how to deploy Spark on Azure and use it to solve machine learning (ML) problems. |
![]() [Essential .NET]Logging with .NET CoreWhy on earth would you need a new logging framework? Because there are already so many available, and the new Microsoft.Extensions.Logging API lets you take advantage of them without having to write a wrapper of your own. |
![]() [Internet of Things]Develop an Azure-Connected IoT Solution in Visual Studio with C++Marc Goodner shows you how to connect a device to Azure IoT using C++ project templates in Visual Studio, how to set up an Azure IoT hub to ingest the device data, and how related Azure services can act on that data. |
![]() [Modern Apps]Writing UWP Apps for the Internet of ThingsFor developers used to writing code, creating the actual “things” for the Internet of Things might be intimidating. This article aims to make Makers out of coders, building a Raspberry Pi 2-based device running UWP apps on Windows 10 IoT Core. |
![]() [Editor's Note]Build's Bold DirectionCross-platform development is top of mind this year at the annual Build conference, with .NET Core, Visual Studio Tools for Cordova, and the Xamarin purchase announcement all hot topics at the event. |