The Azure Cosmos DB Emulator can be used to develop Cosmos DB applications without a cost for the Azure service. In this article, Suhas Pande demonstrates several common tasks using C# and the emulator: creating databases, collections, and documents.… Read more
Microsoft Office is heavily used in most organizations, and Microsoft has provided several ways to extend and customize Office applications. In this article, Darko Martinovic demonstrates how to use C# to create several automation solutions, including custom add-ins. … Read more
The characters in many games today seem lifelike. Under the covers, an application controls the behavior. In this article, Lance Talbert walks you through setting up a game with some simple artificial intelligence built in using Unity and C#… Read more
AWS Serverless Applications allow developers to create apps without needing a server environment. In this article, Gerald Bauer demonstrates how to get started with this technology in C#. He shows how to deploy and test one of the built-in samples and then walks you through how to create your own application. … Read more
In this article, Michael Sorens describes unit testing for applications written in Go. While focused on Go, many of his recommendations and techniques can be applied to other languages as well.… Read more
Agile methodology for software delivery is accepted at many organizations but is not used everywhere. In this article, Mohammad Rizvi gives advice on how to successfully implement a software project in a non-Agile environment.… Read more
Once again, Dino Esposito explains a Bootstrap 4 enhancement. This time, he explains how the card component replaces the well and panel classes. … Read more
Bootstrap provides an easy way to add modal dialogs to web pages. Dino Esposito explains how to create modal dialogs with Bootstrap and describes the improvements available with Bootstrap 4. … Read more
The .NET F# language can be used for machine learning. In this article, Diogo Souza explains what is needed in Visual Studio to take advantage of this feature and walks you through a simple regression example. … Read more
Unity is the tool to use when creating games with C#, however, it has had many limitations. With the release of Unity 2018.1, many enhancements have been added to improve performance and the look of the game. Lance Talbert talks about these enhancements and how Unity programmers can take advantage of them. … Read more
The HttpClient class is used to send and receive requests to an HTTP endpoint. In this article, Camilo Reyes describes how to work with the class and how to avoid common pitfalls and issues.… Read more
The user interface, such as buttons and messages, in a game is very important. In this article, Lance Talbert shows how to create a working Tic-Tac-Toe game using Unity and C# consisting of user interface elements. … Read more
Microsoft has introduced a new version of Razor with ASP.NET Core 2. Tom Fischer explains why it’s worth taking another look at this methodology, especially those who discounted it before. He walks you through creating a simple application, highlighting the benefits or Razor.… Read more
As more companies take advantage of the cloud, teams must learn to do the basics in new ways. In this article, Mircea Oprea demonstrates how to migrate an ASP.NET application to Azure and from on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Database. He also discusses how to troubleshoot issues you may find during the migration.… Read more
In-Memory OLTP was introduced with SQL Server 2014 as a way to improve transaction performance. There are several scenarios that are not supported, such as some data types, and Darko Martinović describes the issues and provides workarounds. He also has provided a tool to assist in migrating disk-based tables to In-Memory optimized tables.… Read more
Bootstrap 4 has many features to make your life easier if you are a web developer. In this article, Dino Esposito explains the Bootstrap 4 media object which can dramatically decrease your use of inline CSS.… Read more
The next step in learning how to create games in C# using Unity is to add extensions to get custom functionality. Lance Talbert shows you how to create an extension that changes the properties of many objects at once.… Read more
Sharing and reusing large objects between components and services can save time and computing resources. Tom Fischer explains how to take advantage of the Memory Mapped Files feature of .NET to help boost performance.… Read more
Azure, Microsoft's cloud, provides dozens of services to make cloud development fast without the need to worry about infrastructure such as hardware. In this article, Jakub Kaczmarek explains the benefits and challenges of creating a bot using the Microsoft Bot Framework found on Azure. He also walks you through creating a simple bot.… Read more
SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) is a great tool for managing SQL Server. Darko Martinovic demonstrates how to use SMO within a C# solution to create tables, backup the database, and more.… Read more
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