Menees VS Tools Updated for Visual Studio 2017
The venerable Visual Studio Extension, Menees VS Tools, from Bill Menees has been updated for Visual Studio 2017.The Menees VS Tools have been around since 2001 and was originally a Visual C++ 6...
View ArticleReactXP - A library for building cross-platform apps
Today's Web Wednesday post highlights a new Microsoft project that builds on React, with the intent to make it even easier to create cross platform web apps (the XP in ReactXP...)ReactXPBuilding on...
View Article"Happy Path” to IoT
You've been hearing IoT, IoT, IoT, you already know how to code, but you're not sure how to get started with IoT? Here's a great post and learning path from Zhidi Shang and team just for you...A “Happy...
View ArticleFunctioning Private Visual Studio Gallery via Azure Functions
Today's project from Daniel Cazzulino is one that I thought kind of neat and different.If you're a Visual Studio user, you've been to the Visual Studio Gallery. You might have also wondered at one...
View Articledotnet CLI Tool Build Redux
Last year we highlighted creating your own dotnet CLI tools, Do you dotnet cli? Here's how you can add your own tools...Given how much has changed since then, it's time for an updated look at that.Good...
View ArticleSock IoT with this Azure Connected System-on-a-chip Project
While creating a temperature and humidity IoT project is the IoT "Hello World," Marcel Meurer has put in a cool twist, connecting it to Azure and even PowerBI!Build your own IoT device with ESP8266...
View ArticleCoding4Fun April 2017 Round-up
As I sit here Saturday morning, April 29th, writing next week's posts, scheduling the first for Monday, May 1st, it dawns on me... I didn't do an April Round-up! Doh!Well that just won't do; today's...
View ArticleBreaking the Breakpoint Blues with the Breakpoint Generator
Willy-P. Schaub, of ALM Ranger fame, blogged last week that the Breakpoint Generator is now open source. Contributors Jakob Ehn and Utkarsh Shigihalli powered though making this happen for this cool...
View ArticleRion's "Contributing to .NET for Dummies"
You all know that much of .NET is open source. But you might also think that working on it is beyond you, that there's no way YOU can actually contribute...WRONG!Rion's great post below shows you...
View ArticleEnd-to-End IoT with Azure Services
Wrapping your head around a "complete" IoT project can be tough. The pipeline can be complex, made up of a number of services and just a bunch of moving parts. Getting started with this can be...
View ArticleAdding Fire to your Coding with Fira Code Font
I found today's post topic via Sergey Vlasov's, Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font, post and wondered how have I never seen this, or like, font? Needless to...
View ArticleKeeping Track of Your Code's Performance with CodeTrack
In March we highlighted a cool debugging tool, MemoScope.Net - Think "WinDbg & ClrMd UI for the .NET Guy". Today we're highlighting another, an awesome one-man project that I think you're...
View ArticleHello World .NET Core Pi
Today's Friday Hardware post comes to us from Laurent Kempé. The project shows off all the steps in getting your first .NET Core application running on an IoT device....NET Core console app running on...
View ArticleMake Visual Studio Zoom with Font Sizer
We're on a little bit of a Font roll here on Extension Monday, last week with our Adding Fire to your Coding with Fira Code Font post and then this week's extension from Karl Shifflett (Yes, that Karl...
View ArticleScratch is Ten!
Scratch continues to be one of those project we love following and highlighting...Scratch that learning itch...Scratch, the tool to help you grow your young geek"Coding for Kinect with Scratch" MVA...
View ArticleRaspberry PI ASP.NET Core MVC
Last week we highlighted Laurent Kempé's, Hello World .NET Core Pi, post. This week we continue to follow his work and get ASP.NET Core running on a Raspberry Pi too...ASP.NET Core MVC app running on...
View ArticleWTS FTW 10T (Windows Template Studio For The Windows 10 Template)
One of the coolest things I saw at Build was something that you all know I've been pushing for for a long time.How many times have I highlighted Visual Studio Project Template extensions? How many...
View ArticleGet Started with the Cortana Skills Kit
We've blogged about building Alexa Skills a few times as we waited for a means to create Cortana Skills. Finally at Build the Cortana Skills Kit was released!Cortana Skills Kit empowers developers to...
View ArticleOpenZWave for UWP and .NET
Morten Nielsen posted some good news recently, which we're very happy to highlight!We first blogged about his OpenZWave work a few months ago, Opening UWP to OpenZWave.Recently he posted that there's...
View Articledotnet new Template Creator
I post allot about the good that are Project Templates. Seems only fitting for me to blog about a new extension from Mads Kristensen that will make it much easier for you (and I) to create those...
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