Article Category: Visual Studio 2015

Developing Cross-Platform Native Apps with a Functional Scripting Language

By: Vassili Kaplan

Last updated: Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - November/December

Vassili extends his own custom scripting language for mobile development and makes creating and placing widgets fast and easy.
Accessing Platform-Specific Functionalities Using DependencyService in Xamarin.Forms

By: Wei-Meng Lee

Last updated: Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - July/August

You can avoid all that pesky overhead when dealing with multiple platforms by using Microsoft’s library of APIs, Xamarin.Forms. Wei-Meng shows you how to efficiently map to the various platforms’ respective native UI elements at run time.
Writing Concurrent Programs Using F# Mailbox Processors

By: Rachel Reese

Last updated: Monday, May 17, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - July/August

Rachel takes a close look at F# mailbox processors to help you efficiently process messages. She covers replying, scanning (for a particular message or subject), and coordinating multiple agents, and makes it easy once you know which connections to make.
Building an Angular Front End for an ASP.NET Web API

By: Rick Strahl

Last updated: Friday, May 21, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - May/June

Rick follows up on his server-side Angular back end for ASP.NET Core with this interesting look at the matching front end.
What’s New in C# 7.0

By: Chris Williams

Last updated: Thursday, May 20, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - May/June

Just when you think you know what’s up in C#, they release a new version. This one’s got pattern matching, tuples, and local functions along with improvements to existing features. Chris shows you where to dive in.
Azure Skyline: Building and Deploying Services to Azure with .NET Core and Docker

By: Mike Yeager

Last updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - March/April, EPS/CODE Articles & Whitepapers

Today’s devs have to be nimble. Your app has to work on a multitude of platforms and meet any number of platform-specific demands. Mike explains how a new tool called Docker can help you deploy your apps on everything from Linux to .NET and leave you hardly breaking a sweat.
Data-Driven Testing with Visual Studio

By: Paul Sheriff

Last updated: Friday, May 21, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2017 - March/April

Does the idea of using an app that’s never been tested give you the willies? It should, and Paul talks about finding the sticking points so you can be confident that your code works as intended before someone fires it up.
Azure Skyline: Visual Studio Reports in the Cloud

By: Mike Yeager

Last updated: Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2016 - September/October

Every company requires reports. They’re one of the constants of the business world. Mike shows us how to use Azure and VS to get just what you need without the drudgery you’ve come to expect.
Simplest Thing Possible: Dynamic Lambda Expressions

By: John Petersen

Last updated: Friday, June 11, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2016 - July/August

Lambda expressions have been around for a while, but they seem poorly understood and generally underused. You can juice up your code with these dynamic types from .NET, according to John. Find out how!
Arranging Views with Xamarin.Forms Layout

By: Walt Ritscher (LinkedIn)

Last updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2016 - May/June

There’s no longer a simple answer to what sort of device your page will be viewed upon. Walt examines the options and shows you how to make sure that yours will look great on anything, old or new.
Visual Studio 2015: Ushering in a New Paradigm

By: Jeffrey Palermo (Clear Measure)

Last updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - November/December

You’re going to have to hold onto your hat! Jeffrey looks at what’s new in VS 2015, and it’s all good.

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