Map APIs and controls: Adding external elements
In the first post of this series, you got started with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) MapControl class. In the second post, you worked with geolocation, geocoding, and map routes.… Read the...
View ArticleIntroducing the Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool Version 1.3
This post was written by Rakesh Ranjan Singh, Senior Software Engineer on the .NET Setup team. We are happy to announce the latest version of the .NET Framework Repair Tool… Read the rest.The post...
View ArticleExamining Microsoft's new .NET Standard
Microsoft is currently in the midst of pushing a major change to the .NET platform in it's new .NET Standard Library. The .NET Standard simplifies development for any of the… Read the rest.The post...
View ArticleCrowd-Sourcing Solutions: How Would You Improve Your City?
A great story on WESA-FM's tech segment entitled Building Better Cities One Application at a Time got me thinking--what apps would I build to make Pittsburgh a better city? GrapeCity's… Read the...
View ArticleVisual Studio 17 RC: First Look from GrapeCity Developers
Microsoft announced Visual Studio 2017 RC today at Connect! We've updated this post to reflect the name of the new version of Visual Studio. (November 16, 2016) Unless you’ve been… Read the rest.The...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Code Camp – 2016 .NET, JavaScript, Azure and more!
I attended the 11th anniversary of the Silicon Valley Code Camp this year on October 1st and 2nd in San Jose California. When I speak around the country and get… Read the rest.The post Silicon Valley...
View ArticleConnect(); // 2016 Recap
If you had any doubts about Microsoft’s commitment to non-Windows platforms and open source, then the announcements at Connect(); // 2016 should be enough to change your mind. Any developer.… Read the...
View ArticleVideo: 4 Devs Talk 2017's AIs, bots, and hardware
GrapeCity's Kelley Ricker, Christian Gaetano, Troy Taylor and Justin Mack discuss what's coming in 2017: exciting developments in hardware, AI, bots, and other technology predictions. See more videos...
View ArticleTackling Tuples: Understanding the New C# 7 Value Type
It's no secret that C# 7 is one of the biggest updates to Microsoft's homegrown programming language that the .NET community has ever seen. So far, previews of the 7th… Read the rest.The post Tackling...
View ArticleHappy 15th Birthday, .NET!
It's .NET's 15th birthday! Given that ComponentOne Studio has had an inextricable relationship with .NET from the start, we asked some of our experienced developers about their impressions of the… Read...
View ArticleImprove UWP performance with .NET Native 1.6
Good news to UWP developers: along with the new Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft has released .NET Native 1.6, which fixes a lot of the performance issues you may have experienced… Read the rest.The post...
View ArticleStackOverflow's 2017 Developer Survey: Loved and Dreaded Languages, Tabs and...
At GrapeCity, we look forward every year to the results from StackOverflow's excellent developer survey. The research is invaluable to help us develop our roadmaps, understand where developers are…...
View ArticleTake Your Kid to GrapeCity Day!
It's been another swell celebration of Take Your Kid to Work Day, with several proud parents bringing their kiddos in to experience the world of GrapeCity and computer software. Resident… Read the...
View ArticleVideo: 4 Devs Talk Xamarin Edition, Angular 4, and an Upcoming Ebook
GrapeCity's Kelley Ricker, Christian Gaetano, Troy Taylor and Justin Mack discuss the new ComponentOne Xamarin Edition beta release, what's new with Angular 4, and Christian's upcoming ebook! See more...
View ArticleVideo: 4 Devs Talk Microsoft Build
GrapeCity's Kelley Ricker, Christian Gaetano, Troy Taylor and Justin Mack discuss what they'd like to see at Microsoft Build 2017. See more videos at http://our.componentone.com/tag/4devs/… Read the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Build 2017 Predictions and Wishes
Microsoft Build 2017 is fast approaching, and every year it's fun to try to anticipate what Microsoft might reveal. Last year brought some major announcements with the long expected acquisition… Read...
View ArticleCodeStock 2017 Recap
GrapeCity Developer Tools recently sponsored and attended the CodeStock event in Knoxville TN on May 5th and 6th. It was a great event where we got to speak with many… Read the rest.The post CodeStock...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces XAML Standard
Today Microsoft revealed that they're taking a big step to unify XAML across many of their platforms. The new common markup language that they're calling XAML Standard will finally let… Read the...
View ArticleReport from MS Build 2017: Mixed Reality, A High Building, and the...
I've spent the last few days at Microsoft Build 2017 meeting literally hundreds of developers. We've talked JavaScript, we've talked Xamarin and .NET and reporting, and on this last morning,… Read the...
View ArticleMSBuild 2017 Review: Great Technology for All Developers
Last week, I had to opportunity to attend Microsoft Build 2017. Before arriving, I must say that my expectations were high, but I was clueless about what Microsoft had in… Read the rest.The post...
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