Dec 17, 2024 · Q&A. Diving Deep into .NET MAUI. By David Ramel; 12/17/2024; Ever since someone figured out that fiddling bits results in source code, developers have sought one codebase for all types of apps on all platforms, with Microsoft's latest attempt to further that effort being .NET MAUI.

Dec 18, 2024 · "We're excited to bring these benefits to the entire Visual Studio family," said Microsoft's Rhea Patel in a Dec. 18 post. "With Copilot Free, you'll have AI-powered tools right at your fingertips -- smarter debugging, AI generated commit messages, AI-breakpoint placement, and of course, direct access to Completions, Chat, and much more.

Oct 28, 2024 · In-Depth. Free (Non-Commercial) JetBrains Rider vs. Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition. By David Ramel; 10/28/2024; With JetBrains making its Rider and WebStorm IDEs freely available for non-commercial use, Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition has a new competitor, not to mention Visual Studio Code.

Nov 22, 2024 · News. Visual Studio's AI Future: Copilot .NET Upgrades and More. By David Ramel; 11/22/2024; At this week's Microsoft Ignite conference, the Visual Studio team showed off a future AI-powered IDE that will leverage GitHub Copilot for legacy app .NET upgrades, along with several more cutting-edge features.

Nov 7, 2024 · "Further, many of you will be happy to see the initial stages of support for dark theme," said Microsoft. "Yes, you read that correctly! We are bringing proper support for dark theme to SQL Server Management Studio in a phased approach.

Feb 13, 2024 · Q&A. Choosing the Right UI Framework for Native Windows Applications. By David Ramel; 02/13/2024; What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on?

Mar 8, 2023 · Previously called "Visual Studio Code Tools for AI," this extension taps into the Azure Machine Learning service, letting developers accomplish most of the following workflow directly in the VS Code editor: . Build and train machine learning models faster, and easily deploy to the cloud or the edge.

Nov 20, 2024 · News. Visual Studio Devs Demand Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI: 'Why Is VSC Always Preferred?' By David Ramel; 11/20/2024; The brand-new Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 lets developers specify the AI model they want to use with the baked-in GitHub Copilot, but some devs are clamoring for more options, such as the latest/greatest Claude 3.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic that is available in VS Code.

May 9, 2024 · In-Depth. All the Copilots: Microsoft Explains 'The Ecosystem Is Larger than You Think' Unfortunately, the exact number of AI Copilots unleashed on the world by Microsoft is apparently unknowable, like the value of Pi, beyond the comprehension of humans or machines.

Feb 2, 2024 · News. 12 Simple .NET MAUI Do's and Don'ts. By David Ramel; 02/02/2024; A handy list of .NET MAUI "do's and don'ts" was yesterday provided to viewers of the latest .NET MAUI Community Standup video hosted by Microsoft's Maddy Montaquila and David Ortinau.