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Navigating Cloudy Horizons with Azure Monitor and Application Insights

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:00
Learn the concepts important to monitoring applications and how to configure Azure Monitor and Application Insights to collect relevant data, alert you when potential problems occur, and report on that data in near real time.
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Using Copilot AI to Call OpenAI APIs from Visual Studio 2022

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 14:47
Can advanced AI in Visual Studio 2022 turn the sophisticated IDE into a replacement for low-code tools that is suitable for non-coders to create business apps?
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Mapping the Story: Make Your Flat Backlog More Dynamic to Build Better Products

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:30
Story mapping, or user story mapping, is a powerful tool that helps software development teams visualize user journeys to prioritize work and ensure efficient development cycles.
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'Microsoft Acquires Google' (& Other Copilot Hallucinations)

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 12:34
At this point, Copilot for writing in VS Code is a mixed bag for me. It can offer completely accurate and helpful suggestions or it can write like Hunter S. Thompson on a bad acid trip.
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Geographically Visualizing Customer Data with Blazor and ArcGIS

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 09:30
Whether you're analyzing sales territories, monitoring environmental changes, or tracking the spread of diseases, geospatial visualization provides a holistic view that goes beyond mere numbers.
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Use AI to Quickly Spin Up a Data-Driven WinForms Desktop App

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 10:00
Wherein our intrepid editor serves as a test case for "ordinary business users" and "citizen developers" to slip the surly bonds of low-code and rise to more sophisticated development tooling with the help of Copilot/Chat.
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Choosing the Right UI Framework for Native Windows Applications

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 09:54
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?
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From Zero to .NET MAUI: Seeking One Codebase to Run Everywhere

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 13:51
The promise of writing one codebase and running it everywhere has never really panned out for developers. However, using XAML and .NET MAUI, you come much closer.
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Demystify the Art of Securing Microservices with .NET 8 Identity Techniques

Tue, 01/30/2024 - 11:00
Securing microservices can feel like herding cats, and in the dynamic world of .NET 8 the challenge of ensuring robust security looms large as developers embrace the agility and flexibility of this cloud-centric architectural style, but here's help.
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Rethinking Team Metrics

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 11:00
Team metrics date back to the waterfall days before Agile DevOps, Kanban, Scrum and all the rest, but they might not be providing the valuable information you need in the modern software development world.
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My App Is Fully Concurrent and Async, but What About the Database?

Tue, 01/09/2024 - 11:00
You've carefully crafted a concurrent application taking advantage of all the latest and greatest language features. It scales magnificently and it's the jewel of the cloud. But what about the database? What happens when simultaneous queries are executed against the same data?
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Mastering Application Testing: Scaling and Continuous UI Testing with Playwright

Tue, 01/02/2024 - 12:35
Embracing automated testing is crucial for achieving technical resilience in modern applications, and for web UI testing that embrace is easier with Microsoft's Playwright.
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