Three weeks ago, we released Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Update 2. Last week, we introduced you to a new TACO CLI. Now we’re back with Update 3, which is automatically included when you install Visual Studio 2015. If you’re an existing user of Visual Studio 2015, you’ll receive a notification to download and install today.

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Common application patterns with .NET
Practical advice, best practices, and sample applications to help you implement different application patterns using .NET

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6.0

• When New Git experience feature flag is enabled, a message will appear in Team Explorer guiding users to the new Git tool window.
• Fix for intermittent UI delay while closing VS when WinForms .NET Core designer is in open state.
• Fixed issues creating projects using type providers, throwing missing method exception at runtime.
• Fixed project creation for .NET framework projects.
• New find in files experience respects options in Tools-Options-Find and Replace pane.
• Fixed a bug where Git repository does not change when closing a Folder and opening a Solution.
• Fixed bug when building iOS app using full debug symbols.
• Added back browing of Mac Distribution provisioning profiles and certificates from Windows.
• Fixed a bug causing Visual Studio 2019 to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios.
• Added keyboard shortcut for "Copy with Headers" option in SQL Script Results Grid
• SSDT users will now be able to set and view sensitivity properties for all version above SQL Server 2008
• Improve Connection Properties dialog for accessibility users.
• Fixed occasional crashes when using Tested By Code Lens indicator.
• Ensure auto population of text in Find in files is as per legacy behavior.
• Ensure left arrow key behavior in find in files is correct.
• An issue blocking C++ users of the C++20 Ranges library from using algorithms. 

Microsoft has released version 2.1 beta of its open-source Python Tools for Visual Studio, adding support for additional Web frameworks, access to the tools in Visual Studio Express, and integration with Azure publishing.

Cayley is an open-source graph inspired by the graph database behind Freebase and Google's Knowledge Graph.

Features 

• Community driven
• Written in Go
  • can be used as a Go library
• Easy to get running (3 or 4 commands)
• RESTful API
  • or a REPL if you prefer
• Built-in query editor and visualizer
• Multiple query languages:
  • Gizmo - a JavaScript, with a Gremlin-inspired* graph object.
  • GraphQL-inspired* query language.
  • (simplified) MQL, for Freebase fans
• Plays well with multiple backend stores:
  • KVs: Bolt, LevelDB
  • NoSQL: MongoDB, ElasticSearch, CouchDB/PouchDB
  • SQL: PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, MySQL
  • In-memory, ephemeral
• Modular design; easy to extend with new languages and backends
• Good test coverage
• Speed, where possible. 

The Open XML SDK provides tools for working with Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. It supports scenarios such as:

• High-performance generation of word-processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Document modification, such as adding, updating, and removing content and metadata.
• Search and replace content using regular expressions.
• Splitting up (shredding) a file into multiple files, and combining multiple files into a single file.
• Updating cached data and embedded spreadsheets for charts in Word/PowerPoint. 

A new site for a daily dose of web dev related articles. 

JSIL is a compiler that transforms .NET applications and libraries from their native executable format - CIL bytecode - into standards-compliant, cross-browser JavaScript. You can take this JavaScript and run it in a web browser or any other modern JavaScript runtime. Unlike other cross-compiler tools targeting JavaScript, JSIL produces readable, easy-to-debug JavaScript that resembles the code a developer might write by hand, while still maintaining the behavior and structure of the original .NET code.  Demo

Cool Backgrounds is a collection of tools to create compelling, colorful images for blogs, social media, and websites.

C# can be developed and run on more and more platforms, and thanks to the "Roslyn" language engine you can increasingly make your own tooling for it. C# 7 embraces several new features for working better with data, such as tuples and pattern matching. Come see how you can start using C# 7 today!