XPlot is a cross-platform data visualization package for the F# programming language powered by JavaScript charting libraries Google Charts and Plotly. The XPlot library can be used interactively from F# Interactive, but charts can also be embedded in F# applications and in HTML reports.
Asynchronous methods in the upcoming versions of Visual Basic and C# are a great way to get the callbacks out of your asynchronous programming. In this article, I’ll take a closer look at what the new await keyword actually does, starting at the conceptual level and working my way down to the iron.
Visual Studio Dev Essentials is a new free developer offering from Microsoft. A free membership to this program gives you access to a range of benefits including developer tools and services, training and support. This video provides an overview of some key benefits, including Visual Studio Community, Visual Studio Team Services, Pluralsight training, and HackHands live programming help
, What Every JavaScript Developer Should Know About ECMAScript 2015 is the book I'd like to read about the new features in the JavaScript language. The book isn't a reference manual or an exhaustive list of everything in the ES2015 specification. Instead, I purposefully selected what I think are the important features we will use in everyday programming.
Recently, Carl Frankin, software developer, musician and presenter on the popular programming podcast DotNet Rocks, released a music album aimed a software developers. The album is called Music to Code By and comprises of 3 x 25 minute long music tracks.
Silver is a free implementation of Apple's Swift programming language.
With Silver, you can use Swift to write code directly against the .NET, Java, Android and Cocoa APIs. And you can also share a lot of non-UI code between platforms.
- Project format is changing to a single JSON file
- ASP.NET MVC and Web API have been unified into a single programming model
- Project Roslyn allows for a “no-compile” developer experience while making updates
- Migration to a OWIN hosting model allows for flexibility in production web hosts (IIS or running on Linux via Mono)
