Kotlin 1.0 Released: Pragmatic Language for JVM and Android 

• WPF improvements for spell check, support for per-user custom dictionaries and improved touch performance 
• Enhanced support for Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) X509 certificates
• Added support in SQL Connectivity for AlwaysOn and Always Encrypted
• Profiling improvements related to IcorProfilerInfo interface and introduction of Ngen PDBs
• System.Transactions APIs now support distributed transactions with a non-MSDTC coordinator
• Many other performance, stability, and reliability related fixes in RyuJIT, GC, WPF and WCF.

 The latest version of SQLite has been released with support for JSON and indexes on expressions. 

 

C# Yellow Book 2015 Bananas Edition Available

The latest version of the NetBeans IDE features a range of new tools for HTML5/JavaScript and supports mixed Java/C++ development. It is now available for download in beta.

The new Microsoft.Framework.Caching.SqlServer package will allow you to use SQL Server as your cache store in ASP.NET 5 applications.