MauiReactor is a component-based UI Library built on top of .NET MAUI that enables you to build applications with code first MVU component based architecture. James has Adolfo, the libraries creator, on to talk about the project and show off some stunning UI. 

Open source has traditionally been thought of as unpaid charity work, but there are some amazing benefits to contributing to open source projects. 

Based on the above observations, we can conclude that React will be the best framework to learn in 2021, followed by Vue. But there is a high chance of Angular defending second place since it has been there for a longer period of time than Vue, and surely 2021 is not the end of that. So if you are an Angular developer, I suggest you learn React in the upcoming days.

meSing.js is a JavaScript singing synthesis library that uses the Web Audio API's DSP capabilities in conjunction with the meSpeak.js speech synthesis library to provide a vocal synthesizer for the web. First, the lyrics with corresponding MIDI notes are parsed and fed to meSpeak.js; the resulting text-to-speech output is then converted into a series of AudioBufferSourceNodes, which are subsequently processed and adjusted for pitch, rhythm, and expression.  Demo

• Support IE 7+ for textarea.
• Supports HTML5 contentEditable elements (NOT including IE 8)
• Can listen to any character and not just '@'. Can set up multiple listeners for different characters with different behavior and data
• Listener events can be bound to multiple inputors.
• Format returned data using templates
• Keyboard controls in addition to mouse
  • Tab or Enter keys select the value
  • Up and Down navigate between values (and Ctrl-P and Ctrl-N also)
  • Right and left will re-search the keyword.
• Custom data handlers and template renderers using a group of configurable callbacks
• Supports AMD

A new (and free!) e-book on extending the capabilities of Power BI with R is now available for download, from analytics consultancy BlueGranite. The introduction to the book explains why R and Power BI are a great match together. 

• Easy to configure
• Precision upto 0.01
• Use stars, hearts, smiles or your logo
• Integrate with your own database
• CSS based coloring
• Customized toop-tip option
• Callback functions on click & hover
• Limit number of clicks per page view
• Use cookies to limit clicks per visitor 

Over half of developers are happier in their roles since the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to work remotely. The overwhelming majority are satisfied with their employers and at least three quarters anticipate they will be able to continue to work from home in the future. 

Issues Fixed in 15.9.12

These are the customer-reported issues addressed in 15.9.12:

• Access violation C++ /CLI 15.9.5 ISO C++ Latest Draft Standard since 15.9.5.
• An error occurred loading this property page (CSS & JSON).
• Visual Studio 2017 crashing when editing package.json.
• Opening package.json locks up Visual Studio.
• PGO Code Gen Bug - Vectorized instruction accessing memory OOB.
• Bad code gen in recursive bucket split routine.
• Compiler optimization bug in 15.8.9.
• We have fixed a linker error LNK4020 when using PCH, /Zi, and /GL in distributed build systems, such as IncrediBuild. The C++ compiler backend now correctly associates CIL OBJs with their corresponding compiler generated PDB when generating debug info for cross-module inlining.

Security Advisory Notices

• Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Vulnerability