JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed. JWTs can be signed using a secret (with HMAC algorithm) or a public/private key pair using RSA. 

A new free extension for Visual Studio was released that enables developers to create cross-platform HTML5 applications exclusively using C# and XAML. 

 When the class creates a dependency using a concrete class , this brings the dependency wholesale into any tests you write, as test doubles (such as mocks) can’t be created to represent their behaviour. 

Microsoft Web Template Studio (WebTS) is a Visual Studio Code Extension that accelerates the creation of new web applications using a wizard-based experience. 

Data Miner is a Google Chrome extension that helps you scrape data from web pages and into a CSV file or Excel spreadsheet

Windows Template Studio is a Visual Studio 2017 Extension that accelerates the creation of new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps using a wizard-based experience. 

WinML is a high-performance, reliable API for deploying hardware-accelerated ML (Machine Learning) inferences on Windows devices. Since its introduction, many developers started using this technology to develop UWP applications that leverage artificial intelligence. Throughout this blog post, we’ll understand how you can leverage WinML on a simple .NET5 Console app. 

The IBM Swift Sandbox is an interactive website that lets you write Swift code and execute it in a server environment – on top of Linux! Each sandbox runs on IBM Cloud in a Docker container. In addition, both the latest versions of Swift and its standard library are available for you to use. 

All this brings us to 4.0! So, without further ado, let’s dive into what’s new!