We’ve got a lot of great features in TypeScript 3.7, including:

Optional Chaining
Nullish Coalescing
Assertion Functions
Better Support for never-Returning Functions
--declaration and --allowJs
(More) Recursive Type Aliases
The useDefineForClassFields Flag and The declare Property Modifier
Build-Free Editing with Project References
Uncalled Function Checks
Flatter Error Reporting
// @ts-nocheck in TypeScript Files
Semicolon Formatter Option
Website and Playground Updates
Breaking Changes
  DOM Changes
  Class Field Mitigations
  Function Truthy Checks
  Local and Imported Type Declarations Now Conflict
  API Changes 

Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is 'the only thing that matters'

Switching to a more modern topic, the introduction of the Rust language into Linux, Torvalds is disappointed that its adoption isn't going faster. "I was expecting updates to be faster, but part of the problem is that old-time kernel developers are used to C and don't know Rust. They're not exactly excited about having to learn a new language that is, in some respects, very different. So there's been some pushback on Rust."

In-Memory OLTP: Using Memory-Optimized Tables to Replace SQL Server Temporary Tables 

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In the confusing jungle of transpiler languages for JavaScript, there are some gems. TypeScript is mainstream, ReScript is starting to establish itself, and Elm is still an insider tip. This article takes a detailed look at ReScript – but also sheds light on the limitations of the young language. In what projects does its use make sense? What projects should rather use TypeScript on the one hand or Elm on the other? 

• C++ Linux project - Remote header sync is broken in Visual Studio 16.3
• Visual Studio 16.3 opens some files with notepad
• Fixed an issue with the Show Output window either closing too quickly.
• Fixed an issue where Visual Studio 2019 stops responding in several scenarios, including opening a solution, changing solution configuration, and closing a solution. 

The ASP.NET team is proud to announce general availability of ASP.NET Core 2.0.  This release features compatibility with .NET Core 2.0, tooling support in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3, and the new Razor Pages user-interface design paradigm.  For a full list of updates, you can read the release notes.  The latest SDK and tools can be downloaded from https://dot.net/core. Read the .NET Core 2.0 release announcement for more information and watch the launch video on Channel 9.

With the start of a new season of Game of Thrones, folks are sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see what’s coming. Unlike the Khaleesi who seems to be going nowhere fast, Node.js Tools for Visual Studio (NTVS) has made some moves recently. Over the last month, we released Node.js Tools 1.0 for Visual Studio, joined the vibrant open source community on GitHub , and created VM images so anyone can quickly get started with NTVS.

You'd be surprised at how many meetings this survey gets mentioned...and also how many product futures get decided on it. Vote for .net technologies here  

Webinar agenda:

0:00 – Introduction
0:55 – OSS in the .NET Community
3:00 – Welcome, Jeremy and FluentValidation
6:17 – OSS Power-Ups
8:11 – Rider plugin for FluentValidation
9:07 – Introduction to FluentValidation
13:36 – Custom validation messages and placeholders
18:33 – Cross-property validation
21:17 – Nested and compositional validation
25:57 – Validator extensions
31:40 – Unit testing validators
51:25 – ASP.NET Core integration
1:03:35 – Synchronous and asynchronous validation
1:07:33 – Q&A and wrap-up