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C# Language Highlights: Tuples
In this video, Maira and Kendra will teach us how to use tuples in C#. The tuples feature provides concise syntax to group multiple data elements in a lightweight data structure. To learn more about other C# features, head over to the C# docs. Useful Links
C# Language Highlights: Expression Bodied Members
In this short video, Maira and Kendra will teach us a bit about expression bodied members in C#. To learn more about other C# features, head over to doc.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp. Useful Links
C# Language Highlights: Discards
In this video, Maira and Kendra will teach us how to make use of discards in C#. To learn more about other C# features, head over to doc.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp. Useful Links
C# Language Highlights: Async Main
In this short video, Maira and Kendra will give you a quick look at the async main language that is available in C#. To learn more about other C# features, head over to doc.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp. • What's new in C# 7.1
C# Language Highlights: Local Functions
In this short video, Maira and Kendra will show you how to use local functions in C#. To learn more about other C# features, head over to doc.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp. • What's new in C# 7.0
C#: Object Oriented Programming - Objects and Classes [16 of 19]
Let's create an object of our own. We'll declare what it looks like, then we will create a few of them. Maybe even put them in a list. Boom, you're doing Object Oriented Programming with C#! Watch the entire series here Download Visual Studio 2019 here Download .NET Core 3.0 here Learn more about C#: Object oriented programming in C# Getting started with C# C# Guide Follow us: Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, The C# community on Discord Useful Links: .NET, Learn .NET, .NET Community
Writing tests with MSTest v2
The Microsoft Test Framework (MSTest) is an extensible testing framework for .NET applications. With MSTest v2, developers now have the ability to target .NET Core. In this episode, Sarabjot Singh sits down with Kendra to give us a demonstration of how developers can get started with MSTest v2 and make use of some of the newer features. [01:08] - What is MSTest? [02:58] - What is new with MSTest v2? [06:30] - How to migrate from MSTest v1 to v2? [09:40] - How to create a new .NET Core test project?
Exploring the Visual Studio Test Platform
The Visual Studio Test platform is the engine that powers the testing capabilities in Visual Studio and also the .NET CLI. The platform provides an extensibility model for test frameworks (and language runtimes) to provide a common set of operations such as filtering and test execution. In this episode, Sarabjot Singh joins Kendra to give us a deep dive into the features and extensibility model that the VS Test Platform provides. [01:29] - What are some of the benefits of software testing?
Visual Studio Productivity Tips
In this episode, Robert is joined by Kendra Havens. Every version of Visual Studio introduces new productivity features. If you want to see some of the ones introduced in Visual Studio 2019, check out Kendra's video here. But what about the ones that have been in Visual Studio for a while that you may have missed? To see some of those, watch this video.
Latest Productivity Updates in Visual Studio 2017 Update 15.8
@kandrahavens: I never even knew about the Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard sequence to see what's assigned to any command involving the word "caret"! It looks to me like the command that should be associated with multi-caret mode is, on my machine, Edit.InsertCaretsatAllMatching. The key sequence is: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+,I just tested it. It does seem to work - sort of.
Unit Testing Tools in Visual Studio 2017
In this video, Robert is joined by Kendra Havens, who shows us some of the excellent unit test tooling in Visual Studio 2017, including testing performance improvements [03:57], Hierarchy View in the Test Explorer [05:13], generating unit tests [09:35], Intellitest [10:50], code coverage [16:10] and Live Unit Testing [19:10].
The Present and Not-too-distant Future of Visual Studio Part 2
This is the second of a two part series where Robert is joined by Amanda Silver, Kendra Havens and Anthony Cangelosi for a whirlwind tour of some of the upcoming enhancements in Visual Studio that can make you the most productive developer in your team and the fastest dev team in the industry. In part 1, they showed personal and cloud productivity. Here they feature LiveShare support for Time Travel debugging and managing pull requests without having to leave Visual Studio.Resources
The Present and Not-too-distant Future of Visual Studio Part 1
This is the 250th episode of Visual Studio Toolbox and Robert is excited to be joined by Amanda Silver, Kendra Havens and Anthony Cangelosi for a whirlwind tour of some of the latest enhancements in Visual Studio that can make you the most productive developer in your team and the fastest dev team in the industry.This is the first of a two part series when Amanda, Kendra and Anthony show us the demos (and some of the slides) from their recent Build talk.
Mitch Muenster & Dante Gagne - Developing with Disabilities
Mitch Muenster, a Microsoft MVP, and Dante Gagne, a Program Manager focused on accessibility, come on the show to talk about accessibility initiatives in Visual Studio and challenges developers with disabilities have getting started.We also talk about the Microsoft Surface Dial and the possibilities it brings to developers working with handicaps.Accessibility Improvements in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3
.NET Core and Visual Studio for Mac
Visual Studio for Mac enables web and cloud developers on macOS to build applications using .NET Core. This video shows how to get started building web applications in Visual Studio for Mac and how to
TWC9: A Hitchhikers Guide to the CoreCLR, System.Ben, Squirrel.Windows and more...
This week on Channel 9, Guests Hosts Seth Juarez and Kendra Havens discuss the week's top developer news, including; [00:34] A Hitchhikers Guide to the CoreCLR Source Code [Matt Warren][01:17] Windows
Get started with VS Code using C# and .NET Core on Windows
This is a quick tutorial for getting started with C# in VS Code on Windows with .NET Core!
Get started with VS Code using C# and .NET Core on a Mac
This is a quick tutorial for getting started with C# in VS Code on a Mac with .NET Core!
Get Started with .NET Core and Visual Studio 2017
This is a quick tutorial for getting set up with Visual Studio and .NET Core. https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#windowsvs2017
What's new for .NET Core and Visual Studio 2017
Announcing .NET Core tools are 1.0! Check out the changes in .NET Core tooling such as csproj and the new dotnet commands. Get a recap of recent .NET Core news. Refresh your knowledge of LTS and Curre
Eric Mellino - A .NET Core Game Engine and CrazyCore
This week we chat with Eric Mellino about his .NET Core game engine, and the game he built: CrazyCore! Watch a walk through and demo on Linux where we edit a level. Eric's open source projects: https
Phil Haack - GitHub
Phil Haack is our guest this week. He works for GitHub. Before that, he started ASP.NET MVC and NuGet at Microsoft.Phil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/haackedPhil's blog: http://haacked.com/The gang of foreheads book: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/professional-aspnet-mvc-10-rob-conery/1100173351?ean=9780470384619&st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Core+Shopping+Books_00000000
What's new in .NET Core 1.1?
Microsoft .NET Core 1.1 includes support for additional Linux distributions, has many updates, and is the first Current release. Watch a quick command-line interface (CLI) demo on Linux of how to change your development track from 1.0 to 1.1. Then take a short tour of the new documentation service website, docs.microsoft.com. Try out .NET Core 1.1 https://github.com/dotnet/core/tree/master/release-notes/1.1 Day: 0 Code: 106
Get started with VS Code using C# and .NET Core on Ubuntu (Channel 9)
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Interview with Kendra Havens (Channel 9)
Nice video, I'm becoming a fan of Kendra. Thanks for the Xamarin tip. I thought its paid as well.
Get started with VS Code using C# and .NET Core on macOS
A while ago, I successfully installed vscode and all its prerequisites and requirements to be able to run C# on a mac, by following this tutorial. But then I uninstalled it...
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