News|Jul 28, 2015

JIT Compiler Bug in .Net 4.6 Discovered

Of course no software is ever released without bugs, and the .Net Framework is no exception.  With .Net 4.6, Microsoft has moved to using a new JIT compiler called RyuJIT that is specifically designed for use with 64-bit systems.  However, Nick Craver at StackOverflow has found that this new JIT compiler has a significant bug…
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news|Jul 23, 2015

TypeScript 1.5 Released with More ECMAScript 6 Features

Microsoft has officially released the latest iteration of TypeScript, version 1.5 which includes more support for ES6 features such as modules, destructuring, computed properties, and tagged string templates. In the above table, you can see our progress on the Kangax ES6 support table.  This table, originally for JS engines, also shows coverage of the features…
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News|Jul 22, 2015

ASP.Net 5 Roadmap Shows A Long Road Ahead

While Microsoft released Visual Studio 2015 and .Net 4.6 earlier this week, it did not include the upcoming version 5 of ASP.Net, an open source and cross platform framework for building next generation web applications in .NET.  Microsoft did however release a roadmap which includes estimated dates for the next series of Beta milestones (currently…
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news|Jul 20, 2015

Visual Studio 2015 Released

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2015 today including many features for developers working outside of the Windows platform.  This release is one of the biggest advances in the Visual Studio platform and also includes .Net 4.6.  Microsoft is celebrating the release of Visual Studio 2015 with an online virtual event including more than 60 on-demand…
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News|Jul 16, 2015

Microsoft Quietly Slips Out Windows 10 RTM Release

Microsoft isn’t exactly known for it’s subtlety but this week’s release of Build 10240 of Windows 10 could be an exception.  While Microsoft hasn’t yet made the announcement, all indications are that Build 10240 is in fact the RTM version of Windows 10 which would be used by manufacturers to preload Windows 10 in time…
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news|Jul 14, 2015

Amazon Releases New Developer Web Services

At the Amazon Web Services Summit in New York City last week, Amazon announced the availability of several new developer focused services.  These services include a hosted private Git repository service, a continuous deployment automation service, and a device testing farm service. Amazon API Gateway Amazon API Gateway handles all the tasks involved in accepting…
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News|Jul 7, 2015

Team Foundation Server 2015 Delayed, and It’s A Good Thing

As Microsoft pushes toward a major release cycle of not only their flagship OS but also developer tools, things inevitably go wrong.  Today, Brian Harry has announced that he is delaying the release of Team Foundation Server 2015 due to defects found during the upgrade process. I’ve been watching the bugs that have been coming…
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news|Jul 6, 2015

Windows 10 Release To Manufacturing This Week?

Word on the street, and by street I mean Twitter, is that in order to enable manufacturers to have Windows 10 devices ready for the official July 29th launch, Microsoft has to wrap up their development by the end of this week.  Whether this means there will also be a RTW (Release to Web) for…
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news|Jun 29, 2015

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2015 Release On July 20th

Microsoft’s S. Somasegar announced that the next version of Visual Studio will be released on July 20th in his most recent blog post.  The launch event will be coordinated with web more than 60 videos to give developers some insights into all of the features available in what is shaping up to be a monumental…
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sql-server|Jun 24, 2015

Microsoft Announces Azure SQL Data Warehouse Public Preview

Microsoft has announced the Azure SQL Data Warehouse is open for business, at least for a lucky few customers.  The limited public preview is designed to for data warehouses in the 5-10TB range allowing Microsoft to test scalability and performance before taking on more heavy lifting. The initial public preview is designed for data warehouses…
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News|Apr 30, 2015

Microsoft Details Bridges to Windows Universal Apps

The rather lackluster Day 2 keynote from Build 2015 was short on big announcements as they looked to drive home the message of the power of the Windows Universal Platform including a few more details on the bridges they are building for Web, Android, and iOS developers to move their apps to Windows. Day 2…
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c|Apr 29, 2015

Microsoft Continues Push To Win Over Developers at Build 2015

Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella took the stage at Build 2015 today and with a little help from his Microsoft colleagues made the strongest pitch yet for why all developers should build apps for Windows 10. Build 2015 kicked off with a bang today as the three hour long keynote showcased Microsoft’s continued emphasis on empowering…
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