VS Code combines impressive Java support with first-class support for JavaScript and other stacks, making a compelling alternative to traditional IDEs. Let’s try it with Spring and Svelte. For years, ...

The Windows Runtime stack is currently lacking a local relational database from Microsoft. Never fear, because SQLite is freely available and up to the task. Today I'll be covering how to use SQLite ...

Saving and retrieving data is a fundamental part of all but the simplest of applications. In this article, Nick walks through getting started using Entity Framework with SQLite to persist application ...

With Microsoft’s newfound love of open source code, the company has announced today that it’s open-sourcing Visual Studio’s build tool for the first time. MSBuild is a build engine used for compiling ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

Microsoft delivers editing, debugging, deployment, project architecture, and ALM improvements stretching from Windows to Web development, from mobile devices to clouds What do you do when you have a ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft today is making available the release candidate for the upcoming Visual Studio 2015 software for building apps, five months after issuing a preview. Also today, the tech ...

At Ignite 2019 today, Microsoft launched Visual Studio Online public preview. Visual Studio Online meshes Visual Studio, cloud-hosted developer environments, and a web-based editor. AI, big data, and ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced an "early preview" of Visual Studio App Center Auth, which lets developers build user authentication processes into their applications. Visual Studio App Center is a ...