Time is running. In special I can see this how my children grow. November-2016 passed by, and it was a great month. From a technology standpoint the best news have been coming from Microsoft’s Connect event.
Let’s get into more details on Entity Framework Core, Hour of Code, updates to Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0, Visual Studio 2017, .NET Standard 2.0, MVVM and WPF trainings, and more.
Entity Framework Core
In November I’ve written a few articles about Entity Framework Core:
Entity Framework Core makes it easy with unit testing
Mapping to Getter-only Properties
This is a feature only available with EF Core 1.1.
Universal Windows Platform
See my article on deep linking with UWP, a feature to offer deep links within apps.
Hour of Code
Most Hour of Code sessions will start in December. I already had my (two hours), because in the Hour of Code week I’m teaching another workshop. The children from the Volksschule St. Raphael had a lot fun programming Minecraft and Star Wars. They can now continue this in the classroom where they have 2 PCs for the children.
Training
In November I was teaching a workshop with EF Core. Currently I don’t have a guaranteed date for such an open course, but a company based workshop can be always arranged 🙂
I December I’m giving open courses on programming with the MVVM Pattern, and Programming Desktop Applications with WPF.
Professional C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0
With the announcements on Visual Studio 2017, I’m updating the project files to the new .csproj format for the book samples. Be ware that the samples using the new project file are within the vs2017 branch Professional C# 6 Source Code Samples with MSBuild. Not all the samples are updated yet for Visual Studio 2017, but the list is growing.
The book also got a new review from Matteo Emili
Windows 10 3D
End of October, Microsoft announced the Windows 10 Creators update with 3D, Surface Studio, Dial, and more. I’m already testing Paint 3D and I’m surprised how easy it is to create nice looking 3D models. To make the HoloLens and other upcoming 3D devices a really huge success, it helps if everyone can make 3D models. With Windows 10 this seems to be possible.
MVP Summit
In November I attended the MVP Summit in Bellevue/Redmond. This was a great week where I can’t talk about the content, but I can share a few pictures.
My book Professional C# 6 at Barnes & Noble
This is what an MVP looks like with Toni Pohl and Martina Grom.
I enjoyed testing the Surface Studio in the Microsoft Store in Bellevue. This is really a great device – both from the specs as well as with hands-on.
More News
More news from other sources coming here:
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft introduced Microsoft Teams, the chat-based workspace in Pffice 365. I’m hoping for extensions to include external users, as my company internal users are not enough yet for Microsoft Teams.
Visual Studio
Docker is greatly integrated in Visual Studio 2017: Using Docker with Visual Studio 2017
Productivity Enhancements in Visual Studio 2017 with Intellisense filtering, Match highlighting, better IntelliSense behaviors, coding convention with .editorconfig, Structure Visualizer, and more!
Visual Studio is now available for the Mac! It’s not the full Visual Studio for Windows, it’s also not just the Xamarin Studio renamed, you can use it to create ASP.NET Core and Xamarin applications! Visual Studio for Mac
Windows 10, Universal Windows Platform
The UWP Community Toolkit has a new release – with master/detail views, many helpers such as HttpHelper, PrintHelper, DisptacherHelper, DeepLinkHelper, WebViewExtensions, SystemInformation, as well as updates and bug fixes.
Expecting a new design language from Microsoft, Project NEON bridges holographic and AR: UX maps to a physical world with textures, 3D…
A Unified Update Platform (UUP) is coming to Windows 10 after the Windows 10 Creator’s update
.NET Standard and .NET Core
.NET Core 1.1 implementing .NET Standard 1.6 is released – with 1380 new APIs
Entity Framework Core 1.1 is released – with better LINQ translation, DbSet.Find, mapping to fields (see my blog article), and more.
.NET Core running on Tizen, .NET Core with ARM, running on Samsung devices
[The Alpha Version of MSBuild-based dotnet Tools is available](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/11/16/announcing-net-core-tools-msbuild-alpha/ “MSBuild-based dotnet Tools). Be aware – it’s an Alpha version, not a Beta. I’m having some issues, but I’m updating the project files for my Professional C# 6 book as previously mentioned.
A faster lower allocation stream stack previously known as channels from Tim Seaward: Pipelines
How .NET Standard 2.0 makes reuse easier from Immo Landwerth
ASP.NET Core
Bearer token authentication in ASP.NET Core
Mobile Apps
The mission control for Mobile Apps: Visual Studio Mobile Center in preview
Next
Looking forward to a great December 2016!
I’m running two open workshops in Vienna:
Programming Desktop Applications with WPF
Have fun with programming and learning!
Christian
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