• The Data Science Lab

    AdaBoost Regression Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the AdaBoost.R2 algorithm for regression problems (where the goal is to predict a single numeric value). The implementation follows the original source research paper closely, so you can use it as a guide for customization for specific scenarios. 12/16/2024

  • Q&A

    Versioning and Documenting ASP.NET Core Services

    Building an API with ASP.NET Core is only half the job. If your API is going to live more than one release cycle, you're going to need to version it. If you have other people building clients for it, you're going to need to document it. 12/13/2024

  • News

    TypeScript Tops New JetBrains 'Language Promise Index'

    In its latest annual developer ecosystem report, JetBrains introduced a new "Language Promise Index" topped by Microsoft's TypeScript programming language. 12/11/2024

  • News

    OpenSilver 3.1 Unveils Drag-and-Drop XAML Designer for VS Code

    Claiming an industry first, Userware announced a drag-and-drop XAML designer for use in VS Code, coming with OpenSilver 3.1, the latest iteration of the open-source implementation of Microsoft's long-deprecated and oft-mourned rich client development platform, Silverlight. 12/10/2024

  • News

    Visual Studio Dev Vexed by Copilot's Obtuse 'Responsible AI' Refusal

    No matter what, some systems simply won't divulge exactly what in the current conversation caused them to balk, simply pointing to vague policies and generic guidance. 12/09/2024

  • Q&A

    Build Your First AI Applications with Local AI

    "AI right now feels like a vast space which can be hard to jump into," says Craig Loewen, a senior product manager at Microsoft who is helping devs unsure about making that first daunting leap. 12/05/2024

  • News

    On Blazor Component Reusability - From Day 0

    "We want to try to design from Day One, even Day Zero, with reusability in mind," says Blazor expert Allen Conway in imparting his expertise to an audience of hundreds in an online tech event on Tuesday. 12/04/2024

  • The Data Science Lab

    Decision Tree Regression from Scratch Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of decision tree regression using the C# language. Unlike most implementations, this one does not use recursion or pointers, which makes the code easy to understand and modify. 12/02/2024

  • News

    Visual Studio's AI Future: Copilot .NET Upgrades and More

    At this week's Microsoft Ignite conference, the Visual Studio team showed off a future AI-powered IDE that will leverage GitHub Copilot for legacy app .NET upgrades, along with several more cutting-edge features. 11/22/2024

  • News

    PowerShell Gets AI-ified in 'AI Shell' Preview

    Eschewing the term "Copilot," Microsoft introduced a new AI-powered tool for PowerShell called "AI Shell," available in preview. 11/22/2024

  • News

    GitHub Research Claims Copilot Code Quality Gains in Addition to Productivity

    GitHub says new research proves its Copilot AI tool can improve code quality, following earlier reports that said it boosts developer productivity -- and has a retort for contrarian studies. 11/22/2024

  • News

    Visual Studio Devs Demand Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI: 'Why Is VSC Always Preferred?'

    The brand-new Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 lets devs specify the AI model they want to use with the baked-in GitHub Copilot, but some are clamoring for more options, such as the latest/greatest Claude 3.5 Sonnet model from Anthropic that is available in VS Code. 11/20/2024

  • News

    SQL Database in Microsoft Fabric in Preview for Faster AI Apps

    Microsoft's early embrace of advanced AI in its dev tooling continues apace with the new public preview of SQL database in Microsoft Fabric, the company's analytics/data platform. 11/19/2024

  • News

    Microsoft Seeks to Sort & Simplify its Agentic AI Dev Story

    The company will infuse multi-agent runtime tech developed in its AutoGen research project into its production-ready Semantic Kernel SDK, both open source. 11/18/2024

  • News

    Uno Platform Unveils 'Hot Design' Tool for Cross-Platform .NET Apps

    Uno Platform provided a new take on visual designers for .NET app development, claiming a breakthrough that changes code at runtime rather than the design stage. 11/15/2024

  • The Data Science Lab

    Simple k-NN Regression Using C#

    Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of k-nearest neighbors regression to predict a single numeric value. Compared to other machine learning regression techniques, k-NN regression is often slightly less accurate, but is very simple to implement and customize, and the results are highly interpretable. 11/15/2024

  • News

    Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 Ships with AI Enhancements and Streamlined Dev Tools

    Microsoft just shipped Visual Studio 2022 v17.12, focusing on enhancing developer experiences specifically for .NET 9 projects and introducing new AI productivity features. This update incorporates numerous developer-requested enhancements aimed at simplifying workflows and improving overall productivity. 11/13/2024

  • News

    In .NET 9 Debut, Microsoft Focuses on .NET Aspire, AI

    Microsoft shipped .NET 9 today with the dev team highlighting .NET Aspire and AI in a keynote and follow-on sessions of the livestreamed launch event. 11/12/2024

  • News

    Microsoft Intros 'Guided Chat Experience' for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

    Microsoft introduced a new guided chat experience within GitHub Copilot, aiming to make developer interactions with AI more natural and effective. 11/07/2024

  • News

    Microsoft's Open-Source Semantic Kernel AI Toolkit Extends to AWS Cloud

    Microsoft announced its open-source Semantic Kernel toolkit for integrating advanced AI models into applications is now available on the Amazon Bedrock managed service. 11/07/2024

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