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In June I noticed and mentioned that the Link Removed had been updated with a cool GitHub feature, connecting an extension to a repo, "Heat Margin Visual Studio Extension - Taking the Green/Yellow to the next level" Last week the team officially announced this feature and provided a great and...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 SDK Preview and the associated Windows 10 Mobile emulators (Build 10166), to be used in conjunction with Link Removed(Build 10166). Preview SDK Build 10166 contains bug fixes and changes to the API surface area. You can download it from the Windows 10...

In today’s cloud-first, mobile-first technology world, most Store apps have at least some integration with web services or other devices on a network. These include apps that fetch online weather content, news or sports scores, media or podcast downloaders and even peer-to-peer games, chat or...

Since the month ends with the release of Windows 10, a great way to kick it off is by highlighting the great Windows 10 Universal App Samples available on GitHub. I mean, check out this list of samples! Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples This repo contains the samples that demonstrate the...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 SDK Preview and the associated Windows 10 Mobile emulators (Build 10158), to be used in conjunction with Link Removed(Build 10158). Preview SDK Build 10158 contains bug fixes and changes to the API surface area. You can download it from the Windows 10...

Instead of extending Visual Studio, today I'm going to highlight a new extensibility target, extending Visual Studio Online (VSO). Link Removed, Visual Studio ALM Microsoft MVP has written up a great Hello VSO World tutorial, taking you from New Project through deployment of your new VSO...

Fast accelerated graphics! with an clean easy API! That's the promise of Microsoft's Win2d library. In this video I walk through, from scratch, how to create a simple animated graphics application for UWP using .NET. There are full notes (and links to source code) on my blog: Link Removed...

Today's series comes from Coding4Fun Friend, Bruno Capuano, where he shows off one of our favorite subjects, facial recognition, with a cloud twist. Bruno is showing off Microsoft's Project Oxford, Face API's and how you can get started using them. First, Project Oxford? Link Removed Welcome...

Okay, so this isn't a Visual Studio Extension, but I figure cool SDK's are a good Monday fit too... Link Removed The Link Removed made a big splash when it was announced, but since it's been a little quite. I personally wasn't following much about it because I didn't have a Sprout and you...

Friend of the Gallery and Kinect MVP Vangos Pterneas is back with a great and detailed post on developing with the HD Face API. Some of the other times we've highlighted Vangos Pterneas's work; Just face it... with these two Kinect for Windows v2 SDK Face Examples Kinetisense and Kinect app...

Today we revisit the Visual Studio 2015 Extensibility story that was started covering in The Future of Visual Studio Extensions is Bright (and easier :), talking about more of the extension goodness that's available and then about the new Common Project System. First Heather Brown, Principal...

Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA) 5.0 is a managed-code platform that developers use to build applications that provide access to and control over Microsoft’s Enhanced Presence information, instant messaging, telephone and video calls, and audio/video conferencing. Link Removed

In Windows 10, the Chakra JavaScript engine powers Link Removed and Windows applications written in HTML/CSS/JS. However with JavaScript’s increasing popularity in beyond-the-browser scenarios, developers have been requesting to host the Chakra engine outside the browser to enable JavaScript...

In the latest Windows 10 preview release, we added support for media capture APIs in Microsoft Edge for the first time. This feature is based on the Media Capture and Streams specification, developed jointly at the W3C by the Web Real-Time Communications Working Group and the Device APIs Working...

Visual Studio Express 2015 RC for Web has the tools to create standards-based, responsive websites, web APIs, or real-time online experiences using ASP.NET. Link Removed

As a truly personal digital assistant, Cortana is there to help people get things done. When we set out to design Cortana, we talked to real world personal assistants and learned that they do a few things really well, and rely on a network of experts for everything else. Cortana is no...

Hello from day 2 of Link Removed in San Francisco. David Treadwell and I just gave the audience a peek at many of the new capabilities the new Universal Window Platform will enable, along with the associated tools and services. We also provided more insight into the Link Removed announced by...

Last week was the final week before Build, Ignite and more. Make sure you come back here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to see Build streamed live! Link Removed This week on Channel 9, Jeremy and guest host Kyle Gostinger, discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed At our...

Kinect MVP Carl Franklin has done it again. He's not only released his Link Removed, but he's also released the source for it too. As you can see, Carl is a Friend of the Gallery; GesturePak v2.0 Public Beta GesturePak 2.0 Alpha for the Kinect for Windows v2 KinectTools v2 with BodyViewer...

We've rewritten (and open sourced!) the C# and VB compilers, and exposed their functionality through APIs as the .NET Compiler Platform. But what do these APIs mean for those who aren't compiler jocks? Learn about diagnostic analyzers, a key new feature of Visual Studio 2015 that lets a NuGet...