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May 1 - Applying ALM with Visual Studio 2012 Jump Start
Join a free online Jump Start course from Microsoft Virtual Academy on May 1st about applying ALM in Visual Studio 2012
Monday, Apr 29
Just released - Microsoft Enterprise Library 6
A popular collection of reusable software components designed to address common cross-cutting concerns of enterprise application developers.
Friday, Apr 26
Start for free and scale as you go.
Get started for free and scale up as your traffic grows. Build with ASP.NET, PHP or Node.js and deploy in seconds with FTP, Git or TFS. Try the Azure... more
Tuesday, Apr 16
MVA Live Q&A – Programming Windows with Charles Petzold
Developers: Attend a free Live Q&A from Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) on April 30th about programming in Windows. This event will feature best-selli... more
Tuesday, Apr 16

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Executive bloggers

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Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3
I’m excited to announce the release of WebMatrix 3.  WebMatrix is a free, lightweight web development tool we first introduced in 2010, and which prov... more
Wednesday, May 1 ScottGu

Languages

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NuGet for C++
The wait is over.  NuGet support for C++ projects is here. Quick Links• NuGet 2.5 Download page: https://nuget.codeplex.com/releases/view/96733• CoApp... more
Friday, Apr 26 Jennifer Leaf [MSFT]

Visual Studio

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Publishing LightSwitch apps for SharePoint to the Catalog (Brian Moore)
Ok, your app is done, you’ve learned how to authenticate it and publish it like I demonstrated in my previous post.  When you’re done with the publish... more
Monday, Apr 29 LightSwitch Team

.NET framework

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CDNs fail, but your scripts don't have to - fallback from CDN to local jQuery
There's a great website called http://whoownsmyavailability.com that serves as a reminder to me (and all of us) that external dependencies are, in fac... more
Tuesday, Apr 30 Scott Hanselman

ALM

MSDN – the Microsoft Developer Network

StarEast and an AMA with noted Test analyst Theresa Lanowitz this week
This week I will be at the Stareast 2013 conference manning the Microsoft Test booth, meeting testers, sneaking into Anna’s incredible Test training, ... more
Monday, Apr 29 Charles Sterling

Platform development

MSDN – the Microsoft Developer Network

Announcing WebMatrix 3
Editor's Note: This post comes from Justin Beckwith, Program Manager.  Today we are excited to announce the release of WebMatrix 3.  WebMatrix is a fr... more
Wednesday, May 1 Craig_Kitterman

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