Cross-Platform : Share UI Code Across Mobile Platforms with Xamarin.Forms
The head of the Xamarin.Forms project shows how it provides access to all the native power of the major mobile platforms, as well as all the goodness of a simplified API for those things that dont need the complex native APIs.
Cutting Edge : Lightweight Client-Side Device Detection
WURFL.js is a lightweight device description repository that can improve the user experience in client-side intensive Web applications running on mobile and desktop browsers.
Microsoft Azure : The Rise of Event Stream-Oriented Systems
With the rise in prominence of event data streams, managing and processing those streams becomes more essential. The new Azure Event Hubs helps you predict and parse data streams.
Windows with C++ : COM Smart Pointers Revisited
it’s time to apply some of the modern C++ offered by Visual C++ 2015 to the design of a new smart pointer for COM interfaces, as Kenny Kerr explains.
C# : Adding a Code Fix to Your Roslyn Analyzer
In the second part of Alex Turner's exploration of live code analyzers in the .NET Compiler Platform, he shows how to add a code fix provider to clean up errors found by the regex diagnostic analyzer presented in part 1.
Test Run : L1 and L2 Regularization for Machine Learning
James McCaffrey looks at how regularization can help to reduce overfitting, a common result of machine learning that undermines the predictive accuracy of the model.
Visual Studio 2015 : Build Better Software with Smart Unit Tests
Smart Unit Tests lets you specify the intended behavior of software in terms of its source code, and uses automated white-box code analysis in conjunction with a constraint solver to generate and maintain a compact suite of relevant tests with high coverage for your .NET code.
The Working Programmer : Rise of Roslyn, Part 2: Writing Diagnostics
Dig into writing diagnostics as Ted Neward and Joe Hummel show how to use the open source .NET Compiler Platform (formerly known as "Roslyn") to write language tools when developing for the platform.
Compilers : What Every Programmer Should Know About Compiler Optimizations
Hadi Brais introduces the sophisticated optimization capabilities of the Visual C++ compiler, which enable programmers to write understandable, maintainable code without compromising performance.
Modern Apps : Implement Search in Windows Store and Windows Phone Store Apps
Search is arguably the most important feature in any app these days. If you want to make your app popular and easy to use, you had better add a search function.
.NET Framework : Building an Enterprise Search for .NET
Big data warehouses allow companies to store huge amounts of information, but the challenge is how to retrieve just a small and specific piece of it. With Elasticsearch, things get easier.
Don't Get Me Started : 5 Years Down the Road
Has it been five years already? David Platt looks back at half a decade as the back page columnist at MSDN Magazine.
Editor's Note : Analyze This
The new .NET Compiler Platform (aka "Roslyn") technology that is part of the Visual Studio 2015 Preview is already doing some pretty cool things. This month, we dive into Live Code Analyzers.
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