Canadian Developer Connection
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The longest introduction to C#
Today, I suddenly found my first book about C#. Here is the first C# program from there: using...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 02/08/2016
Internet of Things via Microcontrollers: Introduction
Looks like I have enough microcontrollers and boards in order to start (once again) my training...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 02/05/2016
Unifying Your Web Dev Skills for Office Add-ins
Guest Post by Eric Legault Using RoamingSettings with your add-in to store application data for your...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 02/03/2016
Automated Testing with Visual Studio
We’ve got an exciting one this time. In this episode of BreakPoint you can learn about Visual...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 02/02/2016
Smart bulbs or how to be lazier (part 2)
In the previous post we discussed which components we can use in order to connect ZigBee bulb to...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 02/01/2016
Azure Cloud Load Testing – Part 2
Guest Post by Ahmed Al-Asaad In the previous blog post, I showed how easy it is to initiate a load...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 01/27/2016
From Arduino to Energia
I still remember that seven or eight years ago developers had to pay from USD400 to 900 in order to...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 01/25/2016
Visual Studio Code and local web server
Guest Post by Laurent Duveau It is the start of a New Year and you have decided to try Visual Studio...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 01/24/2016
Lets Activate Bizspark Plus!
Microsoft Bizspark is a program curated for startups. It supports the growth of startups by...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 01/21/2016
Writing UI tests for Android apps using Xamarin and Visual Studio 2015
Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most useful solutions, tips &...
Author: Tom Walker (Community Expert) Date: 01/19/2016
Smart bulbs or how to be lazier (part 1)
Probably, AllJoyn is the only topic that I have never covered in my posts. I simply don’t have...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 01/18/2016
Visual Studio Time Saver – Finding Code Samples using Developer Assistant
Can’t remember the syntax to write to a file? to read through XML? before you go opening a browser...
Author: Susan Ibach Date: 01/13/2016
Using Python with Azure
Guest Post by Gerald Britton Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 01/12/2016
PICAXE: good way to get the first experience with microcontrollers
In the previous post I told that when buying an Arduino, Netduino, Nucleo or DragonBoard 410C board,...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 01/10/2016
On a Cloud: Single Point of Failure & Eventual Consistancy
Single Point of Failure When moving workloads onto the cloud it is important to address any single...
Author: Jef King Date: 01/08/2016
Submitting your first Pull Request
Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most useful solutions, tips &...
Author: David Paquette (MVP) Date: 01/06/2016
Hosting Unity WebGL games on Azure
Recent updates to the Unity engine have brought some significant advancements in WebGL deployment....
Author: Mickey MacDonald Date: 01/05/2016
How to select the right micro board?
“It’s strange. Usually people buy Arduino”, said a seller to another in from my...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 01/04/2016
De-stress with Debugging and Diagnostics
In the spirit of welcoming the new year, we have a #BreakPointCA gift for you. In this episode of...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 12/30/2015
Tutorial #2. How to publish your first site using BlogEngine.NET
Open the Azure management portal, by going to https://portal.azure.com. Sign in with your...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/26/2015
Why build scripts?
Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most useful solutions, tips &...
Author: msdn.barylko@outlook.com Date: 12/22/2015
Visual Studio Code: Debugger for Chrome extension
In this post I am going to discuss one more cool extension for Visual Studio Code that unlocks web...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/21/2015
Web Scraping in C#
Guest Post by Ivan Lukianchuk Ivan Lukianchuk is a seasoned startup founder and award winning pitch...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 12/17/2015
My Favorite .net Open Source Projects – Autofac
The .net open source community is much more vibrant than most people realize. Many of the projects...
Author: Simon Timms (MVP) Date: 12/15/2015
Visual Studio Code: PowerShell Extension
In the next two posts I am going to take some time to discuss the existing Visual Studio Code...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/11/2015
Web Development starts here! - 8 tutorials for Elementary and High schools students
Lego robots, Scratch, Microsoft Kodu – all these tools help kids to take their first steps in...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/11/2015
Tutorial #6. Other templates and next steps
In the previous tutorials we learned how to use Azure to create at web site without any coding. Now,...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/10/2015
Tutorial #5. How to back up your data
Thanks to Microsoft Azure your blog will be available all the time and in theory you should not lose...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/10/2015
Tutorial #4. How to publish new pages and posts
Okay, you’ve created your website, set up the look and feel now it’s time to add some...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/10/2015
Tutorial #3. How to configure the site and add some components from Web
In this tutorial you will learn how to setup your BlogEngine.NET blog Go to the website you created...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/10/2015
Kanban Limits
Model your process Probably by now if you work in the software industry you heard about the word...
Author: msdn.barylko@outlook.com Date: 12/10/2015
Going cross-platform with Apache Cordova for Visual Studio 2015
Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most useful solutions, tips &...
Author: Andrei Marukovich (MVP) Date: 12/08/2015
Visual Studio Code for Mac developers: Introduction to Extensions
Starting with Visual Studio Code beta (0.10.1 version), developers got a chance to use extensibility...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 12/07/2015
DocumentDB: JSON-in-JSON-out in NOSQL with familiar SQL–True Story: Part 2
In the world of DataBases – words like Scale, Performance and Schema flexibility have almost gained...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 12/03/2015
On a Cloud: Soft Delete & Data Architecture
Soft Delete This video is a quick overview on why it is important to implement soft deletes on your...
Author: Jef King Date: 12/02/2015
Adding C# scripting to your development arsenal - Part 1
Guest Post by Filip W Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most useful...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 12/01/2015
Accessing Compliance Center using PowerShell in Office 365
Guest Post by Isha Kapoor Compliance Center is a tool that was recently added to Office 365 admin...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 11/26/2015
Future of JavaScript – ECMAScript 6 (ES2015) Arrow and Spread Operator
This tutorial series will take a look at the future of JavaScript. It will take an in-depth look at...
Author: Rami Sayar Date: 11/25/2015
Working with GitHub from Visual Studio 2015
Welcome to our weekly MVP series where we discuss some of the most useful solutions, tips &...
Author: Andrei Marukovich (MVP) Date: 11/24/2015
Visual Studio Code for Mac developers: Express
Earlier we discussed how to use Node.js with Visual Studio Code but Node.js is a runtime and if you...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 11/23/2015
Playing with the GitHub API in your ASP.NET MVC application
Guest Post by Ivan Lukianchuk Ivan Lukianchuk is a seasoned startup founder and award winning pitch...
Author: Adarsha Datta Date: 11/19/2015
Repository Nightmares
The Repository pattern is a famous (or infamous?) pattern that we can find in Martin Fowler’s...
Author: msdn.barylko@outlook.com Date: 11/18/2015
Visual Studio Code for Mac developers: Yeoman
Visual Studio Code is a folder based editor. So, each time when you want to create a new project,...
Author: Sergiy Baydachnyy Date: 11/16/2015
Azure Cloud Load Testing Made Easy
Guest Post by Ahmed Al-Asaad Load testing is a very import milestone in your development lifecycle...
Author: Lachezar Arabadzhiev Date: 11/12/2015