ML.Net aims to provide machine learning for .Net developers
Microsoft's new machine learning framework promises high-level APIs to make model training and predictions easy, along with strong integration of .Net language features
Microsoft's new machine learning framework promises high-level APIs to make model training and predictions easy, along with strong integration of .Net language features
As great strides are made towards the creation of physical quantum computers, a team of researchers at University of Technology Sydney have launched a quantum programming environment to help developers get to grips with their quirks and complexity.
The WebAssembly format is key to the experimental framework’s ability to deliver .Net apps
Mixed-mode code execution is on the drawing board
Microsoft continues to unify .Net software development across Windows 10 platforms even as it gives up on smartphones and tablets
The .Net IL Linker reduces the footprint of .Net apps by discarding unused libraries and references, although it's still in the preview stages
A single base library will reach all three major variants of .Net, solving the code-sharing problem for .Net developers across platforms
For some time Microsoft didn't offer a solution for processing big data in cloud environments. SQL Server is good for storage, but its ability to analyze terabytes of data is limited. Hadoop, which was designed for this purpose, is written in Java and was not available to .Net developers. So, Microsoft launched the Hadoop on Windows Azure service to make it possible to distribute the load and speed up big data computations.
Microsoft began shipping this week IIS (Internet Information Services) Express 7.5, a free version of its IIS Web server optimized for developers. The company also unveiled an embedded database upgrade and an open source content management tool.
Making multiple moves in the Web development space, Microsoft is introducing this week both a website building tool for neophytes and the third major version of its MVC (Model View Controller) technology.
Microsoft began offering on Wednesday an early version of NuPack, an open source package manager for its .Net software development platform.
OutSystems is offering a cloud-based version of its agile development platform for building Web applications.
A new version of Oracle's data grid software will allow Microsoft .NET applications to scale to the same large multi-server environments long enjoyed by Java enterprise applications, according to Oracle.
Microsoft has added .NET Framework 4 support to the Windows Azure software development kit, making it easier for developers to build web applications in the cloud.
An Australian tech startup has filled a missing piece of the open source Mono .Net application environment by integrating it with Microsoft's Active Directory server.