Developer Tools Weekly

Articles

• What if JavaScript Wins?
  JavaScript is now part of the toolkit of most working developers. What if network effects push it into being a truly dominant programming language?
  Anil Dash
• Performance Impact of Removing OOBGC
  GitHub moves from an out-of-band garbage collector (OOBGC) technique back to the stock Ruby garbage collector, with significant performance improvements.
  Aaron Patterson
• Build Your First TypeScript Application
  Getting started with TypeScript, a typesafe programming language that transpiles to JavaScript, and an example of how easy it is to add TypeScript to a web app.
  Peter Vogel
• Continuous Integration Tools for Mobile vs Web. What’s the Difference?
  Continuous Integration isn't just about web applications; you can also do CI for mobile apps and even deploy to the App Store.
  Marie Jacksman
• Building with Google Pay
  Google introduces new features to Google Pay, including expanded online checkout, mobile tickets and passes, and Google Pay for Actions.
  Gerardo Capiel and Varouj Chitilian
• Introducing Git Protocol Version 2
  A major update to Git's on-the-wire protocol, modernizing it, setting up future expansion and improving performance for large repositories.
  Brandon Williams

In Brief

• Introduction to Code Analysis in Rider DotNet
• Walkthrough: Create an Azure Web App Definition in Azure Azure
• OSS Build and Release with VSTS CI/CD
• Startup Improvements in Xamarin.Forms on Android Mobile Android
• First look of ML.NET: Microsoft Machine Learning framework for .NET AI/ML
• .NET Span better performance DotNet Performance

New Releases

• Octopus May Release 2018.5 Octopus CI/CD
• Libidn2 2.0.5 released Punycode
• nano-2.9.7 is released Editors

Podcasts

• Xamarin Podcast: Build 2018 Recap for Mobile Developers Mobile
  News from Build, including Xamarin.Forms 3.0, Hyper-V support for the Android emulator, Xamarin.Essentials, and updates to Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac.
• DevOps Lab: Deploying Azure Functions with VSTS DevOps Azure
  Of course you can deploy web sites to Azure, but what about DevOps for Azure Functions? Simon Waight introduces VSTS DevOps for serverless.

Events

• NDC Oslo
  An independent software developers conference, covering architecture, DevOps, security, and more. June 11-15, 2018 in Oslo, Norway.

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