The desktop is here to stay. Sam Basu reviews how you can take advantage of the latest in .NET technologies and still build the apps your customers demand.  Sam covers Windows Forms, XAML (UWP, WinUI), Progressive Web Apps, Electron, Blazor Mobile Bindings, .NET MAUI and building for Mac OS and Linux.

Choices in Desktop Development

With its focus on tooling both in and outside of Visual Studio, this show will help you become a more productive developer. Join your hosts Leslie Richardson and Robert Green and see what tools you can put in your Visual Studio Toolbox.

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Got a large solution with hundreds of projects? Join PM Kira Weiss as we check out how Solution Filters allow you to selectively choose which subset of projects get loaded in order to improve Visual Studio Resources: --Blogpost: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/load-only-the-projects-you-need-with-solution-filters/ --Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/filtered-solutions?view=vs-2019 --VS Office Hours: Visual Studio Remote Office Hours - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWk9TT5osL0&t=1s

Solution Filters in Visual Studio

Phil Japikse shares a number of tips on how to manage multiple versions of ASP.NET Core Services. How do you and the API consumers easily keep track of versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 etc? Phil shows how.

Versioning ASP.NET Core Services

Sayed Hashimi, PM on the ASP.NET team, shows us how Visual Studio 2022 offers a new experience for building Web Forms projects. He shows the new Web Forms designer and Web Live Preview, which enables you to see changes reflected live in your running app.  Check out this Visual Studio blog post to learn more.

Web Live Preview

Greg Hurlman, Power Platform Advocate, joins us part two of our mini-series on the Power Platform and what opportunities it offers for.NET developers. In part 1, we were shown how the Power Platform offers a "no cliffs" experience which enables citizen developers and traditional developers alike to create robust business solutions. Today, Greg shows how easy it is to publish a Web API to Azure and then use it in Power Apps.  Resources: Transform your business applications with fusion development Power Platform overviewPart 3: Visual Studio Toolbox Live - Building Web APIs for Power Platform - YouTube

Building Power Apps with Web APIs

April Dunnam, Cloud Advocate, joins us to kick-off a mini-series on the Power Platform and what opportunities it offers for.NET developers. April explains how the Power Platform offers a "no cliffs" experience which enables citizen developers and traditional developers alike to create robust business solutions.   Resources: Transform your business applications with fusion development Power Platform overview

Choices in Desktop Development

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