Use Visual Studio Code to write and debug code quickly and efficiently on any platform, for any device, using any programming language, and on the operating system of your choice. Visual Studio Code is an open source and cross-platform development tool that focuses on code editing across a variety of development scenarios, including web, mobile, and cloud development. This third edition has been updated to match the latest releases of the environment. Additional updates relate to .NET 7 and explain how to consume AI services from code you write in Visual Studio Code. This new edition is also refreshed with the latest updates, such as enhanced merge editor, creating extensions, support for the Julia language, and much more. The book teaches you how to be immediately productive with Visual Studio Code, from the basics to some of the more complex topics. You will learn how to work on individual code files, complete projects, and come away with an understanding of advanced code-editing features that will help you focus on productivity, and source code collaboration with Git. What You Will Learn Get started with practical guidance on Visual Studio Code, including expansive guidance on writing apps with C# and Python Understand how to edit individual files and how to work with folders by working on the latest workspace trust and multi-root workspaces Debug code on multiple platforms through real-world guidance, such as working under corporate networks Package code into Docker containers and deploy these to Azure Acquire valuable tips, tricks, and suggestions from hard-earned, real-world experience to be more productive Who This Book Is For All developers (including JavaScript, Java, NodeJS), not just those with a Microsoft background, who will benefit from learning and using VS code as a cross-platform and cross-language tool

Fully updated for Windows 8 support, .NET 4.5, and Windows Phone development, this is the most comprehensive, practical reference to modern programming with Visual Basic 2012. Written by Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole, a long-time leader of the global VB community, this book illuminates the core of the VB language and demonstrates its effective use in many current programming scenarios. Del Sole covers both Visual Basic 2012 Professional Edition for professional developers and the Express Edition for hobbyists, novices, and students. Writing for VB programmers at all levels of experience, he walks through using VB 2012 for data access, Windows desktop/Windows Phone user interface development, networking, communication, and much more. For those moving from structured languages-including VB 6-Del Sole offers detailed guidance on building effective object-oriented code. He also demonstrates how to make the most of Microsoft's updated .NET 4.5 platform to write more robust and powerful software. Detailed information on how to... ? Understand the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, .NET Framework 4.5, and the anatomy of a VB 2012 application ? Debug VB applications and implement error handling and exceptions ? Build efficient object-oriented software with classes, objects, namespaces, and inheritance ? Work with advanced object-oriented features, including interfaces, generics, delegates, events, and collections ? Access data with LINQ-including LINQ to Objects, SQL, DataSets, Entities, XML, and Parallel LINQ ? Build modern Windows applications with WPF ? Develop web-centric applications using ASP.NET, Silverlight 5, and Windows Azure Services cloud computing ? Use advanced .NET 4.5 platform capabilities, including asynchronous programming, multithreading, parallel programming ? Build apps for Windows Phone ? Test code with unit tests, TDD, and code contracts ? Deploy apps efficiently with InstallShield for Visual Studio and ClickOnce

Quickly learn how to get the most out of the Visual Studio for Mac integrated development environment (IDE). Microsoft has invested heavily to deliver their very best development tools and platforms to other operating systems. Visual Studio for Mac is a powerful developer tool that reinforces Microsoft's "mobile-first", "cloud-first", and "any developer, any platform, any device" strategy. With the author's guided expertise and extensive code samples, you will understand how to leverage the most useful tools in Visual Studio for Mac, the code editor, and the powerful debugger. You also will appreciate the author's guidance on collaborating with other team members using integrated tooling for the Git source control engine. Whether you are a Mac developer interested in cross-platform development or a Windows developer using a Mac, Beginning Visual Studio for Mac will quickly get you up to speed! What You'll Learn Prepare, configure, and debug in the Mac development environment Create cross-platform mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows with Xamarin and C# in Visual Studio for Mac Build cross-platform Web applications with .NET Core using Visual Studio for Mac Customize your productive and collaborative development environment Who This Book Is For Software developers using a Mac computer who want to build mobile or web applications that run on multiple operating systems

Dive headfirst into Microsoft's Computer Vision APIs through sample-driven scenarios! Imagine an app that describes to the visually impaired the objects around them, or reads the Sunday paper, a favorite magazine, or a street sign. Or an app that is capable of monitoring what is happening inside an area without human control, and then makes a decision based on interpreting an occurrence detected with a live camera. This book teaches developers Microsoft's Computer Vision APIs, a service capable of understanding and interpreting the content of any image. Author Del Sole begins by providing a succinct "need to know" overview of the service with descriptions. You then learn from hands-on demonstrations that show how basic C# code examples can be re-used across platforms. From there you will be guided through two different kinds of applications that interact with the service in two different ways: the more common means of calling a REST service to get back JSON data, and via the .NET libraries that Microsoft has been building to simplify the job (this latter one with Xamarin). What You'll Learn Understand AI's role and how devices and applications use sophisticated algorithms to improve people's lives and business tasks. Analyze images for Optical Character Recognition to detect written words and sentences Think about the next-generation applications in relation to your customers' needs Get up-to-speed on the latest version of the Computer Vision service, which now comes through Azure Set up an Azure subscription in order to access the Cognitive Services within the portal After reading this book, you will be able to get started with AI services from Microsoft in order to begin building powerful new apps for your company or customers. Who This Book Is For Developers just getting familiar with artificial intelligence. A minimal knowledge of C# is required.

Using Visual Basic 2015, developers can build cutting-edge applications that run practically anywhere: on Windows desktops, new Windows 10 devices, in mobile and cloud environments, and beyond. Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed is the most comprehensive, practical reference to modern programming with VB 2015. Long-time Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole walks you through the latest version of the language, helping you thoroughly master its most valuable features, most powerful programming techniques, and most effective development patterns. Next, he shows how to use Visual Basic 2015 to build robust, effective software in a wide range of environments. Extensively updated for Visual Basic 2015's major improvements, this guide covers both Visual Basic 2015 Professional Edition for professional developers and the free Community Edition for hobbyists, novices, and students. Del Sole has added detailed coverage of building new universal Windows apps for Windows 10 and using new Visual Studio 2015 capabilities to supercharge your productivity as a developer. If you want to leverage all of VB 2015's power, this is the book you need. Detailed information on how to... Understand the Visual Studio 2015 IDE, .NET Framework 4.6 and the new .NET Core 5, and the anatomy of a VB 2015 application Debug VB applications and implement error handling and exceptions Keep your code clean and well-organized with VB 2015's new refactoring tools Master modern VB object development: namespaces, modules, structures, enums, inheritance, interfaces, generics, delegates, events, collections, iterators, and more Share Visual Basic code with Portable Class Libraries and Shared Projects Access data with LINQ and ADO.NET Entity Framework Manipulate XML documents with LINQ and XML Literals Build and deploy applications to run in the Microsoft Azure cloud Develop universal Windows apps that run on any Windows 10 device Use advanced .NET 4.6 platform capabilities, including async and parallel programming, multithreading, assemblies, reflection, and coding attributes Leverage new compiler APIs to write custom domain-specific live code analysis rules Test code with unit tests and TDD Deploy apps efficiently with InstallShield for Visual Studio and ClickOnce

Microsoft(R) Visual Studio(R) LightSwitch(R) UnleashedAlessandro Del Sole Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch represents a breakthrough in business application development for Windows clients, the Web, and the cloud. Using this new tool, you can build powerful data-centric applications with far less code than ever before. "Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch Unleashed" is the first comprehensive, start-to-finish guide to this powerful new tool. Written by longtime Visual Basic expert and Microsoft MVP Alessandro Del Sole, this book covers everything Microsoft developers need to know to make the most of LightSwitch-from the absolute basics to the most advanced enterprise techniques. You learn how to use LightSwitch to build modern, scalable, customized line-of-business applications that automatically leverage technologies such as Silverlight, WCF, and SQL Server Express "with no effort or expertise on your part." Through hands-on examples, Del Sole guides you through building solutions that can integrate and analyze business information from virtually any source, crafting custom logic that solves your company's unique problems, and delivering state-of-the-art usability through professional-quality user interfaces.

• Implement features such as screen navigation, data interaction, paging, and Excel export, with absolutely no coding
• Build simple data-centric applications and add power to them with relationships and details
• Rapidly create customized queries, filters, sorts, and reports
• Aggregate data from many locations, including SharePoint, SQL Server, and the cloud
• Simplify the implementation of application-level data validation
• Protect your applications with authentication and authorization
• Fine tune your code for scalability and performance
• Streamline deployment to local computers, web servers, and the Windows Azure cloud
• Use .NET code to define custom behaviors related to data and the user interface
• Understand how LightSwitch applications are architected and how they are handled by Visual Studio
• Use LightSwitch with other Visual Studio tools to manage the entire application life cycle
• Efficiently debug LightSwitch code-and create code that's easier to debug