2019 - March/April
In our feature article this month Shawn Wildermuth encourages us to take time to enjoy the view, Vue.js that is. The view on the rest of the issue is pretty spectacular as well. You can see articles on managing identity in Azure, creating desktop applications with .NET Core 3.0, learning about artificial intelligence and lastly, Ted Neward closes out the issue discussing how leadership affects your software development team. Enjoy!
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Part 4: The Tenets of UAT
Rod's big project is drawing to a close, and it's time to consider User Acceptance Testing.
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Managed Identity in Azure
Sahil uses the cloud to secure source code. You never know when someone downstream might share code with the rest of the world, and Managed Identity helps keep the things private that need to be.
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Create a Title Bar for User Controls
Those helpful buttons for minimize, maximize, and close functions need to be added to your WPF pages if you don’t want to crowd your user’s screen. Paul shows you how.
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.NET Core for the Desktop
Software vendors and conferences would tell you that the desktop is dead, but if you’re a working consultant, you know that’s not true. Mike dives into a great tool using WinForms to show you what you’ve been missing.
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Using Microsoft Cognitive Services
In this article, Wei-Meng Lee introduces Microsoft Cognitive Services as an accessible way for developers to integrate artificial intelligence capabilities—such as image analysis, face recognition, OCR, and custom vision—into Python, iOS, and Android applications without deep AI expertise. He provides detailed examples using REST APIs and cURL, demonstrates building apps across platforms, and explores training custom models like recognizing durians. Lee emphasizes the ease and power of leveraging these cloud-based AI services to create intelligent applications, highlighting practical steps from obtaining API keys to deploying AI-enhanced mobile apps.
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A Vue to a Skill
Shawn introduces you to Vue.js, a framework that can keep complex build systems from clogging up your app. It’s a SPA library that helps you separate the data from the markup, but it’s also much more.
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Using Custom Scripting and Modding in Unity Game and App Development
Vassili shows how to use CSCS scripting in Unity to perform functions not originally in games or apps. You can add your own quests, items, and other game elements or alter scripts, textures, and meshes. Go forth and conquer!
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