Working with Blazor’s component model

Microsoft Blazor wallpaper

Welcome to Working with Blazor’s component model” post! In this new post I’ll build a simple project in Blazor and explain the basic Blazor components and interactions. Also, the source code of the project I’m going to create in this post is available on GitHub. Here the posts I wrote about Blazor that help you to learn this new technology better and faster: What is a Blazor component? First, the fundamental building blocks of Blazor applications are components, almost everything you do will directly or indirectly work with them. In…

Meet the Microsoft Pluton processor

Microsoft Pluton

The role of the Windows PC and trust in technology are more important than ever as our devices keep us connected and productive across work and life. Windows 10 is the most secure version of Windows ever, built with end-to-end security for protection from the edge to the cloud all the way down to the hardware. Advancements like Windows Hello biometric facial recognition, built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus, and firmware protections and advanced system capabilities like System Guard, Application Control for Windows and more have helped Microsoft keep pace with the evolving threat landscape. Today, Microsoft alongside our…

F# 5 and F# tools update

Microsoft F# Fsharp

In the last couple of weeks, I started to create posts about F#. Today, Microsoft has just announced some updates to F# 5 and F# tools update! They shipped a lot of preview features since F# 5 preview 1, and they have all been stabilizing since that release. Today, we’re happy to announce some minor additions to F# 5 and talk about some pretty cool performance work we’ve been doing. Here’s how you get the latest release: Install the latest .NET 5 preview SDK Install Jupyter Notebooks for .NET If you’re using Visual…

Xamarin Forms and Google Mobile Ads for iOS: update

In my previous post I explaind how to add on your application advertising. In those days Xamarin has removed from the Component Store the component called Google Mobile Ads for iOS. Now you have to install another component called Firebase AdMob for iOS. After installed this component you can see in your Output window a similar info without see an advert in your app: 2016-11-18 11:28:14.853 WordBankEasy.iOS[11103:2250070] <Google> You must set the rootViewController property of <GADBannerView: 0x1034702c0; frame = (-10 0; 320 50); clipsToBounds = YES; layer = <CALayer: 0x174e39d40>>…

“System.IO.FileNotFoundException” using controls from another assembly in Xamarin Forms on iOS.

I was building a Xamarin solution with my components like that: All my components (PSC.Xamarin.Controls.*) are working fine in other solutions.Always fine for Windows or UWP solutions. A problem was born when I started to deployed my solutions on iOS. When on the app I opened a page with my controls I always received an error like: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly ‘PSC.Xamarin.Controls.BindablePicker’ or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. I can check my references and deployment settings in all ways, it turns…

Microsoft adds ‘non-security updates’ to security patches

MS16-023, billed as a “Security update for Internet Explorer” and issued on March 8, includes six “General distribution release (GDR) fixes”. Five are innocuous as they address glitches like “Empty textarea loses its closing tag in Internet Explorer 11 after conversion from XML to HTML.” But the last item on the list item 3146449, has the rather more interesting title “Updated Internet Explorer 11 capabilities to upgrade Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.” A great many users just accept all Windows updates, so will never see item 3146449. Even if you…

Microsoft has released a Debian Linux switch OS

Put down your coffee gently. Microsoft has today released a homegrown open-source operating system, based on Debian GNU/Linux, that runs on network switches. The software is dubbed SONiC, aka Software for Open Networking in the Cloud. It’s a toolkit of code and kernel patches to bend switch hardware to your will, so you can dictate how it works and what it can do, rather than relying on proprietary firmware from a traditional networking vendor. It also pits Redmond against white-box network operating systems from the likes of HP, Dell, and…

Creating a URL shortener using ASP.NET WepAPI and MVC

In this tutorial, I use several techniques and tools. I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and the latest version of all components. ASP.NET MVC: Microsoft’s modern web application framework. As the name says, it pushes you to use the MVC (model view controller) software design principle. ASP.NET Web API: Web API and MVC are used together in many applications. With MVC, the HTML of the web pages are rendered on the server, and with Web API you can, like the name says, create an API. Web API also uses the…

Support Ending for the .NET Framework 4.0, 4.5 and 4.5.1 on Tuesday

In less than a week Microsoft will formally end support for versions 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5.1 of the .NET Framework. Users should upgrade to a later version such as the slightly incompatible .NET 4.5.2. Before we move on, it should be noted that this only affects the 4.x series. The much older .NET 3.5 SP 1 will continue to be supported. In this context, support means having access to technical support, security updates, and hotfixes. Compatibility When upgrading to .NET 4.5.2, ASP.NET developers may see a compatibility issue. Though considered…

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 next Tuesday

Microsoft is ending support for Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 next week on January 12th, releasing a final patch encouraging users to upgrade to one of the company’s more recent browsers. The end of support means that these older versions of Internet Explorer will no longer receive security updates or technical support, making anyone who uses them much more vulnerable to hackers. A recently-announced patch will deliver the last few bug fixes, as well as an "End of Life" notification telling users to upgrade to IE 11 or Microsoft…