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Help us make the .NET Architecture guides better for you!

February 13, 2019 Feb 13, 2019 02/13/19
Nish Anil
Over the last couple of years, we worked with experts to create some incredible architecture guides & reference samples for .NET developers. We focused on Microservices Architecture, Modernizing existing .NET apps, DevOps best practices, ASP.NET web apps, Azure cloud apps, Mobile apps with Xamarin and more. We're running a survey ...

Get your libraries ready for Windows Phone 8.1

April 30, 2014 Apr 30, 2014 04/30/14
Immo Landwerth
Two weeks ago, we released the Windows Phone preview for developers. In this post, I’ll cover what this means for library and app developers. (image) What this means for library developers As a .NET developer you can target Windows Phone 8.1 via two platforms: Apps that target Windows Phone Silverlight 8.1 can consume existing ...

Sharing code across platforms

April 21, 2014 Apr 21, 2014 04/21/14
Immo Landwerth
At Build we announced two great ways to re-use your code: the new Universal Windows apps, and the improved portable class libraries. They both help you reuse code across platforms. In this post, I’ll describe both options and how you can choose between them. Overview Why two options? The short answer is that shared projects are about ...