Chat Leads Visual Studio Preview, 'Prompt Engineering' Jokes, From 0 to .NET MAUI, More

February 22, 2024

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Copilot Chat Highlights Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 1

"Copilot Chat isn't just a chatbot; it's a coding companion that understands your code," the Visual Studio dev team said in announcing Preview 1.

■	New GitHub Copilot Chat AI Features Help Set the Intent: 'This Is the Future'
■	Microsoft Asks Devs About Visual Studio Pet Peeves: 'Don't Get Me Started'
■	'All-in-One Search' Leads New Visual Studio Productivity Features
■	GitHub Copilot Chat Heralds Speech as 'New Universal Programming Language'

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'Prompt Engineering' Jokes Abound when GitHub Asks Devs for Tips

"Tip #1: Don't call yourself an engineer around a real engineer"

■	Wrangling Codex, Getting Paid for Prompt Engineering and 'New Bing' Epic Fail
■	There's a New Job in Town: Prompt Engineer (to the Tune of $335K/Year)
■	Open Source Guides for Prompting AI Large Language Models
■	Devs Can Now Just Say 'Hey Code' to Start Copilot Chat in VS Code

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From Zero to .NET MAUI: Seeking One Codebase to Run Everywhere

The promise of writing one codebase and running it everywhere has never really panned out for developers. However, using XAML and .NET MAUI, you come much closer.

■	12 Simple .NET MAUI Do's and Don'ts
■	After Killing Visual Studio for Mac, Microsoft Reassures Fearful .NET MAUI Devs
■	What's New in First Release Candidates for .NET 8, .NET MAUI, ASP.NET Core and EF8
■	Microsoft Previews .NET MAUI Extension for VS Code

'F# Meets XAML' in Open Source Silverlight Alternative, OpenSilver 2.1

"The integration of F# in OpenSilver 2.1 bridges the gap between functional programming and the development of rich, interactive web UIs."

■	A Decade Later, .NET Developers Still Fear Being 'Silverlighted' by Microsoft
■	OpenSilver v1.0 Arrives as Microsoft Ends Silverlight Support
■	OpenSilver Gets Closer to Open Source Parity with Long-Dead Microsoft Silverlight
■	Silverlight Just Won't Die: 'XAML for Blazor' Arrives

PowerShell Team Eyes AI LLM Integration in Shell

PowerShell seems to be one of Microsoft's few software holdouts that doesn't have its own Copilot AI assistant, but that might change this year.

■	Copilot by the Numbers: Microsoft's Big AI Bet Paying Off
■	New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality'
■	Among Hundreds of AI Tools for VS Code, GitHub Copilot Chat Explodes
■	Microsoft Issues 'Special Invitation' to Visual Studio Live! Developer Conference

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