Microsoft Azure Experts to Keynote Dev Conf, Managing Dependencies, Copilot Enhancements, More

April 11,2024

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Microsoft Azure Experts On Tap for Chicago Developer Conference Keynotes

On its Developer Blogs site Microsoft extended an invitation to join company experts at an upcoming developer conference exploring the latest .NET Microsoft Platform developments.

■	Microsoft Paper Intros Fully Autonomous AI Framework, Turning Devs into Supervisors
■	Blazor Creator Unveils 'Smart Components' for Adding AI to .NET Apps
■	Workarounds Listed for Upcoming Visual Studio App Center Retirement
■	As Xamarin.Forms Nears End-of-Life, Uno Platform Throws Hat into Replacement Ring

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The inaugural Microsoft Fabric Community Conference took place in Las Vegas, Nev., giving attendees insights into the inner workings of Microsoft's data and AI plans -- what's in the works, what's now available, and what's still to come.

■	Pesky WinForms Designer Tweaked in Visual Studio 2022 v17.10 Preview 2
■	Quick Tip: Use Threads to Improve Chat with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022
■	JetBrains IDEs Finally Get GitHub Copilot Chat
■	GitHub Copilot Chat Tackles Java 'One Billion Row Challenge'

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Managing Dependencies in Your Codebase: Top Tools and Best Practices

As software projects get more complex, managing dependencies becomes an increasingly critical task for developers. Dependencies, the external packages or libraries that your project relies on, can significantly impact your application's security, maintainability and compatibility. This is particularly true in the .NET ecosystem, where projects often rely on a vast array of NuGet packages.

■	GitHub Kills 'Copilot Voice' Tool
■	New in VS Code: Voice Dictation, Improved Copilot AI
■	Some 5 Years In, 'New' WinForms Designer Still Not There
■	GitHub Copilot Enterprise Ships

Preparing to be the Citizen Developer of Tomorrow

The world of the citizen development continues to evolve at an ever increasing pace. Yesterday we were talking about the possibility of creating useful applications with low- or no-code (LCNC) tools, and about how this approach would put app development into the hands of those who knew best the processes that needed automating: the users. Drag-and-drop, point-and-click, moving icons instead of cutting code; it all sounded great, and indeed it was and is great.

■	First .NET 9 Preview Emphasizes Cloud-Native Development, AI Apps
■	As New Visual Studio Extension Manager Previews, Mads K Floats New Tool Ideas
■	Copilot Chat Highlights Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 1
■	AI Marks New Release of Visual Studio 2022 17.9

Microsoft Teams to See Copilot Enhancements

Microsoft is enhancing user interaction with Copilot in Microsoft Teams, introducing several new features optimized based on user feedback.

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■	'Prompt Engineering' Jokes Abound when GitHub Asks Devs for Tips
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■	'F# Meets XAML' in Open Source Silverlight Alternative, OpenSilver 2.1

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