Microsoft Developer Newsletter - Volume 22, Number 22: October 31, 2018

Top News Worldwide

Free e-book: A Developer’s Guide to Building AI Applications
 

What’s next for Visual Studio for Mac

Announcing: Automate and customize your workflows with GitHub Actions

Five things you should know about developing on a Mac

DevOps: Use test analytics in your Azure pipelines
Improve the efficiency of your pipeline and shorten release cycles by identifying repetitive, unreliable, and high-impact test issues. Explore common scenarios and learn how to leverage test analytics in your pipelines.

Unit testing: Take a deep dive into test-driven and scenario-based testing
Explore the details and philosophy of test-driven development. Then learn about scenario-based testing with xUnit. See how you can reuse a single unit test to cover multiple use cases for the system under test.

How to: Train machine learning models with Azure ML in Visual Studio Code
Get step-by-step guidance on how to train machine learning models using the Visual Studio Code Tools for AI extension and Azure Machine Learning service.

7 best practices for continuous monitoring with Azure Monitor
Improve the health, performance, and reliability of your apps with continuous monitoring throughout the development and operations processes. Learn seven best practices to improve your monitoring strategy.

Office apps and add-ins: Approval reports and SaaS app changes
Learn about new features for Office app and add-in submissions via the Seller Dashboard. You’ll reach customers more quickly and effectively.

Free training: Build and run a web app with the MEAN stack on an Azure Linux virtual machine
Explore the MEAN web stack, learn how to host a web app on a Linux virtual machine, add Node.js as a host runtime, and publish your application. Get started with this free training.

Events

Azure + AI Conference 
December 3‒6, 2018, Las Vegas, NV
Cloud services and artificial intelligence have converged to create new possibilities. Attend the Azure + AI Conference to hear from industry leaders (including Scott Guthrie, Scott Hanselman, and James McCaffrey) as they explore the future of AI and cloud technologies.

Microsoft Ignite: The Tour 
Through May 22, 2019, worldwide
Attend a free technical training event for tech professionals in a city near you. Explore the latest developer tools and cloud technologies, and put your skills to work in new areas, including IoT and machine learning. Find an event near you.

Resources

Downloads and tools for Windows 10

Get started with app development

Create your Azure free account today

Microsoft Virtual Academy – new training

Testing tools for web developers

Free Microsoft Press eBooks

TechNet Flash

Get the latest information from Channel 9

Microsoft for Startups

Code editing tools for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications

Microsoft Docs for developers and IT professionals
 

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