Microsoft .NET YouTube Channel

If you are new to .NET, or not, you should check out the new YouTube channel. There are lots of channels like Microsoft Developer, Xamarin Developers, .NET Foundation, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Mechanics, and more.

Debugging Tips and Tricks Part 1

Check out the video from Channel 9 to get a few really useful tips to debug your code in .NET and C++. https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Debugging-Tips-and-Tricks-Part-1

Strive For Good Unit Testing, Not 100% Coverage

Here is a great article on unit testing coverage written by my fellow Microsoft MVP Jeremy Clark. Microsoft actually told me that a good coverage goal should be 75%. https://jeremybytes.blogspot.com/2016/08/code-coverage-should-not-be-goal.html

Developer Productivity in Visual Studio 2015

Here is a great video that show Visual Studio editing features that you might not know about. https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Developer-Productivity-in-VS-2015-and-VS-15/player?format=flash

Universal Windows Apps in Visual Studio

Here is a great, quick video on how to create a simple Universal Windows App: https://mva.microsoft.com/en-us/training-courses/quick-start-challenge-universal-windows-apps-in-visual-studio-14477?l=Be2FMfgmB_505192797

Development Can Still Be Hard

Here is a great video from Channel 9 that discusses how development can still be hard. I totally agree... many aspects of development are harder than they use to be. As an architect it's a daunting task to come up with a lasting solution. Click here to view the video.

Fixing Coding Mistakes On The Fly in Visual Studio 2015

Here is a great video on some of the new code analysis built into 2015! https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/Fixing-Coding-Mistakes-On-The-Fly-in-Visual-Studio-2015/player?format=smooth

Universal Windows Apps: Debugging and Profiling

Here is a good video demonstrating a few of the cool new debugging features in Visual Studio 2015. https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Visual-Studio-2015-Final-Release-Event/Universal-Windows-Apps-Debugging-and-Profiling/player?format=html5

Key Generation Strategies in Entity Framework 7

Here is a great video on one of the new features in EF7. https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/Key-Generation-Strategies-in-Entity-Framework-7/player

Developer Productivity: What’s New in VB.NET 14

Check out this video from Channel 9 about what is coming in the new release in VB.NET 14. Click here to view.