Articles published on 'Visual Studio and Development Technologies' (January 2017 - June 2018)

January 2017

1. Another way to detect whether binaries are digitally signed (using C#)
2. Here’s how to detect whether an assembly is digitally signed (using C#)

February 2017

1. How to read Microsoft PowerPoint document contents using C#/.NET?
2. How to delete a tag from Git remote repository?
3. How to read Microsoft Excel document contents using C#/.NET?
4. Visual Studio 2017 release date announced
5. How to read Microsoft Word document contents using C#/.NET?

March 2017

1. How to amend your last commit in Git repository?
2. 'Enter' key does not work in Visual Studio Package Manager Console
3. Get early access to 'Visual Studio Preview'
4. .NET Core Tools 1.0 are now available
5. How to create a Visual Studio 2017 offline installer?
6. Download Visual Studio 2017 RTM

April 2017

1. Here's how to read emails from Outlook using C#
2. COM Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005
3. List of supported Frameworks by NuGet client

May 2017

1. Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.2
2. A collection of Visual Studio 2015 Tips & Tricks

June 2017

1. Extracting text with iTextSharp throws an InvalidCastException

July 2017

1. What's the difference between null string and string.Empty?
2. Book on Mastering Visual Studio 2017 has been published and available!
3. Have you heard about StringCollection class in .NET?
4. Solution for NPOI only supports BIFF8 format exception
5. Here's how to read Excel 95 or older document (XLS) using NPOI libraries
6. Here's how to read Excel 97-2003 document (XLS) using NPOI libraries
7. Here's how to read Excel 2007 document (XLSX) using NPOI libraries
8. Here's how to change Codelens Indicator style in Visual Studio

August 2017

1. Here's how to run web application in multiple browsers from Visual Studio
2. Let's learn about default literal in C# 7.1
3. Do you know that, there exist a snippet to generate reverse 'for' loop?
4. Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.3) and .NET Core 2.0 is now available
5. Integrating Bitbucket extension to Visual Studio 2015/2017
6. Marshal.ReleaseComObject() vs. Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject()
7. Get 'Early Access' to .NET Framework 4.7.1
8. Here's how to retrieve Process details of Excel, PowerPoint app instance
9. Solution for runtime error while repeatedly calling Ping.Send from C#
10. Parse or TryParse? Which one should I use?

September 2017

1. Use DebuggerHidden attribute to hide methods from debugger breakpoints
2. Visual Studio 2017 can now decide whether to enable Lightweight Solution Load
3. The Complete HTML Cheat Sheet

October 2017

1. Microsoft releases Windows 10 SDK for Fall Creators Update
2. Visual Studio 2017 Update 4 (version 15.4) is now available
3. What's Next For Microsoft's HoloLens?

December 2017

1. Your quantum journey begins here with Microsoft. Download the SDK to get started
2. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 released with many new improvements and fixes
3. Download latest version of Visual Studio 2017
4. Git Tutorial for beginners (Git Bash Commands)

January 2018

1. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.5 is now available
2. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.4 is now available
3. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.3 is now available
4. Do you know that, you can easily copy code from C# Interactive Window?
5. 'Mastering Visual Studio 2017' (book) is now available on Flipkart at a discounted price

February 2018

1. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Development Cookbook
2. How to upgrade project's language version using quick actions in Visual Studio?
3. How to change the default language version in Visual Studio?
4. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.7 is now available
5. Here's how to automatically create classes from XML in Visual Studio
6. Windows Template Studio version 1.7 is now available

March 2018

1. Another new update (version 15.6.4) for Visual Studio 2017 is now available
2. A new update (version: 15.6.3) of Visual Studio 2017 is now available to download
3. Visual Studio 2015 Error: "WixAttachedContainer - The system cannot find the file specified"
4. Visual Studio 2017 (version: 15.6.2) is now available as an update
5. How HTML5 has revolutionized the user experiences
6. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 update is now available to download
7. How to create a responsive Wrap Panel in #HTML using the #CSS Flexbox Layout?

April 2018

1. Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6.7
2. Could not run the "GenerateResource" task because MSBuild could not create or connect
3. Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6.5
4. Will HTML5 be the death of native apps?
5. How to automatically create heading anchor links in HTML with jQuery and CSS?

May 2018

1. ASP.NET Core 2.1 released, along with .NET Core 2.1 and Entity Framework Core 2.1
2. .NET Core 2.1.0 SDK is now available for download
3. How to inherit a class in TypeScript? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
4. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Update 2 (aka. 15.7.2) is now available
5. How to define a class in TypeScript? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
6. What are the basic data types in TypeScript? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
7. How to declare variables in TypeScript? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
8. What is tsconfig.json configuration file? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
9. Visual Studio Live Share - An extension to collaboratively work in real time
10. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.0 Minor Release is now available for download
11. Building your first Hello TypeScript application -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
12. How to install TypeScript and Node.js? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners

June 2018

1. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Update 4 (15.7.4) is now available
2. Windows Template Studio 2.2 released with 3D Launcher feature, Wizard enhancements and more
3. Solution for 'Unable to cast COM object of type Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ApplicationClass' error
4. Visual Studio 2019 has been announced by Microsoft
5. How to define an Interface in TypeScript? -- TypeScript Tutorial for beginners
6. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Update 3 (15.7.3) is now available
7. Download latest version of .NET Framework 4.8
8. TypeScript Tutorial for beginners - Getting started with TypeScript