The other day I was starting to review a large pull request on GitHub’s website. I was getting frustrated with the experience (overall slowness of the web UI), so I decided to see if there was a better way. I found the GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension for Visual Studio Code.

Over the last month or so, I finally got over my “get off my lawn” old-man reaction to generative AI (specifically ChatGPT) and started ramping up on the topic. I’m starting at a point of needing to learn more about machine learning, large language models, or anything AI-related, so I’ve got a lot of ground to cover.

“Change is the only constant in life.” - Heraclitus

Last year, I taught a 10-week .NET/C# Full Stack Web Development bootcamp in New York City (Astoria, Queens). This last Monday (1/27), I attended my students’ graduation from the education/training part of the program provided by Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) and their client PSEG. Graduation was an opportunity for me to reflect back on my experience.

Once you’ve mastered the basics of JavaScript, selecting a front end JavaScript framework can be a difficult, confusing process. You’ve probably heard of React and Angular — now there’s this new thing called Vue?

As we near the end of 2017 and head into the new year, it’s important to take time for reflection. Reflecting back on the past year will help you to refine and adjust your learning efforts so that you can effectively plan and set goals for the new year.

So you’ve mastered the basics of creating web pages and forms using Microsoft’s ASP.NET MVC web framework. What do you do next? Time to learn how to leverage the power of databases in your web apps!

I presented two sessions this week as part of the live training for the Visual Studio 2017 Launch event. The videos for these sessions are now available on demand via Microsoft’s Channel 9.

On March 7th and 8th, Microsoft will host a special online event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Visual Studio and the release of Visual Studio 2017. Day one (3/7) will feature keynotes from Julia Liuson, Brian Harry, Miguel de Icaza, and Scott Hanselman along with interactive technical demo sessions with Microsoft engineers. Day two (3/8) will feature a full day of live interactive training organized into two tracks.

You’ve decided to attend a technical conference this year. You’ve reviewed the options and have selected the perfect conference for yourself. Congrats!