Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 Beta – Somasegar announce the release of the Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1, providing tool for use in Data Science, support for the Bottle and Flask web frameworks, and install support for installing within express editions of Visual Studio.
RyuJIT CTP3 minor fix – Kevin Frei highlights a fix that addresses issues with the RyuJIT CTP3 and PowerShell, released by the team as CTP3b
F#16 : Understanding Signatures – Sacha Barber presses on with this series looking at functional programming techniques and the F# Language with a look at the signature of functions
TDD Chess Game Part 3: Stumbling and Refactoring – Erik Dietrich continues his series looking at building a Chess Game using Test Driven Development practices, sharing another bout of coding after a bit of a break, and discussing how TDD can help in this situation.
ReSharper and Roslyn: Q&A – JetBrains discuss what the release of Roslyn as Open Source means to them, sharing a Q&A with some of the lead engineers on the product discussing their plans going forward.
How much Azure kit do you need to serve 2,000 requests per second? – Elton Stoneman takes a look at scaling an API on the Azure Platform to a quite reasonable 2000 Requests per second, looking at a number of different approaches to achieve this with different virtual hardware and configuration.
Managed Code Browser Extensions – Eric Lawrence discusses the use of managed code to create COM components wuch as those required for IE Extensions, and muses on the possible future of IE extensions, and potential for them to be JavaScript based
