14Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft announces new startup program, to invest $500M over the next two years

Microsoft Development, News Items
Microsoft announces new startup program, to invest $500M over the next two years Microsoft is investing into startup companies that use Microsoft products as well as future enhanced product lines that will be ready for the population.  When a large company such as Microsoft shells out money to smaller firms it is a "win-win" for everyone that is involved with the project.  Microsoft has done this in the past and it has worked extremely well.  This is a boost to the economy with this type of Monetary  backing.  For future information click on the link below to go to the Microsoft web site.   Microsoft today announced a new startup program called “Microsoft for Startups” that will provide product, technical, and go-to-market benefits to help accelerate the growth of startups.…
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10Jan 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre

Microsoft Development, News Items, SQL Tips
Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre There are two new possible viruses Meltdown and Spectre that can lead to dangerous situations on your SQL server by attacks. The following summary allows you to review and decide how to patch your systems.  All SQL DBAs need to take action to make sure that they have backups as well as protecting the current systems.   SQL Server Versions Affected This is a hardware issue, so every system is affected. SQL Server running on x86 and x64 for these versions: SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008R2 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2017 Azure SQL Database It is likely that SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7, SQL Server 6.5 are all affected. No…
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19Oct 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Windows 10—Fall Creators Update SDK is now available Sweepstakes

Microsoft Development, Software development Concepts
  Windows 10 SDK Fall Creators Update SDK Downloads and tools for Windows 10 Visual Studio 2017 The latest version of Visual Studio, released October 2017 The latest Windows Standalone SDK (ver. 10.0.16299.15) Templates for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for tablet, phone, PC, Windows IoT, or Xbox Templates for Windows desktop applications Windows 10 Mobile emulators Log in and take a chance *No Purchase Necessary. Open only to Universal Windows Apps developers 18+. Sweepstakes ends November 17, 2017. For details, see Official Rules Download the Windows 10—Fall Creators Update SDK today. Want to learn more about what’s in it? Get the overview by watching the Windows Developer Day keynote and dive deeper with over 18 sessions on Windows 10 features and capabilities here. And don’t forget to enter an epic sweepstakes with amazing prizes.…
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01Sep 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Do you need to know Javascript ?

Microsoft Development, Rad Studio Delphi Development, Software development Concepts
Do you need to know Javascript ? Web site maintenance or development has led to the need for software developers to know and understand how to write or read JavaScript.  The need for professional JavaScript developers is growing at a fast rate.  Now that does not mean there will be college courses dealing with JavaScript 101 but there is a vast amount of on-line knowledge areas for self taught on how to use JavaScript. The beauty of JavaScript is that you do not need a degree where it is a free technology that requires no installation and no configuration.  You can easily open up a HTML page and quickly write a function to send out the famous "Hello World!" Hello World Sample <!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <body> <p>Simple JavaScript</p> <script> alert(…
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31Aug 2017 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released

Microsoft Development, Software Events
Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released For Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3, Microsoft focused on improving accessibility, particularly using Visual Studio with the most popular screen readers. Microsoft made over 1,700 improvements but if you are using Visual Studio 2017 in a low-vision or no-vision mode, a lot has improved. Couple of the more major things Microsoft improved. Debugging is much more accessible. Debugger windows like the Call Stack, Locals, Autos, and Watch windows were inaccessible to screen readers. That’s now fixed. The VS editor’s text adornments let developers know about features available at particular points on a line of code, such as breakpoints, lightbulbs, and error and warning “squiggles.” Customers can now discover and navigate between these adornments via the new “Show Line Annotations” command set, which you can…
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