Joe Mayo

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Joe Mayo

Feb 18

Free Book Chapter

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Here’s a free chapter from Programming the Microsoft Bot Framework, "Fine-Tuning Your Chatbot": http://bit.ly/2BJNcsZ

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Posted On Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:10 PM

Jan 18

ICYMI: Programming the Microsoft Bot Framework

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My latest book, Programming the Microsoft Bot Framework: A Multiplatform Approach to Building Chatbots, is now available. You can find more details on the Microsoft Press site. @JoeMayo ......

Posted On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 12:13 PM

Dec 17

Released LINQ to Twitter v4.2.0

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Today, I released the latest version of LINQ to Twitter. In addition to fixing bugs, the highlighted features of this release include support for DM Events, Extended Tweets and .NET Core. Here’s a demo of using extended mode tweets in a Search query: static async Task DoSearchAsync(TwitterContext twitterCtx) { string searchTerm = "\"LINQ to Twitter\" ......

Posted On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 8:03 AM

Oct 17

NET USE in WSL

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Still getting into Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I was using PowerShell to execute NET USE commands to access remote shares. Having tried this on WSL, it wasn’t immediately obvious how to get it to work, though I knew it should be possible. e.g. here was my first try $net use \\sharename password /USER:domain\username Which resulted in: Invalid ......

Posted On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 2:03 PM wsl

Apr 16

Using the Bot Framework Chat Control

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One of the places you can use a Microsoft Bot Framework bot is on your own Web page. There is a Chat control you can use and this post discusses this and shows an example. Note: If you had trouble with the chat control earlier, there was a bug, but that is now fixed and the Chat control documentation is updated. This post shows an implementation with ......

Posted On Saturday, April 9, 2016 6:22 PM botframework , bot

Apr 16

PC Bot

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The PC in PC Bot means Politically Correct – because it reacts to every event. During its lifetime, a (Microsoft Bot Framework) bot can have many different types of messages, in addition to a normal text message from the user. You can know when a user or bot is added or removed, when a conversation ends, and a couple other message types. This post explains ......

Posted On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 8:27 AM bots , botframework

Apr 16

Pig Latin Bot

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The blog post, Botiquette, explained how Microsoft released the Bot Framework at the Build conference and referenced how you can find the Bot Framework and associated documentation. It’s easy reading, well organized, and simple to get started. This post is about my first bot, Pig Latin Bot. As the name suggests, Pig Latin Bot takes everything you say ......

Posted On Friday, April 1, 2016 11:32 PM bots , botframework

Mar 16

Botiquette

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Today, at Build 2016, Microsoft revealed a new AI tool for developers called the Bot Framework. The Bot Framework allows developers to write software bots that interact with people (and other bots). Essentially this makes it easy to create a Conversational User Interface (CUI), ushering in a new era that makes us think more about what a user interface ......

Posted On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 8:09 PM bots

Mar 16

Catching Up with UWP in LINQ to Twitter

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LINQ to Twitter recently released as v4.x, where one of its main goals was to support Universal Windows Platform development. LINQ to Twitter has supported many platforms and UWP is a natural evolution. One of the driving forces in the new version is the fact that UWP has it’s own HTTP client stack, which isn’t compatible with PCL. In retrospect, this ......

Posted On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 8:25 AM

Dec 15

Git Clone Network Shared Project in Windows

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Not sure why I keep forgetting this, but it bites me occasionally and maybe writing it down will prevent a search that results in Linux shell non-answers. I currently use Windows 10, but this is the case for previous versions too. The problem is that I keep forgetting that git clone requires forward slashes, rather than back slashes. In normal cases, ......

Posted On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:29 PM

Jul 15

New Book: C# Succinctly

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My latest book, C# Succinctly, is now available. This is published by Syncfusion, as part of their Succinctly series. It’s an e-book and is free for you to download in multiple formats. The Succinctly series is designed for a quick look at a specific topic. In that spirit, C# Succinctly does a quick overview of the C# programming language, covering ......

Posted On Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:01 PM

Jun 15

What’s New in C# 6.0: Auto-Property Initializers

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Today, Somasegar announced that Visual Studio 2015 will be released on July 20th, 2015. This release will also include C# 6.0. This is the first in a series of posts on the new features of C# 6.0 and I’ll cover Auto-Property Initializers. This post discusses what an Auto-Property Initializer is, how to use it, and why it can help you write code more ......

Posted On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:24 AM

Jun 15

Free Webinar: What’s New in C# 6.0

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I'll be doing a Free Webinar on 6/24/2015 with LearnNowOnline.com on What's New in C# 6.0: http://bit.ly/1POvqmJ Here’s the abstract: C# 6.0 offers several new features that help streamline your code. You'll learn about string interpolation, property initializers, exception filters, and more. You'll also learn about some of the new features of Visual ......

Posted On Thursday, June 11, 2015 10:28 AM

Apr 15

Hosting LINQ to Twitter on GitHub

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Today, I finished migrating LINQ to Twitter from CodePlex to GitHub. I was happy with CodePlex for a long time. However, it just hasn’t been kept up to date. There hasn’t been any activity or improvements to the site in over two years. After watching the deterioration for a while, I decided to follow the lead of the the C# Team and other Microsoft projects ......

Posted On Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:16 PM

Apr 15

What’s New in VS 2015 Webinar

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Today, I did a webinar for LearnNowOnline.com, titled “What’s New in Visual Studio 2015”. I provided an overview of IDE features, editor enhancements, ASP.NET updates, the new Universal App project type, Mobile application development, and debugging. This is free, so you can view it on-line here: http://bit.ly/1DiGNea You can also access code and slides ......

Posted On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 11:36 AM

Apr 15

Visual Studio 2015 Custom Window Layouts

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I’ve been trying out VS 2015’s new Custom Window Layouts feature. This lets you create, manage, and open different arrangements of windows in Visual Studio. The benefit of custom layouts is that you can quickly switch between window layouts that help you perform specific tasks, saving you time from going through the layout process to support scenarios ......

Posted On Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:52 PM Visual Studio

Oct 14

Uploading Multiple Images in Parallel with Async and LINQ to Twitter

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The Twitter API recently deprecated the statuses/update_with_media endpoint, which LINQ to Twitter abstracts via a TweetWithMedia method. It’s replaced with a new endpoint, media/upload, and a new parameter to statuses/update, media_ids. The benefit of the new API change is that you can now tweet multiple images. Naturally, LINQ to Twitter supports ......

Posted On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 11:34 PM Twitter , LINQ to Twitter , Multi-Threading , Async

Oct 14

Released LINQ to Twitter v3.0.5

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The new version of LINQ to Twitter v3.0.5 adds support for uploading multiple images in a tweet. There’s also several bug fixes, including fixing a serious bug that affected VB developers. You can download the latest on CodePlex or via NuGet. @JoeMayo ......

Posted On Monday, October 13, 2014 9:12 AM LINQ to Twitter

Sep 14

Binding failure error – Cannot start the website because administrative privileges are required to bind to the hostname or port

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The subject error just pops up for a project that has been running fine for a long time. It comes from IIS Express when running a Web application in Visual Studio. I’m not sure what causes it, but it might have been a side-effect of debugging other errors with Hyper-V and VPN. Looking around, the advice for fixing this was sparse and/or the typical ......

Posted On Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:53 PM

Jul 14

Updated UserStreamsParser for LinqToTwitter

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azyobuzin has updated his UserStreamsParser for LinqToTwitter:

https://userstreamex.codeplex.com/SourceControl/list/changesets

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Posted On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 9:15 PM

Jul 14

Dear XAML, We Meet Again

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With Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin launched a new UI technology for cross-platform device development. Xamarin.Forms lets you use XAML to build your UI. I prefer to refer to the development target as a device, as opposed to mobile, because it seems that Xamarin is able to target anything that runs Android, iOS, or Windows – platforms that extend beyond phones ......

Posted On Sunday, July 6, 2014 10:01 PM xamarin , android

Apr 14

Wines I Like

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I just published a new Windows Phone app, Wines I Like: http://bit.ly/1rERrYq. After countless times that I’ve tried a new wine that I like and then forgotten the name, I figured I would write an app to help. This lets you take a picture and record some notes about the wine. It also does backup and restore. @JoeMayo ......

Posted On Monday, April 28, 2014 8:43 AM

Apr 14

Xamarin/Twitter Article in Visual Studio Magazine

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Wally McClure wrote a new article for Visual Studio Magazine, Using OAuth, Twitter and Async To Display Data. He explains a couple ways to work with OAuth and perform Twitter queries, including using LINQ to Twitter. His examples include both Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS. Follow @wbm on Twitter for more Xamarin development tips. @JoeMayo ......

Posted On Saturday, April 26, 2014 4:26 PM

Apr 14

Here’s My IP

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The Windows Phone App Store just certified my new app, Here’s My IP. This app shows your IP address and approximate location.

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Posted On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:53 PM

Mar 14

My Cloud Time

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Windows Phone Store just published my new app, My Cloud Time: http://bit.ly/1jCiuia

This is a simple time recorder that lets you export to CSV and do backup and restore on OneDrive.

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Posted On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:41 AM