Languages

Learn about Microsoft's new language, F#, a typed functional programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework. F# combines functional programming with the runtime support, libraries, tools, and object model of .NET. Understand how F# asynchronous workflows help tame the complexity of parallel…

The Multilingual App Toolkit will help you to create your apps in multiple languages to reach more markets. To download the Multilingual App Toolkit For additional help on Localization See also related videos here: Build Multi-language apps using the Multilingual App Toolkit Test Multi-language apps…

In Windows 8 we wanted to make it really easy for you to reach more markets by providing tools to help you localize your Windows apps. This cool, set of tools is a free download that integrates into Visual Studio 2012, including the Express for Windows 8 edition. To download the Multilingual App…

Please Note: This session will be repeated on October 29th at 3:00PM. In this talk Microsoft Technical fellow and C# Chief Architect Anders Hejlsberg outlines the future of C#. He describes the many forces that influence and shape the future of programming languages and explain how they fit into…

The Multilingual App Toolkit can help you develop International apps that can reach a broader set of markets. Pseudo-localization will allow you to test the internationalization aspects of your app before you may incur costly translations. Through pseudo-localization, the Multilingual App…

If you're interested in adding a Language to Visual Studio, you'll want to know how the new editor's APIs fit in the concept of a "Language Service." This session will explore the over-arching concepts you'll need to know to accomplish this, as well as diving into real implementations of…

The CLR has great support for dynamic languages like IronPython. Learn how the new Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) adds a shared dynamic type system, a standard hosting model, and support for generating fast dynamic code. Hear how these features enable languages that use the DLR to share code with…

Learn about the future of programming from some of the leading programming languages experts in the world. Hear how programming will be affected by a number of fundamental changes that are occurring like many-core machines, cloud computing, and more. Also hear about the biggest challenges that…

IronRuby is a new dynamically-typed language for Microsoft .NET that offers more runtime flexibility at the expense of compile-time verification. Find out why this is a good thing in the right situations: static compile-time verification for components that need additional rigor, and dynamic…

The "Oslo" modeling language can define schemas and transformations over arbitrary text formats. This session shows you how to build your own Domain Specific Language using the "Oslo" SDK and how to apply your DSL to create an interactive text editing  experience. Chris…