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Microsoft .NET 4.8 available since 18 April 2019
by Patrick Lee on 03 May 2019 in categories tech with tags .NET
It doesn't come up as an option in the current latest release version of Visual Studio 2019 (v 16.0.3), but ,NET 4.8 (as opposed to 4.72) has apparently been available since 18 April 2019. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/whats-new/index#v48 . From that page: NET Framework 4.8 builds on previous versions of the .NET ...
Telerik have released Telerik UI for Blazor 1.0
by Patrick Lee on 02 May 2019 in categories tech with tags Blazor Telerik
Further to my previous post which used the Preview version of Telerik's UI (user interface components) for Blazor, earlier today they released the first live version of it: see their blog post . I look forward to using this soon.
Maths silent failure problems (treatment of divide by zero, log 0 etc) are also present in .NET Core 3 Preview
by Patrick Lee on 02 May 2019 in categories tech with tags ASP.NET Core maths
Further to this post , the exact same behaviour (as for .NET Core 2.2) is observed in .NET Core 3 Preview.
Some maths problems from .NET 4.72 and earlier are still present in .NET Core 2.2, also Dictionary problem in .NET 4.72
by Patrick Lee on 01 May 2019 in categories tech with tags ASP.NET 4.72 ASP.NET Core dictionary maths
For many years, I and colleagues have been aware that the treatment of maths in .NET (and even before that in C++) can lead to code FAILING SILENTLY. That is: the code stops working normally, but instead of stopping and letting the user know that there is a problem, it ...
Let your users ask “What’s my next step?” – a very useful AI addition to your apps
by Patrick Lee on 30 Apr 2019 in categories BigData tech with tags LUIS natural language processing
One example of how #AI can make it easier for your staff, customers or suppliers to interact with your software tools is to add a combined ”Next Step / Tell me what you want to do” facility. This ...
Microsoft Professional Program for Data Science: my journey (May 2017 – April 2018)
by Patrick Lee on 30 Apr 2019 in categories actuarial BigData with tags AzureMLStudio Microsoft R Server PowerBI Python SQLAzure
I wrote this exactly a year ago - since then I have completed the Microsoft Professional Program for Big Data, again working in my spare time. I am delighted to have now completed the Microsoft Professional Program for Data Science. It has been 10 online courses (taking a total of ...
My software portfolio
by Patrick Lee on 30 Apr 2019 in categories tech with tags ASP.NET Core Azure AzureFunctions AzureQueues Blazor ButterCMS PowerBI React SQLAzure Telerik WPF
Below is a slideshow of some of my software work. To see each individual picture in more detail, go to https://patrickjlee.smugmug.com/Software-engineering-portfolio/ .
My technology certifications
by Patrick Lee on 30 Apr 2019 in categories BigData tech with tags Azure Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake ExcelPowerPivot Microsoft R Server PowerBI SQLAzure
Below is a slideshow of my software certifications. To see each individual certification in more detail, go to https://patrickjlee.smugmug.com/Technology/Certifications/ .
Valuing large pension plans more quickly and cost effectively using Azure Functions (Part 1)
by Patrick Lee on 29 Apr 2019 in categories actuarial BigData pensions tech with tags Azure AzureFunctions AzureQueues cashflow projection ExcelPowerPivot PowerBI SQLAzure valuation
Using different Microsoft cloud techniques to perform a financial valuation of large numbers (100,000 or even several million) of UK defined benefit pension plan members via cashflow projections as quickly as possible, but without incurring unnecessary cost.
This site is currently written using ASP.NET Core 2.2
by Patrick Lee on 29 Apr 2019 in categories tech with tags ASP.NET Core Blazor ButterCMS Telerik
I had wanted to use Blazor for this site, but because of problems getting Bootstrap 4 formatting to work I reverted to ASP.NET Core 2.2.