There are still over two million desktop application developers—i.e., currently writing or maintaining Windows desktop apps, whether written in C++ or .NET. Regardless of your targeted platform and environment, be it Winforms and C#, or WPF or UWP, Visual Studio is the IDE of choice. VS Code is gaining popularity, and our devs use it for some projects, but VS is the bread and butter around here.

One the thing that makes VS2017 such an amazing IDE is its extensibility, allowing a vast ecosystem of add-ins to flourish. You can find them in the Visual Studio Marketplace, or by searching from inside VS: Just go to Tools -> Extensions and Updates... and select the "Online" option:

Today is the first day of the highly anticipated .NET Conference, a free, online conference for everyone in the .NET community from beginners to seasoned engineers. This 3-day virtual conference has a packed agenda covering the latest in development technologies for the .NET ecosystem including ASP.NET, Xamarin, C#, Azure, AI/ML, and new things just over the horizon. Make sure you tune into social media as well (#DotNetConf) because there will be a virtual attendee party hosted by LEAD and other .NET Conference sponsors in which you can learn more and win prizes.

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LEAD Technologies is proud to be sponsoring and attending Capture 2018 next month. This will be LEAD's first time attending this exclusive event hosted by Harvey Spencer Associates, and hope to see some of you there.

Here's a little more info about the show:

We'll be back in Orlando next week for our next big spring event: AIIM Conference 2017. Below are the show details, hope to see you there!

March 13 - 16, 2017
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
San Antonio, TX

With LEADTOOLS Version 20 out, we’ve got a lot to share with AIIM attendees.

Right around the corner is one of our favorite industry conferences, RSNA. The annual event for the Radiological Society of North America will be held, once again, in the McCormick Center in Chicago, IL the week after Thanksgiving. If you are attending the conference or will be in the area between November 27 - December 2, 2016, stop by Hall B, Booth # 7707 to see the latest features and solutions LEADTOOLS has for the medical imaging industry.