Technology is moving at a fast pace. And if you are an ASP.NET developer, make that breakneck pace with innovations coming from Microsoft towards the next generation of web development platform—ASP.NET Core 1.0. Along the way, the success of JavaScript and other external influences from the web are clearly having an impact on the modern ASP.NET application technology stack.

So, how do you go about picking the right tech stack for ASP.NET? This can be tricky—you do not want unwanted dependencies and only the tools that are aligned with your skills and intentions. The awesome Jeremy Likness and I tried tackling this problem head-on during a live webinar earlier this week. We had a lot of talking points and genuine developer conversations around some of the hot topics. May be the best way to relive the webinar would be through an honest Q&A about the questions facing all ASP.NET developers. So, here goes:

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Reports suck. There, I said it.

With today’s mobile app lifestyle and cloud services, you may think data is ubiquitous for consumption. That’s until the c-level executives or sales folks at your company demand to see fancy weekly reports generated out of data that’s stored either on-premises or in cloud storage. On top of the stringent formatting requirements, they demand someplace to manage reports behind safe authentication but still have the ability to view reports from any device.

The good news is that the right tools can make all the difference. In this article we’ll take a deep dive into Telerik Report Server. I won’t promise you that you’ll suddenly start enjoying building reports, but it just might make them painless to put together when you have to.

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Windows 10 ushers in a new era for Microsoft. If 14 Million downloads within a day and favorable reviews are any indication, Redmond finally seems to have gotten it right with touch and mouse-keyboard being equal citizens. And an uptake on Windows presents new opportunities for developers across a variety of devices.

July 29 12:01 a.m.: I finally blew away several VMs, now that it was time for Windows 10. What followed was installation of a new OS and a whole bunch of forward-facing developer tools. Here are five installations that I feel are must-have’s, along with the promise and opportunities that each presents.

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