The countdown is on! The Microsoft Build virtual event will be held next week, May 25-27th. We look forward to hearing the latest in developer tools and techniques that Microsoft is sure to announce! Since we had such a great time last year recapping the event with @CSharpFritz, we’re doing it again! Join us on May 28th for a Build Wrap Up Show. During the show, we will recap all of the highlights from Microsoft Build, hear the latest and greatest from various Microsoft speakers, and - of course - you can enter to win awesome prizes!

We are happy to announce that LEADTOOLS has once again received a ComponentSource Top 25 Publisher Award for LEAD Technologies, and a Top 100 Product Award for LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro SDK. These awards come from the volume of sales through ComponentSource and are a reflection of how popular LEADTOOLS is outside of North America.

Visual Studio Magazine announced the winners of their 27th annual Reader's Choice Awards. The 2021 winners are chosen by the readers of Visual Studio Magazine and honor the best Visual Studio- and .NET Framework-related tools and services in more than 41 categories.

The .NET Conf team is bringing you another ".NET Conf: Focus" event this February all about building apps for Windows. Last year we started a series of smaller, live events that we deliver to you throughout the year that are focused on specific things you can do with .NET.

As a sponsor of .NET Conf 2020 our developer support manager, Hadi, had a chance to virtually sit down with Microsoft and Live Coder legend Jeff Fritz last night to discuss the announcement of .NET5 and what’s new with LEADTOOLS V21!

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