Alvin Ashcraft

@alvinashcraft

Sr. Content Developer at Microsoft on the Microsoft Foundry docs; Writer of WinUI and .NET Concurrency books for Packt; Philadelphia area; Mets fan; TechBash organizer. alvinashcraft.com

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Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Jul 10

I'll be speaking at VSLive! San Diego 2026 Sept 14–18, 2026. This is real-world instruction, hands-on labs, and access to expert speakers, MS engineers & MVPs. Learn more: vslive.com/sandiego Save $500 off standard pricing with my code ASHCRAFT. Register by July 17th w/ my code: buff.ly/91R0SSN

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Jun 1

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The footer for Alvin Ashcraft's blog, which reads "2026 Alvin Ashcraft. Brewed with .NET 10, Blazor WASM, and Azure Static Web Apps.", followed by a "Polyglot HTML5" badge. The badge's tooltip reads "Every page on this site parses as both HTML5 and well-formed XML."

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· May 19

I’m speaking at VSLive! is San Diego this Sept 14-18. Through hands-on labs, deep-dive workshops & technical sessions, you explore the latest advancements in modern development. Register by July 17th & use my discount code. You save $500 off the standard rate! Register at vslive.com/sandiego

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 28

KRAMER: Anyway, it's been two years. Isn't there like a statue of limitations on that?
JERRY: Statute
KRAMER: What?
JERRY: Statute of limitations. It's not a statue.
KRAMER: No. It's a statue.
JERRY: Fine, it's a sculpture of limitations.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 25

Ever wanted to visit Mannheim, Germany in the summer? Now you've got another reason! Come hear me speak about #unoplatform app dev at #dwx26. Plus save 10% with code DWX26_Ashcraft_10 Learn more & register now: buff.ly/IJniZdG #developerworld #developers #dotnet #appdev #csharp #xaml

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 21

New stickers to give away this summer. Thanks again for the avatar, @reverentgeek.com.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 21

San Diego + developers + deep technical sessions = a great week ahead. I’m presenting at Visual Studio Live! and bringing some real-world insights on WinUI, AI and .NET MAUI. No fluff. If you want to join me, you can use my code for $500 off standard pricing: Ashcraft bit.ly/4mCGFUF

VSLive San Diego 2026, September 14-18. Save $500 with code "Ashcraft" when you register by July 17th.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 20

Catch me online at #AIAgentsConf next week. I'll be speaking Sunday morning, Apr 26, about the AI Dev Gallery and Windows AI development. aiagentsconference.live/agenda #windowsdev #ai #agents #aidevgallery #windev #dotnet #csharp

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Mar 19

I'm working on something new with Blazor that's almost ready for sharing.

A screenshot of a web page with the heading The Morning Dew - Link Submitter and a button that reads Submit a Link

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Feb 13

It's got widgets too.

I screenshot of the ios widget for The Morning Dew app showing two recent Dew Drop posts.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Jan 31

Some nice progress on a simple .xaml file. It sends the XAML view and the App.xaml data to render the window elements along with resources defined at the app level. Placeholders are used for data bound text. It's doing native rendering in a .NET 10 process.

A screenshot of VS Code with a WinUI project loaded. A XAML file is open in the editor along with a live preview of the rendered XAML. The VS Code output window shows that a NuGet restore was run when the project loaded.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Jan 23

I started a thing before work this morning. Needs lots of debugging before I make it public. Built on top of Win App Dev CLI, C# Dev Kit, and requires these dotnet new templates: github.com/egvijayanand... #winui #windowsdev #vscode

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Dec 23

Quote post with a robot that’s not Star Wars or Transformers

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Dec 1

The @codemash.bsky.social schedule is out! Come see my #dotnetmaui community toolkit session at 8:30am on Thursday, 1/15. buff.ly/ehxdhNY #dotnet #appdev #kalahari #techevent #devconference

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Oct 4

Early bird tickets are now on sale for @codemash.bsky.social 2026! Come see my session about #dotnetmaui and the MAUI Community Toolkit: buff.ly/sGTpChg #codemash #developers #dotnet #devcommunity #devconference #appdev

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Sep 26

⏰ Don’t miss the Super Early Bird deadline for #Live360! Register by today, Sept 26 & save $500 with code ASHCRAFT ($100 more than SEB pricing!). bit.ly/live360orlando #devconference #dotnet #visualstudio #devcommunity #developers

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Sep 12

They excel at that. Me to the Mets:

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Aug 30

We don't permit outside syrups, jams, or condiments in this restaurant.

A screenshot of Seinfeld with Jerry and his "wife" in the booth and the owner leaning over their table.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Aug 12

I'll be speaking about WinUI, Windows App SDK, and the Windows AI APIs at @techbash.bsky.social 2025 this fall. Register today w/ code SUMMER10 to save 10% on 3-day & 4-day tickets thru Labor Day. I'll see you there Nov 4-7: techbash.com #dotnet #ai #windowsappsdk #windev #winui #csharp #windowsai

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Aug 6

I’m speaking at #live360 in Orlando! Save up to $500 before Aug 15. Use my code ASHCRAFT: live360events.com/orlando

A session card for Alvin Ashcraft's .NET MAUI session at LIVE! 360 in Orlando Nov 16-21.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Jul 14

And who else knew that James was changing his name to Firstname Lastname? 🤣

A screenshot of a YouTube thumbnail listing James Montemagno's name as Firstname Lastname.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 10

I'm speaking at CSharp Corner's .NET Conference 2025, happening April 23-24. Catch my session, Build native Windows apps with WinUI, .NET & Windows App SDK live online. Learn more & register: dotnetconference.com #windowsdev #dotnet #techevent

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 5

I'm excited to announce that I'll be speaking at VSLive! @ MicrosoftHQ 2025 in August. Join me and learn how to get up to speed quickly with WinUI & Windows App SDK. Register with my code "Ashcraft" & save $400 on 4-day & 5-day packages: buff.ly/t9d0QQz #vsive #devconference #windev #winui #dotnet

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Apr 4

Happy 50th birthday, @microsoft.com! I've got my anniversary t-shirt for the big day.

A picture of Alvin Ashcraft, wearing glasses and a grey Microsoft "Change needs makers" 50th anniversary t-shirt.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Mar 27

Opening day gear. Lindor's NLDS grand slam framed in the background. #lgm

A picture of a guy in Mets city connect cap and hoodie

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Mar 25

The Windows Update Mystery Toggle. I wonder what it turns on.

A screenshot of a Windows Update settings screen in dark mode with a setting under More Options that is unlabled and has a toggle switch that is currently toggled Off. The row has an "announcement" style icon (bullhorn).

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Feb 28

Using @warp.dev on my #WindowsOnArm PC means I don't need to remember every git switch to get nicely-formatted output. Download for Windows or macOS: app.warp.dev/referral/NRK... #terminal #ai #warp #windows #windev #powershell #git

A screenshot of Warp taking a natural language command to view recent git history and creating a command line git log request to show the last 10 commits. Warp then suggests another command to get details on one of the commits.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Feb 21

Post a picture of the last game you were at. Game 4 of that same NLDS. 🧡💙

A picture of Alvin Ashcraft in a 7 Line Army jersey in the crowd at a very important Mets playoff game.

A picture of the Mets scoreboard that says NLCS Bound.

Alvin Ashcraft@alvinashcraft· Feb 19

Going to create a rule to delete emails that call "MLB" "the MLB".