Amanda Silver is CVP of Product for Developer Tools at Microsoft. She was one of the primary designers on the LINQ project (Language INtegrated Query) which incorporates query expressions and XML as a first-class types in .NET. She has been involved with Chakra, the JavaScript engine that powers Edge, since 2009 which was open sourced earlier this year. In 2012, her team launched TypeScript – a cross-platform, typed, superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. Her team delivers the Visual Studio platform and Visual Studio Code. Unleashing the creativity of developers is her unrelenting passion.

– Minting Developers

– Developer Velocity
– Helping Teams Scale

 

Links

https://twitter.com/amandaksilver

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaksilver/

 

Resources

• 10 Lessons for Building Tech Resilience: Build your tech resilience | Microsoft In Culture

• • Mentor Program – YouTube

• Learn to code and explore computer science concepts with Microsoft and partners:

• • Netflix Over the Moon: Taking imagination and science to new heights | Microsoft In Culture
  • Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman 1984 code hunt and lessons | Microsoft In Culture
  • NASA: NASA on Microsoft Learn | Microsoft Docs
  • Space Jam: https://news.microsoft.com/features/lebron-james-bugs-bunny-and-space-jam-a-new-legacy-shoot-for-a-new-generation-of-students-through-basketball-inspired-coding-programs/

• • • Space Jam with VS Code: Use basketball stats to optimize game play with Visual Studio Code, inspired by the new film SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY – Learn | Microsoft Docs

• • Space Jam for educators: Space Jam coding workshops from Microsoft

• Microsoft’s Global Skills Initiative: Free online courses to help 25 million get new digital skills for the COVID-19 economy (microsoft.com)
• Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Learn | Microsoft Docs
• VS Code blog: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/
• Visual Studio Blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/

 

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