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Bring the VCF from Azure ML to Visual Studio! I said it in the survey too. VCF is very important in some settings. Being able to code R + SQL and have workflow

Bring the VCF from Azure ML to Visual Studio! I said it in the survey too. VCF is very important in some settings. Being able to code R + SQL and have workflow components in the same environment would be a killer feature.

smortaz 11y ago
I think you are referring to WCF? Basically being able to create a model, then operationalize it on the cloud for mass usage? If so, the good news is that you can do that with RTVS, thanks to the R SDK. Basically you create models locally, test/debug them, then zap that onto Azure ML's backend. The SDK itself isn't tied to RTVS in any way. You can use it from RStudio, Jupyter/R, vim, ... if you like. R SDK: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/AzureML/index.html https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/AzureML/index.html Regarding your 2nd question - RTVS/SQL integration - yes, that's definitely coming too. For this initial release we just wanted to make sure we got the core IDE functionality right...
- TheLogothete 11y ago
  No, I mean Visual Composition Framework (it's a Gartner name). It is drag and drop components just like Rapid Miner, Alteryx, KNIME or Azure ML. However the tools that perform those things now are standalone and I have to switch between 5 or so different tools to get my job done. Kind of like SQL Server Integration Services but instead of SQL Server, target Azure ML.
  - smortaz 11y ago
    Aha, my bad. Yes, for certain scenarios it makes sense to have a drag/drop paradigm, for some a REPL++ like Jupyter, and sometimes an Editor. That's exactly why we decided to integrate Jupyter w Azure ML. This is going the other way around and makes total sense. The ideal as you've noted is figuring out how to integrate the three canvases intelligently so that you don't have to "alt-tab" between disjoint worlds constantly. Meanwhile I've added it to the feature list: https://github.com/Microsoft/RTVS/issues/1237 https://github.com/Microsoft/RTVS/issues/1237

smortaz 11y ago

I think you are referring to WCF? Basically being able to create a model, then operationalize it on the cloud for mass usage? If so, the good news is that you can do that with RTVS, thanks to the R SDK. Basically you create models locally, test/debug them, then zap that onto Azure ML's backend. The SDK itself isn't tied to RTVS in any way. You can use it from RStudio, Jupyter/R, vim, ... if you like. R SDK: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/AzureML/index.html https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/AzureML/index.html Regarding your 2nd question - RTVS/SQL integration - yes, that's definitely coming too. For this initial release we just wanted to make sure we got the core IDE functionality right...

TheLogothete 11y ago
No, I mean Visual Composition Framework (it's a Gartner name). It is drag and drop components just like Rapid Miner, Alteryx, KNIME or Azure ML. However the tools that perform those things now are standalone and I have to switch between 5 or so different tools to get my job done. Kind of like SQL Server Integration Services but instead of SQL Server, target Azure ML.
- smortaz 11y ago
  Aha, my bad. Yes, for certain scenarios it makes sense to have a drag/drop paradigm, for some a REPL++ like Jupyter, and sometimes an Editor. That's exactly why we decided to integrate Jupyter w Azure ML. This is going the other way around and makes total sense. The ideal as you've noted is figuring out how to integrate the three canvases intelligently so that you don't have to "alt-tab" between disjoint worlds constantly. Meanwhile I've added it to the feature list: https://github.com/Microsoft/RTVS/issues/1237 https://github.com/Microsoft/RTVS/issues/1237