What’s new in VS 2015 Update 2 for Universal Windows developers
UPDATE: UWP Tools (1.3.1) will be live ~2:00 pm PST At //BUILD/, we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 that includes a significant update to the tools for building Universal...
View ArticleVisual Studio TACO Update 8 and new Ionic templates
Last week we announced many new Visual Studio updates, including Ionic support in the Cordova Extension for Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) Update 8. In this post,...
View ArticleOpen Any Folder with Visual Studio “15” Preview
For developers to be truly productive in Visual Studio their code needs to be organized into Solutions and projects, right? For a long time, that was a core expectation of how Visual Studio works....
View ArticleBuild Ionic Apps in Minutes with VS Code
With our Cordova Tools Extension for Visual Studio Code, you can use your existing web skills to build cross-platform hybrid mobile applications for iOS, Android, and other platforms. This means that...
View ArticleWhat’s new in VS 2015 Update 2 for Universal Windows developers
UPDATE: UWP Tools (1.3.1) will be live ~2:00 pm PST At //BUILD/, we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 that includes a significant update to the tools for building Universal...
View ArticleImproving the C++ Developer Experience in Visual Studio 2015
Harness the speed, performance and portability of modern C++ with the power of Visual Studio 2015 Update 2. This release includes remote debugging on Linux devices, additional support for targeting...
View ArticleA Side-by-Side Comparison of Mobile-App Development Solutions
The world of mobile app development has been bursting at the seams with opportunities these last few years, as companies look for the next horizon of productivity gains and new revenue streams to fuel...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Low Impact Visual Studio Install
At //build 2016, Microsoft announced the first public preview of a quick way to get Visual Studio “15” Preview. We’ve previously shared posts about what we’re building and why: Faster, Leaner Visual...
View ArticleThe Latest of Microsoft Office Developer Tools: Office Add-in Commands and...
Office’s message at Build was loud and clear: Office is an open market for developers who want to reinvent productivity, backed by a consumer base of 1.2 billion users. Qi Lu welcomed developers to the...
View ArticleNews from Xamarin Evolve: What’s next for Visual Studio and Xamarin
Less than a month ago, at //BUILD, we announced the integration of Xamarin technology into our Visual Studio product line, furthering our Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform approach and bringing even...
View ArticleNew and Noteworthy Extensions for Visual Studio – April 2016
In April the community added another 100 new Visual Studio extensions to the Visual Studio Gallery. To help you enjoy this creativity from the community, every month or two I’ll be introducing some of...
View ArticleVisual Studio TACO Update 9
Update 9 of the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) is ready for you! You’ll soon see a notification in Visual Studio to install the update or you can download and install it directly, now....
View ArticleTop New from March 2016
Yes, it might seem a bit odd to have a post with “March” in the title now that it’s already May, but it does take a few weeks for the data to show what you’ve all been reading about lately. So with no...
View Article14 more reasons to download Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 today
If you haven’t downloaded Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 yet, now is a good time to do so. In the latest KB we have addressed some of the top reported problems around performance and reliability. So far,...
View ArticleVisual Studio “15” Preview 2
Last month, we released our first preview of the next version of Visual Studio. After listening to your feedback, we have fixed issues and improved experiences in this preview. Download Visual Studio...
View ArticleMacros extension: VS 2015 support and open-sourced
Macros have always been popular, first as part of the product, and now as an extension. In response to your feedback we have upgraded the Macros for Visual Studio 2013 extension to be compatible with...
View ArticleAnnouncing Updated Web Development Tools for ASP.NET Core RC2
We are pleased to announce the ASP.NET Core Tooling Preview release to support the .NET Core RC2 and ASP.NET Core RC2 release. Get the new version of the framework and Visual Studio 2015 support now...
View ArticleAnnouncing the new Desktop to UWP Packaging Project for Visual Studio “15”
At the Build 2016 conference, we released the Desktop App Converter which enables you to bring your existing desktop applications to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). With the Desktop App...
View ArticledotnetConf is back! Free live streaming developer event – June 7th-9th 2016
.NET plays an important role in the lives of many Visual Studio developers, I for one have worked on many ASP.NET, WPF Desktop and other back-end .NET services over the years in my career and...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2015 Update 3 RC
Today we are sharing Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 RC. This release candidate primarily focuses on stability, performance, and bug fixes, but we also have some feature updates. I’ll share highlights in...
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