Visual Studio “14” CTP now available
Today we released Visual Studio “14” CTP, an early preview of the next version of Visual Studio. You can find the Visual Studio and .NET release announcements on Soma's blog. We’re pretty early on in...
View ArticleNew Memory Usage Tool for WPF and Win32 Applications
In Visual Studio 2013 we added a tool in the performance and diagnostics hub to enable you to analyze memory usage for Windows Store apps built using XAML. Since last fall, we’ve gotten requests to...
View ArticleUpdate 3 Release Candidate for Visual Studio 2013
Today we’re announcing the Release Candidate for Visual Studio 2013 Update 3, which is now available for download; direct links for these downloads are at the bottom of this post. You can read more in...
View ArticleVisual Studio Web Development Survey
A lot of Visual Studio customers use Visual Studio to do web development. We’d like to know more about your experiences using UI frameworks, so we’ve created an anonymous survey. It should take as...
View ArticleVisual Studio “14” CTP 2 Available
Today we released CTP 2 of Visual Studio “14”, which is the codename for the next version of Visual Studio. To get started, you can download the bits (also available on MSDN subscriber downloads), or...
View ArticleNode.js Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 Beta 2 Available
Today we released the Node.js Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 Beta 2 which is now available for download.NTVS is Microsoft’s free Visual Studio add-on that enables a rich experience for working with...
View ArticleVisual Studio Tools for Unity 1.9
Today we released the Visual Studio Tools for Unity add-on (formerly known as UnityVS). It is now available for download on the Visual Studio Gallery at the following links:Visual Studio 2010 Tools for...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 3 RTM Available
Today we released Update 3 for Visual Studio 2013 (you can read more on Brian Harry’s blog and Soma’s blog). To upgrade you can either download the update or install a full version of Visual Studio...
View ArticleApache Cordova Tooling Update with Support for Windows 7
This week, we released CTP 2.0 of our Extension for Multi-Device Hybrid App Development which enables developers to build apps for iOS, Android, and Windows using Apache Cordova™. This preview release,...
View ArticlePython Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 RC
Today we released the Python Tools for Visual Studio 2.1 RC for download on CodePlex. Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS) is an open-source plug-in for Visual Studio that supports programming with...
View ArticleVisual Studio “14” CTP 3 Released
Today we released Visual Studio “14” CTP 3 and an early build of the .NET Framework vNext. Get it from the Microsoft Download Center or from MSDN subscriber downloads or save some setup time and use a...
View ArticleSurvey on Xamarin usage with .NET or VC++
Cross platform mobile device development is important:With bring-your-own-device trends in the enterprise, and heterogeneity in the consumer mobile device market, developers are increasingly focused on...
View ArticleSurvey for Web App developers or Cordova developers
When it comes to ensuring that code quality is high, methods and approaches vary by developer. The Visual Studio team would like to hear about the ways in which you ensure high code quality....
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 1 Ready to Download
The first CTP for Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 is ready to download. Update 4 CTP 1 includes feature enhancements and bug fixes for Team Foundation Server and Visual C++. Checkout this detailed blog...
View ArticleSurvey on API Consumption and Tooling
UPDATE 9/19: The survey has been updated based on feedback from our readers.UPDATE 9/17: Thanks for sharing your feedback on this topic. The survey is currently closed. We will post an update here once...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 (And More) Available
We have four releases today. First, Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 is available, including a few features (e.g. performance improvements for the Visual C++ browsing experience) and some bug fixes....
View ArticleVisual Studio “14” CTP 4 and TypeScript 1.1 CTP Released
Today we released Visual Studio “14” CTP 4. To get started, download the bits (also available on MSDN subscriber downloads page), or use one of the VMs in Azure. This CTP includes all features and...
View ArticleVisual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Azure VM Available
As part of providing pre-release versions of Visual Studio running as Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), we now provide you with an easy way to test drive the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova.If you...
View ArticleMobile Apps for Web Developers
The path of a mobile app developer often begins with a choice: develop for iOS, Android or Windows? It’s a choice that instantly diminishes the size of your potential audience, but developers often...
View ArticlePython Tools 2.1 for Visual Studio
The final release of Python Tools 2.1 for Visual Studio (PTVS) is available for download. PTVS is available for Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2012, and Visual Studio 2013. In addition to the other...
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