{"id":2011,"date":"2013-07-31T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T10:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2013\/07\/31\/the-improved-microsoft-developer-network\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T20:36:29","slug":"the-improved-microsoft-developer-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/the-improved-microsoft-developer-network\/","title":{"rendered":"The Improved Microsoft Developer Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we launched the new <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/\">Microsoft Developer Network<\/a> site.\u00a0 As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, my team is responsible for much of the infrastructure and experience for MSDN.\u00a0 I\u2019m very proud of what we have and at the same time see opportunities for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>There are two primary use modes for the MSDN web site.\u00a0 The biggest one is search.\u00a0 You want to know what the CommentRegex class is and its properties?\u00a0 Just Bing \u201cCommentRegex\u201d and your top results will be the MSDN pages for the class reference.\u00a0 Lots and lots of people experience MSDN this way.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s another way.\u00a0 You might, for instance, be new to developing for Microsoft platforms or you might just want to catch up on the latest happenings in the community, announcements, etc.\u00a0 That\u2019s always been the domain of the MSDN home page.\u00a0 However, over the past few years, it has atrophied and become mostly a routing layer for the variety of platform dev centers around the company.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t really provided a comprehensive picture of the Microsoft developer platform.\u00a0 We decided we could do better than that.<\/p>\n<p>Working with the Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism team and others we\u2019ve worked to create an improved experience we\u2019re calling the Microsoft Developer Network.\u00a0 It is a major update to the MSDN home page and gives you a more modern place to go as a central landing page to find out everything you want to know about developing for Microsoft platforms.<\/p>\n<p>There were a few things we targeted in the Microsoft Developer Network:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Simple<\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0 We designed the site to help developers get started with Microsoft more easily, and get them to the information that they need.\u00a0 We heard from the community that finding the right information, often spread between different locations, could be challenging.\u00a0 The Microsoft Developer Network addresses that feedback by providing a single point of entry for all developers.<\/li>\n<li><b>Relevant:<\/b> We want to meet developers where they are and talk with them on their terms.\u00a0 With the Microsoft Developer Network, an iOS developer, for example, can quickly understand the opportunity available from our platform and then easily navigate to the educational or technical content he needs to get started.<\/li>\n<li><b>Community Driven<\/b>: Microsoft has an incredible developer ecosystem, and we wanted to provide even more opportunity for the community to engage with us and with each other.\u00a0 We designed the Microsoft Developer Network with that in mind creating a \u201cPerspectives\u201d section with community blogs, an integrated social feed, and a \u201cConnect\u201d area that allows developers to tell their stories, get advice and connect with us directly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One thing you&#8217;ll also see across the Microsoft Developer Network is a way to get directly to our Visual Studio tools and your MSDN subscription, from anywhere in the network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/07\/4336.clip_image001_thumb_6B4B9E7D.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15863\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/07\/4336.clip_image001_thumb_6B4B9E7D.jpg\" alt=\"Image 4336 clip image001 thumb 6B4B9E7D\" width=\"580\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/07\/4336.clip_image001_thumb_6B4B9E7D.jpg 580w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2013\/07\/4336.clip_image001_thumb_6B4B9E7D-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The site launch happening today is for English-based geographies, but this is just the beginning of a phased worldwide launch.\u00a0\u00a0 Expect to see the global launch roll out over the next few months!<\/p>\n<p>Check it out and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we launched the new Microsoft Developer Network site.\u00a0 As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, my team is responsible for much of 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