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Using Visual C++ Runtime in Centennial project

July 7, 2016 Jul 7, 2016 07/7/16
EricMittelette
Last update: 11/22/2017 Getting started During Build 2015, we announced the Desktop Bridge (formerly called Project Centennial) to bring your desktop apps to UWP. With the Desktop App Converter, you can package your desktop application as an appx package that can be deployed to a Windows 10 Desktop. See this link to learn more about the ...

C++ Edit and Continue in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16
Ramkumar Ramesh - MSFT
We’ve been continuing to improve on C++ Edit and Continue (EnC) since we shipped it in Visual Studio 2015 with the default debug engine and the VC 140 toolset. We’ve addressed a fair bit of customer feedback and based on this, I’ll go over the latest developments in C++ EnC for Update 3 (download) and other clarifications in this blog ...

Visual C++ for Linux Updates

June 7, 2016 Jun 7, 2016 06/7/16
Marc Goodner
Updated 6/14/2016: We updated the original announcement post with the content below if you want a single page that covers everything about this extension. The below remains the same and just covers the updates from the original release. We’re happy to provide an update on the VC++ for Linux extension which has a new release today. Go get ...

Lightweight C++ Installation in Visual Studio “15”

April 1, 2016 Apr 1, 2016 04/1/16
Visual CPP Team
Recently at the //build conference, we announced a preview of a new installation experience for Visual Studio that gives you a more focused subset of the tools you need, and minimizes the impact to your machine. In this new installer (which is separate from the full Visual Studio “15” Preview), we’re focusing on laying the groundwork to ...