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The latest in C++, Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg from the MSFT C++ team

C++11 Constant Expressions in Visual Studio 2015 RC

In Visual Studio 2015 RC, we have implemented C++11’s Constant Expressions, a feature that has been in development since the November 2013 CTP. This article will describe some neat things that you can do with it, the differences in capabilities between this feature’s current and older implementations, and our future plans for it. ...

Developing Xamarin Android Native Applications

Xamarin has quickly become a popular way for creating cross-platform mobile applications promoting true code-reuse while allowing developers to create native* (native here means natural to the platform) user interfaces, providing them access to full spectrum of functionality exposed by the underlying platform/device and guaranteeing native* ...

Code Analysis Survey

The Visual C++ team loves surveys, but maybe not for the reasons you think.Surveys are often used to collect data that is sliced, diced, aggregated and munged to provide objective audience insights. We use some of our surveys for this purpose -- how common is the use of some feature, scenario, or inhibition to upgrade to a newer version of ...

IncrediBuild and the Visual Studio 2015 Preview

As a reader of this blog, you already know that Visual Studio 2015 Preview is available and has been for a few months. Many of you have downloaded the preview and tried out the many new productivity, performance, portability and cross-platform features. We appreciate your feedback (and bug reports)!But what you might not know is that ...

Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 Available

You can grab the download here.If you do not want to click through to the release notes, there are two technology improvements: And a handful of notable fixed issues: Visit the Visual Studio blog for other goodies in the CTP.As always, we look forward to your feedback. Share feature suggestions on UserVoice, log bugs you ...

VS 2013 Update 4 CTP 1 is Live!

Hello C++ World! My name is Gabriel Ha; I'm a program manager on the Visual C++ team, and from everyone who worked to bring the following improvements to you, we are super excited to share the good news and look forward to hearing back on your experience! Some of you out there, especially those of you who frequently work with large ...

Visual Studio “14” CTP 3 Now Available

Today we released Visual Studio "14" CTP 3 and an early build of the .NET Framework (read the announcement on the Visual Studio blog here). Grab it from the Microsoft Download Center or from MSDN subscriber downloads or save some setup time and use a ready-to-use VM in Azure.In this CTP, we continue enhancing our C/C++ standard conformance ...

Visual Studio “14” CTP 3 Now Available

Today we released Visual Studio "14" CTP 3 and an early build of the .NET Framework (read the announcement on the Visual Studio blog here). Grab it from the Microsoft Download Center or from MSDN subscriber downloads or save some setup time and use a ready-to-use VM in Azure.In this CTP, we continue enhancing our C/C++ standard conformance ...

Survey for You :)

We know a lot of you C++ developers also use other frameworks like .NET and Xamarin. If so, do you mind taking a brief survey at https://aka.ms/vsmdd? Look for us to share highlights from the last couple of surveys in the next month or so. We are still ruminating over the responses and the individual discussions we had with those of you who ...