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C++11 Constant Expressions in Visual Studio 2015 RC

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15

Kangyuan Niu

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

February 23, 2015 Feb 23, 2015 02/23/15

Ankit Asthana

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

January 16, 2015 Jan 16, 2015 01/16/15

Eric Battalio

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

January 9, 2015 Jan 9, 2015 01/9/15

Eric Battalio

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 Release Candidate

October 16, 2014 Oct 16, 2014 10/16/14

Eric Battalio

The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013 update 4 is here. Download Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 KB article Announcement on Brian Harry's blog, Visual Studio and TFS 2013.4 (Update 4) Release Candidate Visit the KB for all the details! ...

Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 Available

September 22, 2014 Sep 22, 2014 09/22/14

Eric Battalio

You can grab the download here.If you do not want to click through to the release notes, there are two technology improvements: Visual Studio now scans or rescans a solution and then updates the database much more quickly for large solutions. Therefore, the browsing process should be much more responsive, and you should experience fewer ...

VS 2013 Update 4 CTP 1 is Live!

September 3, 2014 Sep 3, 2014 09/3/14

Eric Battalio

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

August 18, 2014 Aug 18, 2014 08/18/14

Eric Battalio

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

August 18, 2014 Aug 18, 2014 08/18/14

Eric Battalio

Survey for You :)

August 6, 2014 Aug 6, 2014 08/6/14

Eric Battalio

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 ...

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