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Working on an Internet of Things Project? Take Our Survey!

July 27, 2015 Jul 27, 2015 07/27/15

Eric Battalio

Survey!The Visual C++ team wants to learn more about how developers create Internet of Things devices and applications. If you are currently or have recently been part of an IoT project and can spare around 15 minutes, please take our survey and share your experiences. It does not matter which tools you use; if you work on IoT projects, we ...

It is May – Take Our Survey!

May 22, 2015 May 22, 2015 05/22/15

Eric Battalio

Thank you for your continued support of our surveys -- the response rate continues to be phenomenal! We appreciate the time you spend, the detailed answers you provide, and your willingness to connect 1:1 to help us better understand how you create software. Thank you! We have another survey. This one focuses on the tools you use and their ...

Visual Studio 2015 – Share Your Thoughts

March 23, 2015 Mar 23, 2015 03/23/15

Eric Battalio

Are you using Visual Studio 2015 for cross-platform development? Take our survey!In CTP 6, we've added or updated the following: Support for Android API Level 21 (Lollipop). Improvements to Android Logcat. (Logcat is a diagnostic tool and essential for a good edit->build->debug experience.) With Logcat, you can search for specific log ...

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 ...

GoingNative 32: C++17 Sneak Preview

December 2, 2014 Dec 2, 2014 12/2/14

Eric Battalio

From Sneak Preview of C++17 Channel9:Join us with ISO Committee member (and Microsoft as well, of course =P) Gabriel Dos Reis, who graciously took the time to give us the inside scoop of some things that made it into C++17, as well as things that got taken out. All this is fresh off the press of the most recent C++ ...

iOS / Linux Cross-Platform C++ Survey

November 25, 2014 Nov 25, 2014 11/25/14

Eric Battalio

We want you to take another survey.Many of you continue to participate in our surveys and opt-in for one-on-one conversations about your development habits. Your feedback helps us better understand the peculiarities of cross-platform development and the challenges of specific platforms when it comes to C++.Again we return to you for help ...

Visual Studio 2010 for C++ Development Survey Follow Up

October 8, 2014 Oct 8, 2014 10/8/14

Eric Battalio

Thanks to the over hundreds of developers who completed our upgrade survey and the select group that agreed to be contacted and spoke to us 1:1. As always, we appreciate the breadth of participants and helpfulness of responses.Three of the top upgrade blockers are cost, breaking changes and third-party library compatibility. One thing we ...

Using Visual Studio 2010 for C++ Development? We want to talk!

August 28, 2014 Aug 28, 2014 08/28/14

Eric Battalio

This has been the Summer of Surveys for the Visual C++ team. We love surveys because they give us a chance to talk to a bunch of real-world customers and community members about their development habits for specific scenarios, most recently multi-device development. The aggregate data can be interesting – don't get us wrong – but ...

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 ...

Survey Says…one more bump!

June 2, 2014 Jun 2, 2014 06/2/14

Eric Battalio

Some developers just like you have already taken one (or both) of our active surveys. Many have opted in for more engagement, agreeing to be contacted for follow-up questions and for a chance to learn more about your development experiences.Our surveys are still open so you still have a chance to participate: Use C++? Take our C++ survey. ...

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