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Top News for September 2015
Hello everyone! Every month we share some top stories from the previous month, and here’s our round-up for September. Open-source, cross-platform MSBuild: Continuing the open-source, cross-platform .NET story that is already well underway with .NET Core and the .NET Compiler Platform (“Roslyn”), MSBuild is joining the fun as explained by Nikolai Tillmann. The sources are now on GitHub, and open to contributions as MSBuild makes its way to .NET Core. Cross-platform apps: Choices like Apache Cordova, Xamarin, and Unity all have great support in Visual Studio. In Building your first end...
Apache Cordova Customer Spotlight: WeatherPerfect
In this blog we typically share updates and improvements to Visual Studio itself. We also want to highlight examples of how developers use these tools to build compelling mobile apps. Meet Sverre Nøkleby, a developer from Norway who’s been building the very cool WeatherPerfect app using Apache Cordova. I interviewed him recently over Skype and email. Among other things, we discussed how he built the app and his recommendations to developers that have a great new app idea they want to bring to reality. Meet Sverre and WeatherPerfect Tell me a little about your app. What prompted you to build it? A...
Microsoft Connect (); // 2015 Developer Event Set for November 18-19
Microsoft is a developer company, so there’s nothing we love more than connecting with developers to share our latest tools, technologies and plans for the future. I therefore invite you to set your calendar for November 18-19 for Connect (); // 2015 – when Microsoft hosts its premier fall developer event, streamed live and for free, from New York City to developers around the world. Keynotes and technical sessions will feature news, demos and insights that illustrate how developers are working with Microsoft to capitalize on their evolving roles with powerful and flexible tools that embrace today&...
New Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Documentation Site and Beginner’s Guide
Earlier this summer, the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova moved to an open documentation model to engage developers like you to help create an amazing hybrid mobile app development experience. We believed at that time that Apache Cordova was the future of mobile development, and we believe it now as we continue investing our efforts into transitioning web developers into high-quality mobile app makers. Part of Microsoft’s contribution to the Cordova community is the Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Apache Cordova. To give you the best possible experience with our product, we documented our tools on both t...
The Road Ahead for the Feedback Channels
In two earlier posts (Visual Studio Customer Feedback Channels and A Day in the Life of Visual Studio Send a Smile Feedback) we talked about the different ways you could send us feedback for Visual Studio 2015 and I shared what happens with your Send a Smile feedback once it gets to Microsoft. In this post, I’ll talk about how we’re thinking to make it easier to provide actionable feedback. We’ve also received all your input from the survey in the first post, and what you told us resonates with what we’ve heard from other customers. You also provided some great new thoughts about where to ...
Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1 RC 1
Today we’ve released Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 1 RC 1 (Release Candidate 1). This is the newest version of Team Foundation Server (TFS), the collaboration platform at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. There are many feature updates in this update. Here’s a short summary: This product is "go-live" meaning that you can use it in production environments. However, because this is still a pre-release, there may be some bugs that will be fixed by RTM. We will support upgrading this update from Update 1 RC 2 to Update 1 RTM, a...
Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 CTP
Today we released Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 CTP. Included, you’ll find: For a complete description of the improvements, bug fixes, and known issues in this release, see Description of Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 CTP. As always, we welcome your feedback. Share your feedback, suggestions, thoughts, and ideas on UserVoice , through the in-product Send-a-Smile UI, or file a bug through the Visual Studio Connect site.
Now available: Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Update 3
Three weeks ago, we released Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Update 2. Last week, we introduced you to a new TACO CLI. Now we’re back with Update 3, which is automatically included when you install Visual Studio 2015. If you’re an existing user of Visual Studio 2015, you’ll receive a notification to download and install today. This release significantly improves the tools’ stability by fixing 13 of the top issues reported on Stack Overflow. Here are three of the most notable changes reported by developers: What’s next? We’re hard at work already on the next ...
Update News: Tools for Universal Windows Apps 1.1.1, Visual Studio Emulator for Android, Tools for Apache Cordova Update 3
Tools for Universal Windows Apps 1.1.1: This update, which is what you’ll get with a new installation, fixes a bug in Tools for Universal Windows Apps 1.1 where Visual Studio failed to create a package for a UWP app that uses a WinRT component. You can find additional information and installation instructions in Generating Store associated package fails for a UWP application with a WinRT component (.winmd). Visual Studio Emulator for Android: By now, hopefully you’ve heard about the new Visual Studio Emulator for Android, which is available as a standalone download for Eclipse and Android Studi...