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PyCon 2015: April 8-16

April 6, 2015 Apr 6, 2015 04/6/15
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(image) Many Visual Studio blog readers probably don’t know that Visual Studio has great support for Python or that Azure Machine Learning lets you write in Python, and I’m betting even fewer of you know that our Python Tools team is heading to PyCon Montreal. We’ll be there to hang out with other people who love Python as ...

Top News from March 2015

April 2, 2015 Apr 2, 2015 04/2/15
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It’s a pattern only if you see it happen at least twice, so here is our second post in the monthly top news series. This month again we looked at various content across the developer sphere and bring you what we think are some of the top stories. We hope you find this list useful and interesting; and of course we welcome your feedback...

Announcing the Visual Studio 2015 Product Lineup

March 31, 2015 Mar 31, 2015 03/31/15
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We’re continuing to improve upon the power and productivity of Visual Studio, making it easier to use, no matter what platform you’re on, no matter what app you’re building. We also want to make it easier for you to choose which edition of Visual Studio is the right one for you. Last November, we made Visual Studio Community ...

Visual Studio Upcoming Features Timeline

March 26, 2015 Mar 26, 2015 03/26/15
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[UPDATE: 7/20/2015] You asked for it and you got it! We’ve added a Planned Date column on the VS Feature Timeline that will share quarter-year or half-year timeframes. Of course, these are subject to change but once we know the timeframe that a feature will ship in, you’ll know. (image) [ORIGINAL POST] Over the past few years, Visual ...

Updated ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit

March 26, 2015 Mar 26, 2015 03/26/15
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If you use the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, you know that our long-time Visual Studio partner DevExpress maintains it, and that it’s free and open-source. Recently they released an updated and improved ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. You can download this new version here: devexpress.com/act In a short time that they have taken over the ...

Node.js Tools 1.0 for Visual Studio

March 25, 2015 Mar 25, 2015 03/25/15
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[UPDATE] We have updated this post. Look for an [UPDATE] tag to find the updates.  Node.js Tools 1.0 for Visual Studio (NTVS) is now available for download! NTVS is a free, open source extension for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2013 that turns Visual Studio into a Node.js IDE. NTVS 1.0 supports the free Visual Studio Community ...