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Visual Studio 2013 Preview Survey

July 15, 2013 Jul 15, 2013 07/15/13

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It’s been 2 weeks since we released Visual Studio 2013 Preview, and we’d like to hear what you think about it. Let us know your impressions by taking the Visual Studio 2013 Preview survey.We do these surveys with most of our releases, and they help us gain deep insights on how we are doing with core areas such as quality,  ...

Visual Studio 2013 New Editor Features

July 15, 2013 Jul 15, 2013 07/15/13

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[10/31/2013 : Updates to these features can be found in the latest post on Updates to Visual Studio 2013 Editor Enhancements] In Visual Studio 2013, we have introduced new features that boost productivity and save time when working inside the Editor. Some of these are new features and some are the most popular extensions from Productivity ...

Overview of Related Files in Blend

July 12, 2013 Jul 12, 2013 07/12/13

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Related Files is a feature available in both Blend for Visual Studio 2012 and Blend for Visual Studio 2013 Preview. In this post, I’ll describe how this feature works and how to make the best of it when designing your Windows Store app in HTML. When you are performing styling-related tasks in an HTML document, it is common (if not, ...

The Story of Synchronized Settings

July 3, 2013 Jul 3, 2013 07/3/13

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As you may have read in our post about signing into Visual Studio 2013, one benefit of signing in is the ability to roam your product’s settings across machines. In this post I’ll tell you more about the Synchronized Settings feature. When looking at feedback from customers or requests for new features that enhance productivity, a few ...

Visual Studio Performance – Providing Feedback

July 2, 2013 Jul 2, 2013 07/2/13

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With VS 2013 Preview now available for download, we’re excited to share how we’ve been using the feedback and data you’ve shared with us to drive performance improvements to Visual Studio.   In this first post, we’ll walk through how we’re prioritizing and scheduling performance investments based on your feedback, and outline the ...

Welcome. Sign in to Visual Studio.

June 28, 2013 Jun 28, 2013 06/28/13

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Applications today are leveraging the cloud to deliver personalized experiences and offer new capabilities. So it’s no surprise the tool used to build those applications is also putting the connected developer at the center of the IDE. In Visual Studio 2012, a few features already offered connected experiences that brought online ...

What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 Preview for authoring Windows Store XAML apps

June 27, 2013 Jun 27, 2013 06/27/13

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Today at BUILD we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 and Blend that brings forward significant advances for authoring XAML-based Windows Store apps for Windows 8.1. This post describes some of the new experiences we are excited to bring to you. In follow up posts, we will describe each of these experiences in greater detail &...

Designing the Visual Studio 2013 User Experience

June 27, 2013 Jun 27, 2013 06/27/13

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As we were beginning the development of Visual Studio 2012, the user experience teams from across Microsoft worked together to align the design of our products and services around a set of core company-wide design principles that each product and service applied to their specific domain. Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, Office 2013, and Visual ...

Visual Studio 2013 Preview Available Now!

June 26, 2013 Jun 26, 2013 06/26/13

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Today in the keynote at BUILD we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 Preview that can be downloaded here. Make sure to visit Somasegar's blog for a look at what's new in this release of Visual Studio and you can also find additional resources on getting started with Visual Studio 2013 Preview, on MSDN. Windows 8.1 Preview can ...

Announcing availability of ISOs for Visual Studio Updates

May 3, 2013 May 3, 2013 05/3/13

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Last month, we shipped Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2). We’re continuing to see good uptake of the Update releases, with the majority of Visual Studio 2012 users now running on VS Update. We’re also hearing positive feedback on the VS Update cadence, and the ongoing improvements that it brings to Visual Studio customers. Many...