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December 20, 2016Dec 20, 201612/20/16In a recent Visual Studio Toolbox episode, I highlighted some new Ionic 2 templates for use with the Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO). These new Ionic 2 RC templates are now available for you to try out and in this post I’ll talk you through what’s new.
February 25, 2016Feb 25, 201602/25/16The year has gotten off to a great start and it seems that .NET, the web, and TypeScript get the prize for the most popular topics!
ASP.NET 5 is dead: Did we get your attention with that heading? Well, it’s not dead at all,
June 10, 2015Jun 10, 201506/10/15JavaScript is an important technology for development on many different platforms, including web, mobile app, and server programming. In Visual Studio 2013 we already support IntelliSense, Go to Definition, colorization, and formatting of JavaScript source, along with several other features. We’ve carried these forward into Visual Studio 2015 and we’ve improved the experience for JavaScript developers by focusing on three key areas:
Improving the development experience when using popular JavaScript libraries
Adding support for new JavaScript ECMAScript 2015 (also known as ES2015 and formerly ES6) language and web browser APIs
Increasing your productivity in complex JavaScript code bases
Each of these areas was chosen based on feedback we heard on UserVoice,
March 12, 2015Mar 12, 201503/12/15Last week, at ng-conf, the Angular team at Google provided the web developer world with an update on the state of Angular 2. They were joined on stage by a member of the TypeScript team, Jonathan Turner, to also announce that Angular 2 will be built using TypeScript.
February 5, 2015Feb 5, 201502/5/15We continually strive to make the JavaScript editing experience better, part of this is providing support for popular libraries and patterns used by developers. AngularJS is one of the most popular JavaScript libraries and you’ve asked for even better support for it in Visual Studio.
