Tag : Performance

Improved Toolbox Performance Delivers Highly Responsive Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio BlogJuly 16, 2012Jul 16, 201207/16/12

As mentioned in the previous performance post on Typing and Editing we would follow with a post on the improvements to Visual Studio 2012 from enhancements in the Toolbox. I would like to introduce Duke Kamstra and Chuck England from two teams in Visual Studio to describe to you the work done to improve responsiveness via the Toolbox. Visual S

Visual Studio 11 Performance: Improvements in Typing and Editing Responsiveness

Visual Studio BlogMay 25, 2012May 25, 201205/25/12

After the beta release, we published several posts on the performance improvements in Visual Studio 11. Since the beta release, we have made a number of additional enhancements, continuing our quest to improve the performance of Visual Studio. The performance work done between beta and the upcoming RC was substantial and covered many aspects o

Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance Part #3

Visual Studio BlogMarch 19, 2012Mar 19, 201203/19/12

Welcome back to the 3rd and final part of the Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance series. This week’s topic is Debugging. As I mentioned in the 1st post debugging is a key component in your continuous interaction with Visual Studio and we heard from you that the compile, edit and debug cycle had hiccups and was sluggish. I would like to introd

Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance Part #2

Visual Studio BlogMarch 12, 2012Mar 12, 201203/12/12

Welcome back to part 2 of the Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance series. This week’s topic is Solution Load. We received a great deal of feedback from you clearly telling us that it takes too long to get into your code when loading solutions. I would like to introduce Nathan Halstead, from the Visual Studio Pro Team, whose information b

Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance Part #1

Visual Studio BlogMarch 5, 2012Mar 5, 201203/5/12

Following the //Build conference last year I posted “Addressing Visual Studio Performance” to gather your feedback on Visual Studio performance and to discuss with you those areas you felt were important for us to improve. Next, I posted “An update on Visual Studio Performance” about some of the work we are doing and promised you a set

An update on Visual Studio performance

Visual Studio BlogOctober 20, 2011Oct 20, 201110/20/11

I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who has contributed to our UserVoice performance site by entering areas you would like to see us improve and for voting on those items. To date we have had over 4700 posts and votes showing the passion you all have for Visual Studio and its performance. For those that have downloaded the

Addressing Visual Studio performance

Visual Studio BlogSeptember 16, 2011Sep 16, 201109/16/11

Visual Studio’s performance continues to be a hot topic for a lot of customers. We hear you and are investing to improve the performance of the product in those areas that are important to you. There are two key parts to our approach: Collecting Customer Feedback We are working to make your feedback less ad hoc and give you a single pl

How we use your PerfWatson data to identify Unresponsive areas

Visual Studio BlogAugust 24, 2011Aug 24, 201108/24/11

At the end of April, we released a telemetry system to monitor and report the performance issues that our customers face during their everyday use of the product. To start off, I would like to thank everyone who installed Visual Studio PerfWatson! These reports have provided valuable insight into where you are encountering issues, and have hel

Using PerfWatson to report performance issues to Microsoft

Visual Studio BlogMay 2, 2011May 2, 201105/2/11

By Selma IkizWould you like Visual Studio 2010 to be even faster? Would you like any performance issue you see to be reported automatically without any hassle? Well now you can, with the new Visual Studio PerfWatson extension! Install this extension and help us deliver a faster Visual Studio experience.We’re constantly working to i

Add References Faster with the new Add Reference Dialog in the Productivity Power Tools

Visual Studio BlogJune 21, 2010Jun 21, 201006/21/10

Two weeks ago, we launched the Productivity Power Tools at TechEd North America and the response has been great with over 37000 downloads so far! Many of you also may have noticed that an updated version of the Power Tools was released last week. This update fixed an issue where the extension update check would fail on machines tha

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