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Improved Toolbox Performance Delivers Highly Responsive Visual Studio 2012

July 16, 2012 Jul 16, 2012 07/16/12
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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 Studio 11 Performance: Improvements in Typing and Editing Responsiveness

May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 05/25/12
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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 ...

Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance Part #3

March 19, 2012 Mar 19, 2012 03/19/12
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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 ...

Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance Part #2

March 12, 2012 Mar 12, 2012 03/12/12
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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 ...

Visual Studio 11 Beta Performance Part #1

March 5, 2012 Mar 5, 2012 03/5/12
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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

October 20, 2011 Oct 20, 2011 10/20/11
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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 Visual ...

Addressing Visual Studio performance

September 16, 2011 Sep 16, 2011 09/16/11
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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 ...

How we use your PerfWatson data to identify Unresponsive areas

August 24, 2011 Aug 24, 2011 08/24/11
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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 ...