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Run book Run! From physical paper to executable online books

Visual Studio Blog October 26, 2017 Oct 26, 2017 10/26/17

Have you ever wanted to run the code samples while reading a book? Without having to first download the sample code, its runtime, and configure your environment so that everything is setup the way you need it? What if you could be reading a book, and immediately execute (and change!) the code without needing to install anything on your ...

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.5 Preview

Christine Ruana October 11, 2017 Oct 11, 2017 10/11/17

Today we are releasing the first preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5. You can either download it, or if you already have Preview installed, you’ll receive a notification that the update is available. This latest preview contains new features, improvements to key fundamentals such as performance and productivity, and other enhancements to address customer feedback. Read the feature highlight summary below, and check out the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.4 Released

John Montgomery October 10, 2017 Oct 10, 2017 10/10/17

Yesterday we released updates to several of our products: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4, support for .NET Standard 2.0 in the Universal Windows Platform, and the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.2. This minor update contains new features and performance improvements as well as fixes for bugs reported by you. Some highlights are mentioned below, for the full feature list check out the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 Release notes.

A Lap Around Python in Visual Studio 2017

Visual Studio Blog May 12, 2017 May 12, 2017 05/12/17

We’re delighted to announce that our rich Python toolchain is fully available in Visual Studio 2017. Installation of Python tools, interpreters, runtimes, and numerous other features are directly integrated into the Visual Studio 2017 installer. Just select the Python development or Data science and analytical applications workloads, both of...

Build Intelligent Apps Faster with Visual Studio and the Data Science Workload

Visual Studio Blog May 10, 2017 May 10, 2017 05/10/17

I’m excited to announce that the Data Science and analytics applications workload is available today in Visual Studio 2017. It had made a brief appearance in preview releases of Visual Studio, but had to be delayed while we completed localization and accessibility work. But now it’s once again ready for you. The Data Science (or DS) ...

Visual Studio 2017: Productivity, Performance, and Partners

John Montgomery March 7, 2017 Mar 7, 2017 03/7/17

Today we released Visual Studio 2017. Start your download and read on to learn more about some of the highlights of this release. For the complete list of changes in the release, check out the Visual Studio 2017 release notes. Some of the things I would like to highlight are: Fundamentals: Productivity and Performance...

Azure Notebooks now support F#

Visual Studio Blog December 5, 2016 Dec 5, 2016 12/5/16

Last week I blogged about the availability of the new Data Storage and Data Science workloads in Visual Studio 2017 RC. The Data Science workload specifically provides support for the following: These three languages and their corresponding stacks cover just about every data processing, technical computing, analytics and machine ...

Extensibility in Visual Studio “15”: Increasing Reliability and Performance

Visual Studio Blog November 10, 2016 Nov 10, 2016 11/10/16

If you’ve been following this blog, you know that in Visual Studio “15” we’ve been focused on making our developer tools easier to install, increasing performance, and enhancing developer productivity. We’ve been doing the same for extensions, and it’s time to talk a bit more about the implications of these changes both on ...

New C# 7.0 features in Visual Studio “15” Preview 4

Visual Studio Blog August 30, 2016 Aug 30, 2016 08/30/16

Over the past couple of previews, new C# language features have been trickling in, but Preview 4 marks a point where the majority of C# 7.0 are now available. Here's a code sample that uses a good number of these features, and that works in Preview 4 today: For a full write-up about tuples, deconstruction, pattern matching, local ...

Top New from March 2016

Visual Studio Blog May 4, 2016 May 4, 2016 05/4/16

Yes, it might seem a bit odd to have a post with “March” in the title now that it’s already May, but it does take a few weeks for the data to show what you’ve all been reading about lately. So with no further ado, here are those recent highlights! Xamarin included with Visual Studio. As announced at //build 2016 to great applause, ...

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