Tag: Tools for Apache Cordova from Visual Studio Blog

What’s new for iOS and Android developers using JavaScript?

Jordan Matthiesen November 17, 2016 Nov 17, 2016 11/17/16

With the release of Visual Studio 2017 RC this week, we’re introducing you to the latest and greatest release of the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO). In this release, we’re tackling the big problems – the issues we know you face every day as mobile developers. They fall into two major themes: Fast, reliable ...

Answers to your top TACO questions

Jordan Matthiesen October 20, 2016 Oct 20, 2016 10/20/16

Last month I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion at the Microsoft Ignite conference where we discussed mobile app development. I spoke about Visual Studio’s Tools for Apache Cordova (a.k.a. “TACO” for short) side-by-side with James Montemagno of Xamarin fame, Ankit Asthana from the Visual Studio C++ team, and Daniel ...

Visual Studio TACO Update 10

Visual Studio Blog June 7, 2016 Jun 7, 2016 06/7/16

We are proud to present Update 10 of the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO). You can look forward to installing it with Update 3 of Visual Studio 2015, or download and install it directly now. If this is the first time you’ve heard of TACO, try our beginner’s guide and build your first app for Android, iOS and Windows, with ...

Visual Studio TACO Update 9

Visual Studio Blog May 3, 2016 May 3, 2016 05/3/16

Update 9 of the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) is ready for you! You’ll soon see a notification in Visual Studio to install the update or you can download and install it directly, now. If this is the first you’ve heard of TACO, take a moment and learn more about our mobile developer tools for web developers. This release ...

Visual Studio TACO Update 8 and new Ionic templates

Visual Studio Blog April 4, 2016 Apr 4, 2016 04/4/16

Last week we announced many new Visual Studio updates, including Ionic support in the Cordova Extension for Visual Studio Code, and Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova (TACO) Update 8. In this post, I’ll highlight the main changes included in the Visual Studio TACO Update 8 release – which you already have If you installed Visual Studio...

10 things you should try on the leap day

Visual Studio Blog February 17, 2016 Feb 17, 2016 02/17/16

It’s February 2016 and so those of us on the Gregorian calendar get to enjoy an extra day in the month! What will you do in those 24 bonus hours? How about learning some new tools and technologies? Here are ten great suggestions—OK, eleven! It is a leap year, so it’s a leap list: Get your code hosted for free in ...

Announcing the Intune App SDK

Visual Studio Blog November 18, 2015 Nov 18, 2015 11/18/15

One of the challenges enterprises face in a cloud-first, mobile-first world is protecting sensitive data in the face of an increasing number of business critical mobile apps running on employee owned devices. To help tackle these challenges, Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) is designed to help organizations manage mobile ...

SAP Fiori Mobile Apps and Tools for Apache Cordova

Visual Studio Blog November 17, 2015 Nov 17, 2015 11/17/15

Cordova makes it easy to build an app for iOS, Android, and Windows using web technologies. Although Blank project templates in Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova provide all the raw materials to build your basic “Hello World”, you have also told us that you would like to see richer starting points. We have covered starting ...

Talk with our Apache Cordova Tooling team, live!

Visual Studio Blog November 5, 2015 Nov 5, 2015 11/5/15

In the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova team, we’re always looking for ways to connect with developers using our tools to create mobile apps. Starting next week, we’re taking a cue from the ASP.NET team and trying a new format – live, weekly, community question and answer sessions via our http://taco.visualstudio.com/...

Apache Cordova Face-to-Face Meeting, Fall 2015

Visual Studio Blog November 2, 2015 Nov 2, 2015 11/2/15

Microsoft hosted an in-person meeting in mid-October for Apache Cordova committers and developers. The goal was to two-fold: (1) advance conversations around Apache Cordova's future road map and (2) review the project health and, where necessary, create an action plan to address any quality issues identified by developers. The themes of the ...

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