Tag : Visual Studio 2012

Bing Developer Assistant for Visual Studio

Visual Studio Blog December 16, 2014 Dec 16, 2014 12/16/14

Today we are releasing the RTM version of Bing Developer Assistant for Visual Studio! To get started, download Bing Developer Assistant for Visual Studio 2013 or Bing Developer Assistant for Visual Studio 2012 from the Visual Studio Extension Gallery. This extension provides smart, contextual help to solve every day dev problems like searching...

Visual Studio Updates – Survey

Visual Studio Blog November 22, 2013 Nov 22, 2013 11/22/13

Hi folks.With Visual Studio 2012 we started the Visual Studio Update program - releasing regular (nearly quarterly) public updates that contained both new features and servicing fixes. To date we’ve released four Updates, and the latest Update for Visual Studio 2012 can be downloaded from the Visual Studio Updates page. To capture the ...

Announcing availability of ISOs for Visual Studio Updates

Visual Studio Blog May 3, 2013 May 3, 2013 05/3/13

Last month, we shipped Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2). We’re continuing to see good uptake of the Update releases, with the majority of Visual Studio 2012 users now running on VS Update. We’re also hearing positive feedback on the VS Update cadence, and the ongoing improvements that it brings to Visual Studio customers. Many...

Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 is here

Visual Studio Blog April 4, 2013 Apr 4, 2013 04/4/13

We’re excited to announce that today, Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2) is now available for download.For an overview of the five areas of investments in VS2012.2 that we made across agile planning, quality enablement, Windows Store development, line-of-business development, and the general developer experience, please visit Soma&...

JavaScript memory analysis for Windows Store apps in Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio Blog January 28, 2013 Jan 28, 2013 01/28/13

In Visual Studio 2012 Update 1, we introduced a JavaScript memory analysis tool for Windows Store apps to help developers, you, build apps that do not leak memory, so that these apps are more reliable, potentially more responsive and therefore have the potential to be more highly rated by customers. You will find the memory analysis tool ...

Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 is here

Visual Studio Blog November 26, 2012 Nov 26, 2012 11/26/12

Today, the Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Visual Studio 2012.1) is available for download. You can get it now via the Visual Studio 2012.1 download page (see "Visual Studio 2012 Update 1" under the "Additional software" section).For an overview of the main updates included in Visual Studio 2012.1, please visit Soma’s blog. As he mentions ...

Productivity Power Tools 2012

Visual Studio Blog November 7, 2012 Nov 7, 2012 11/7/12

By popular request, the new version of the Productivity Power Tools has arrived for Visual Studio 2012! These tools are the fruit of a few passionate engineers on the Visual Studio team that love sharing the power of Visual Studio with customers. The Productivity Power Tools are one of the top gallery extensions for Visual Studio 2010. With ...

Introducing Windows Phone SDK 8.0

Visual Studio Blog October 30, 2012 Oct 30, 2012 10/30/12

It gives us great pleasure to announce that today at //build/ we launched the Windows Phone 8 development story. We have enhanced the existing Visual Studio 2012 developer tools to support development of Windows Phone 8 apps optimized for a variety of resolutions and hardware, introduced ability to simulate and monitor the impact of real life ...

Your Visual Studio, Your Colors

Visual Studio Blog October 29, 2012 Oct 29, 2012 10/29/12

Since releasing Visual Studio 2012 we have continued on our investment in the user experience space to enable you to work more efficiently and to make the Visual Studio experience engaging and productive. One of the design principles we are following is the enablement of choice and personal customization in the product, and as part of ...

NuGet for Windows Store App Developers

Visual Studio Blog October 10, 2012 Oct 10, 2012 10/10/12

In Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 you’ll see that we have included the popular NuGet package manager by default and customized it to include a Windows 8 packages feed that presents you a filtered list of NuGet packages for use in developing your Windows Store apps. In case you haven’t heard of NuGet - it’s a package...

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