Tag : Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio 2012 SimShip Partners

Visual Studio Blog October 5, 2012 Oct 5, 2012 10/5/12

A month ago we launched Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 at our launch event (http://www.visualstudiolaunch.com) in Seattle. At this event and online, we had a number of sessions showing how Visual Studio 2012 helps you build great applications. We are always looking to ensure that our new tools can be adopted by our users, and have invested in...

Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is Here

Visual Studio Blog September 12, 2012 Sep 12, 2012 09/12/12

A few months ago, Soma announced plans for a Visual Studio Express 2012 edition for Windows Desktop. Today, we are happy to share that this new Express product is available for download. (You can find the system requirements and download details here.) This post is written by Jennifer Leaf, one of the program managers working on the new ...

New Visual Studio 2012 Debugging Features for the Windows 8 App Lifecycle Model

Visual Studio Blog August 23, 2012 Aug 23, 2012 08/23/12

Windows 8 brings a new app lifecycle model, in which Windows Store apps are automatically managed for the user. These apps always feel alive, even though they never run when they’re off the screen. This provides great benefits for power consumption and battery life. Here are a few related blog posts we recommend for background reading on ...

Visual Studio 2012 released to the web!

Visual Studio Blog August 22, 2012 Aug 22, 2012 08/22/12

On August 15th, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2012 to the web! Make sure to visit Somasegar’s Blog for the announcement, and if you haven’t downloaded yet, check out Jason Zander’s Blog for 12 reasons to upgrade. There was a lot of buzz across the blogs, so here’s a rollup of additional posts you might want ...

Improved Toolbox Performance Delivers Highly Responsive Visual Studio 2012

Visual Studio Blog July 16, 2012 Jul 16, 2012 07/16/12

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 ...

The Visual Studio 2012 Feedback Tool: A better way to submit bugs

Visual Studio Blog June 20, 2012 Jun 20, 2012 06/20/12

Microsoft Visual Studio has had a long and successful run over the last decade plus, and much of that success has been through the partnership with our customers along the way. We believe that you can build better products through better conversations, and our feedback channels are intended to help us listen and respond to the things you tell ...

A World of Samples at your Fingertips

Visual Studio Blog June 11, 2012 Jun 11, 2012 06/11/12

Samples are the primary way that we as developers learn to develop applications for a new platform. We use samples as a starting point to learn about new APIs, we reference them when we hit bugs in our own code and need a comparison, and we share them for others to learn from our discoveries. If a picture is worth a thousand words then a ...

Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop

Visual Studio Blog June 8, 2012 Jun 8, 2012 06/8/12

With Visual Studio 2012, we strive to provide the best development experience across all Microsoft platforms. This includes enabling developers to bring to life the richness of Windows desktop applications - whether you are learning to build your first app or whether you’ve been developing on Microsoft platforms for many years. A few ...

A DESIGN WITH ALL-CAPS

Visual Studio Blog June 5, 2012 Jun 5, 2012 06/5/12

Let’s talk about the all-caps menus. When we shared the RC design preview with you, we expected the uppercase menu would generate mixed feedback and emotions. We had seen similar reactions from early adopters and from our own internal users prior to posting about it. Rest assured that we’ve heard you, and we’ve been thinking ...

Setup Improvements for Visual Studio

Visual Studio Blog June 4, 2012 Jun 4, 2012 06/4/12

Setup is the first experience most of us have of Visual Studio, and in the Visual Studio 2012 we’ve made significant investments in improving your experience. Many of you have already told us you like our new setup user interface (thank you!). We have also been investing in ratcheting up the speed at which we lay bits down, improving the...

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