Tag : Visual Studio 2015

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/...

Developer update for Microsoft Band

Visual Studio Blog November 4, 2015 Nov 4, 2015 11/4/15

It’s been a year since we launched Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health. We’ve made a commitment to the developer community to make our ecosystem open and accessible on every platform. Since then, we delivered three developer tools around our devices and services: Microsoft Band SDK, Microsoft Band Web Tiles, and Microsoft Health ...

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 ...

Visual Studio Update 1 RC

Visual Studio Blog October 29, 2015 Oct 29, 2015 10/29/15

Today we released Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 RC, which builds on the Update 1 CTP we released three weeks ago. In addition to the features introduced in the CTP as described here, the Release Candidate includes the following: For a complete list of features in Update 1 RC and information on bug fixes and known issues...

Writing and Using Custom Code in U-SQL – User-Defined Functions

Visual Studio Blog October 28, 2015 Oct 28, 2015 10/28/15

In my last blog post, I introduced U-SQL as the new Big Data query language for the Azure Data Lake that unifies the benefits of SQL with the expressive power of your own code. Today we are announcing the availability of the Azure Data Lake in public preview. You can now try U-SQL in Visual Studio and run it over massive amounts of data in the...

Top News for September 2015

Visual Studio Blog October 27, 2015 Oct 27, 2015 10/27/15

Hello everyone! Every month we share some top stories from the previous month, and here’s our round-up for September. Open-source, cross-platform MSBuild: Continuing the open-source, cross-platform .NET story that is already well underway with .NET Core and the .NET Compiler Platform (“Roslyn”), MSBuild is joining the fun as ...

Apache Cordova Customer Spotlight: WeatherPerfect

Visual Studio Blog October 22, 2015 Oct 22, 2015 10/22/15

In this blog we typically share updates and improvements to Visual Studio itself. We also want to highlight examples of how developers use these tools to build compelling mobile apps. Meet Sverre Nøkleby, a developer from Norway who’s been building the very cool WeatherPerfect app using Apache Cordova. I interviewed him recently ...

New Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova Documentation Site and Beginner’s Guide

Visual Studio Blog October 14, 2015 Oct 14, 2015 10/14/15

Earlier this summer, the Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova moved to an open documentation model to engage developers like you to help create an amazing hybrid mobile app development experience. We believed at that time that Apache Cordova was the future of mobile development, and we believe it now as we continue investing our efforts into...

The Road Ahead for the Feedback Channels

Visual Studio Blog October 13, 2015 Oct 13, 2015 10/13/15

In two earlier posts (Visual Studio Customer Feedback Channels and A Day in the Life of Visual Studio Send a Smile Feedback) we talked about the different ways you could send us feedback for Visual Studio 2015 and I shared what happens with your Send a Smile feedback once it gets to Microsoft. In this post, I’ll talk about how we’...

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