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A significant update to the XAML Designer

September 11, 2017 Sep 11, 2017 09/11/17
Visual Studio Blog
The XAML designers in Visual Studio and Blend have been powerful tools for developers and designers alike to build beautiful user experiences for Windows applications. Initially designed for WPF development in 2007, we have made significant changes to support a wide variety of XAML platforms over the last decade. We’ve also added new ...

New Xamarin University Webinar: Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks

September 11, 2017 Sep 11, 2017 09/11/17
Visual Studio Blog
Join me on Thursday, September 21 at 9 am PT / 12 pm ET / 4 pm UTC for my “Exploring UrhoSharp 3D with Xamarin Workbooks” webinar, where I’ll combine my love of graphics programming with my passion for helping developers build better apps. Whether you’re just getting started or an experienced developer, you’ll learn how to use your ....

New Xamarin University Webinar: Take your desktop .NET skills mobile

August 16, 2017 Aug 16, 2017 08/16/17
Visual Studio Blog
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Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.3 Released

August 14, 2017 Aug 14, 2017 08/14/17
John Montgomery
Today we have several releases to talk about: there’s the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3, the release of .NET Core 2.0, and a release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.1. If you’d like to jump right in, download Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3, download .NET Core 2.0, and download Visual Studio for Mac. You can also access the latest Visual Studio 2017 product releases through an Azure virtual machine where we offer the recommended installation of the most popular workloads and components.

Accessibility improvements in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.3

August 14, 2017 Aug 14, 2017 08/14/17
Visual Studio Blog
In 2015, Satya Nadella updated the Microsoft mission statement to a single sentence. Our mission is to “Empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” In 2016, Satya and Scott Guthrie looked at the directors in Visual Studio and asked how we’re honoring that mission with respect to the word ‘every’. While accessibility has always been a priority for Visual Studio, Satya wanted to know how much confidence we had in our own assessment.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.2 Alpha Preview

August 2, 2017 Aug 2, 2017 08/2/17
Visual Studio Blog
Today we’ve released a new alpha preview for Visual Studio for Mac in the alpha updater channel - our first preview for version 7.2. The major themes for this release are improving the performance and accessibility support. Trying the Latest Version If you’re already on the bleeding edge with the Alpha channel, simply check for updates ...