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Visual Studio “15” Preview 2

May 10, 2016 May 10, 2016 05/10/16
Visual Studio Blog
Last month, we released our first preview of the next version of Visual Studio. After listening to your feedback, we have fixed issues and improved experiences in this preview. Download Visual Studio “15” Preview 2 to get the latest. This is still a Preview and is unsupported, so please refrain from installing it on your production ...

14 more reasons to download Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 today

May 6, 2016 May 6, 2016 05/6/16
Visual Studio Blog
If you haven’t downloaded Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 yet, now is a good time to do so. In the latest KB we have addressed some of the top reported problems around performance and reliability. So far, we’ve made 14 fixes and updates, that address Visual Studio build fail issues, Visual Studio crashes, and improve memory usage by disabling ...

Top New from March 2016

May 4, 2016 May 4, 2016 05/4/16
Visual Studio Blog
Yes, it might seem a bit odd to have a post with “March” in the title now that it’s already May, but it does take a few weeks for the data to show what you’ve all been reading about lately. So with no further ado, here are those recent highlights! Xamarin included with Visual Studio. As announced at //build 2016 to great applause, ...

News from Xamarin Evolve: What’s next for Visual Studio and Xamarin

April 27, 2016 Apr 27, 2016 04/27/16
Visual Studio Blog
Less than a month ago, at //BUILD, we announced the integration of Xamarin technology into our Visual Studio product line, furthering our Any Developer, Any App, Any Platform approach and bringing even more power and productivity to the nearly 13 million devs who have already downloaded Visual Studio 2015 and the 10 million who have downloaded...

Anatomy of a Low Impact Visual Studio Install

April 25, 2016 Apr 25, 2016 04/25/16
Visual Studio Blog
At //build 2016, Microsoft announced the first public preview of a quick way to get Visual Studio “15” Preview. We’ve previously shared posts about what we’re building and why: In building faster ways of getting VS, we needed to reduce the size of the minimum product, change a bit of the way the IDE itself ran, change the way ...

A Side-by-Side Comparison of Mobile-App Development Solutions

April 22, 2016 Apr 22, 2016 04/22/16
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The world of mobile app development has been bursting at the seams with opportunities these last few years, as companies look for the next horizon of productivity gains and new revenue streams to fuel their growth. But along with the opportunities tied to each mobile platform comes the responsibility of ensuring a secure and seamless ...