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Announcing Experimental Mobile Blazor Bindings February update

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Shikha Kaul

I’m delighted to share an update of Experimental Mobile Blazor Bindings with several new features and fixes. On January 14th we announced the first experimental release of Mobile Blazor Bindings, which enables developers to use familiar web programming patterns to build native mobile apps using C# and .NET for iOS and Android...

Toggling Tabs with Triggers (Xamarin)

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Shikha Kaul

Xamarin.Forms makes setting Tabs Icons super easy! All there is to do is set the Icon property to the path of an image and you are done...

Azure DevOps Roadmap update for 2020 Q1

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Shikha Kaul

Last week we updated the Features Timeline to provide visibility to several of our key investments for this quarter. I am happy to share a few highlights on some of the features for Q1. Note that each feature links to our public roadmap project where you can find more details about each item and see its status...

Improve Parallelism in MSBuild (C++)

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Shikha Kaul

Starting in Visual Studio 2019 16.3 we have been adding features to improve build parallelism. These features are still experimental, so they are off by default. When developing tools for Android, we introduced clang/gcc to the MSBuild platform. Clang/gcc relied on the parallelism model of the build system but MSBuild only parallelizes at the ...

C++ Modules conformance improvements with MSVC in Visual Studio 2019 16.5

February 18, 2020 Feb 18, 2020 02/18/20

Shikha Kaul

C++20 is right around the corner. Along with the new standard comes the much anticipated Modules feature! The compiler team initially announced that we were working on the Modules TS back in 2017 and since then we have been hard at work improving the feature and improving compiler conformance around this feature. We finally feel it is time to ...

Announcing TypeScript 3.8 RC

February 11, 2020 Feb 11, 2020 02/11/20

Shikha Kaul

Today we’re announcing the Release Candidate for TypeScript 3.8! Between this RC and our final release, we expect no changes apart from critical bug fixes...

MSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2019 Versions 16.3 and 16.4

February 11, 2020 Feb 11, 2020 02/11/20

Shikha Kaul

Versions 16.3 and 16.4 of Visual Studio 2019 brought many new improvements in code generation quality, build throughput, and security. If you still haven’t downloaded your copy, here is a brief overview of what you’ve been missing out on...

CMake, Linux targeting, and IntelliSense improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2

February 11, 2020 Feb 11, 2020 02/11/20

Shikha Kaul

Visual Studio’s native support for CMake allows you to target both Windows and Linux from the comfort of a single IDE. Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 introduces several new features specific to cross-platform development, including...

What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 for C++, Xamarin, and Azure Tooling Experiences

February 5, 2020 Feb 5, 2020 02/5/20

Shikha Kaul

Last week, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 was released, bringing many new features and improvements for developers in Visual Studio to help you build better software faster. Please read some highlights of new features and improved developer experiences in this page...

Xamarin Customer Showcase: Little Cupid Transforms TV into Augmented Reality

February 5, 2020 Feb 5, 2020 02/5/20

Shikha Kaul

Mobile apps can transform the way we watch TV and interact with our favorite shows using our mobile phones. We sit down with Kenney Myers, an acclaimed actor and producer, who explains what the Little Cupid Show app is all about, his inspiration, and what the future holds...