Upgrades to the development suite include CoreCLR and async programming.
Microsoft says that more than 120,000 apps are available for the phone at launch.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/29/2012
Gartner predictions are at odds with others who think the new platform will win converts.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/29/2012
Telerik Releases "Icenium", targeted at iOS/Android devs who don't want to run multiple development environments and SDKs.
The company also takes the wraps off of Surface, the first full computer it's ever created.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/25/2012
Forrester sees PC dominance continuing, but is skeptical of its chances in the mobile device market.
Microsoft execs took questions during a Reddit chat.
A new, free tool from JNBridge connects .NET developers with HBase, the database for Hadoop.
- By John K. Waters
- 10/16/2012
Microsoft has three goals for the latest iteration of its flagship IDE.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/15/2012
Q1 2013 financial results coming on Oct. 18.
Update 1 is part of Microsoft’s new strategy of offering "continuous value" on a quarterly basis, in addition to Service Packs. The company released the final CTP on Monday.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/10/2012
Steven Guggenheimer takes over for Abu-Hadba, who's leaving the company.
TypeScript has been released under the Apache 2.0 license.
Get a preview of the upcoming conference in this issue.
With more than 600,000 downloads of Visual Studio 2012 in a less than 4 weeks, the new IDE has the fastest download rate in the product's history.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/12/2012
Developers use Codename One to create all components from scratch, instead of using native widgets, to avoid fragmentation.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/12/2012
The first public preview of Windows Azure Mobile Services is designed to provide an on-ramp for Windows 8 developers who want to build connected applications--without the learning curve.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/07/2012
Unhappiness with "limited" release of preview SDK, and withholding of final SDK until the phone ships.
Windows 8 cracks the Top 10, thanks to its preview versions.
Initial hardware partners include Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM and NEC.