Version 1.9 of the online code editor sports a new look and some new tools to get developers up to speed quickly, including an Interactive Playground to test-drive some of the news features.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/15/2017
With a pack of updates that amount to minor fixes following the release of Visual Studio 2017 RC3 a week ago, the Visual Studio team is now set to launch a feature-complete version within a month's time.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/09/2017
The UI tool builder is contributing a couple dozen tools in its UI for UWP suite to the open source community.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/09/2017
Microsoft offers a laundry list of developer-oriented features to get devs up to speed with the newest, feature-complete Windows 10 Creators Update slated for early 2017 release.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/08/2017
Tizen is an open source app platform targeting mainly Samsung devices, from televisions, to phones, to wearables. Yep, there's a Visual Studio Tool for that, and it's on its second preview.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/03/2017
Developers who use Visual Studio Team Services will start seeing some new Agile-focused features rolling out this week, with Mobile Work Item Forms and Delivery Plans among the highlights.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/02/2017
Even though this new data sciences exam is aimed at MCSEs, Microsoft Learning is seeking out developers and data scientists to beta test it.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/01/2017
Microsoft's security bulletin describes a security vulnerability that exposes apps targeting ASP.NET Core MVC 1.1.0 to possible denial of service attacks, and issues mitigation guidance.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/31/2017
The third release candidate of the venerable, all-encompassing and integrated Microsoft developer platform has been re-released after being pulled for a short time due to reports of developer machines crashing due to an odd installation issue.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/27/2017
TFS 2017 Update 1 RC is a "go live" version, which means it's about five nines ready as it'll ever be, with more personalization features and version control, build, and cross-platform improvements across the board.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/26/2017
A not-ready-for-production preview, which contains updates and additions to the Windows namespace, is available for testing to Windows Insiders members.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/19/2017
Portions of the unit test execution infrastructure that's used in Visual Studio is now an open source project.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/19/2017
Developers can get notified of events happening with SharePoint Lists, such as when items get added, updated, deleted or moved, now that the capability is now enabled in SharePoint Online.
Last VS Code update of 2016 has hot exit and a number of other code-focused enhancements and improvements.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/10/2017
A winter chill will hinder progress somewhat on the next VSTS sprints, which includes two previews for new UX features.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/06/2017
The Visual Studio Team announces the end of the Team Room feature in upcoming sprints, as the feature is deprecated.
- By Michael Domingo
- 01/04/2017
The Azure developer exam discounts are part of a broader initiative by the Microsoft Partner Network to narrow the Azure deployment and development skills gap.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/09/2016
Amazon and Microsoft are anticipating the serverless computing space to heat up, with support and developer tools.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/09/2016
Following the RC release of 2.1 nearly a month ago, the final version adds a few more tweaks to smooth the coding experience.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/07/2016
As the year winds down, so does the work being done by the Visual Studio Team Services team as it rolls out Sprint 109. Micrsoft's Brian Harry highlights build task versioning, pull request tracking, and support for Linux hosted build pools in this one.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/05/2016