Visual Studio Code's February Build is now available, and it sports quite a few updates having to do with the workbench and debugging features, and includes a preview of a new code view.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/23/2017
Team Foundation Server 2017 is out, but that doesn't mean there isn't important work to be done with TFS 2015. The VS team has released a preview of a TFS 2015 update that rolls up about 25 fixes for mostly customer-reported issues.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/21/2017
Microsoft knows that, out there in the real world, developers come at DevOps using a wide range of languages and platforms, some of which are not of the developer's choosing. That was the core message of Microsoft DevOps expert Donovan Brown's demo at VSLive! in Las Vegas this week.
.NET developers now have another option for the streamlined creation of cloud apps, now that Google App Engine has announced support for the Microsoft developer stack.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/14/2017
Version 2.0 of the business process development tool comes in builds for .NET Core and Java, and sports streamlined UI improvements and a number of new methods.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/10/2017
Visual Studio Team Services team are in the midst of rolling out yet another sprint, this one with additional Delivery plans features, a more optimized mobile work item experience, and some other Team features.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/09/2017
No secrets here, as features and updates of the suite have been portioned out in public testing in the months and weeks leading up to the launch. So much of what's new in this morning's announcements has to do with the current state of several VS iterations, including the Mac and Mobile Center previews, as well as some new benefits.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/07/2017
Now that Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 is out, Visual Studio developers building apps in the Azure cloud platform can take it for a spin.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/03/2017
New release fixes a number of issues, including more polished tooling fixes while working in the editor, and the addition of a new object type introduced in the second iteration of the ECMAscript offshoot.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/22/2017
Another month, another VSTS sprint. This one features a number of team-related pull request improvements and a more efficient package management UI.
- By Michael Domingo
- 02/22/2017
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