Microsoft said it will add tooling to Hyper-V containers in Windows 10 that will allow developers to bypass complex VM machinations to support development activities. Coming PowerShell module for Docker is also aimed at devs.
A Windows 10 preview build now has some basic Bash shell capabilities that only Windows Insider members can check out in a test environment.
Write code destined for Linux servers, desktops and devices right from the Visual C++ as if it were native code.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/06/2016
A new tool that ingests every piece of Application Insights and turns it into reportable information is now getting its public preview. It's also got a name.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/05/2016
Microsoft offered a preview of Visual Studio '15' at Build last week. And whileit's just not quite ready for prime time, it's got an impressive number of changes with practically every tool in it that demand developer attention.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/05/2016
Microsoft's Qi Lu and his team showed off a few new developer features that will make Office 365 integration a much easier prospect, including Skype SDKs that open up communication capabilities.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/01/2016
It's limited what VSDE member can do with it. Also: SQL Server 2016, when released later this year, will also be free.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/01/2016
The second day of Build highlighted the "cloud-first" part of Microsoft's mission. Plus: Xamarin is set free and is open sourced.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/31/2016
Microsoft adds native support for the Linux-based Bash command-line shell in Windows update coming this summer.
- By Michael Desmond
- 03/30/2016
Microsoft's Satya Nadella expands the company's vision with the concept of "conversations as a platform." That's where Skype, HoloLens, and Cortana now need developers to usher those tools deeper into the conversation,, which means tools aplenty now and to come.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/30/2016
Docker last week announced a beta release of Mac and Windows developer tools for working with its Docker container technology.
Visual Studio Team Foundation Services Exension for VSC allows management of pull requests, work items directly from Git repos.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/28/2016
Newest version of Typemock's unit testing framework uses a patented isolation technology to simplify unit testing of C/C++ code.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/24/2016
Kingstar's RTX64 2014 software extensions now support development via Visual Studio 2015 through a recent update.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/23/2016
A newer version of the R programming language extension is available, with a few more new features as well as updated documentation and help.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/22/2016
A number of tools are slowly being open sourced onto the Github repository, with all of them being available over time.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/21/2016
Save 35 percent on developer titles when purchasing books or downloading e-books directly from the Microsoft Press Store. Sale ends March 31.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/17/2016
Microsoft calls the recent release of this VS Code debugging capability an "experimental preview," which means it's truly a work in progress.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/17/2016
Microsoft and DevExpress have released a new version that delivers some improvements as well as a few user-requested updates to a number of the controls in the suite.
- By Michael Domingo
- 03/17/2016
SONiC is the company's open source framework that will allow application developers to extend network switches to work across disparate hardware platforms.