Xamarin Inc. is teaming up to integrate its cross-platform mobile development tools with IBM MobileFirst Protect security software.
Project System Extensibility SDK improves upon Visual Studio Managed Package Framework for Projects' process for project system plug-in development.
- By Michael Domingo
- 06/02/2015
The newest work-in-progress WCF that's targeting .NET Core is now being open sourced on GitHub.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/28/2015
Buried in Microsoft's May bulletins are two .NET Framework fixes that are rated critical and important.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/26/2015
New features in this version include the automation of screen caps of Web pages being tested and customizable test result reports.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/21/2015
The Visual Studio Code Team improves a few features of the portable code editor -- in particular, public issue tracking and centralized feedback channnel -- while still in preview.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/19/2015
Next generation of the Microsoft Build automation system is now in public preview as part of Visual Studio Online Sprint 82.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/15/2015
A peek at a diagnostics tool that gives developers some insight into networking issues that might be mucking up how apps interact among the Windows device spectrum.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/14/2015
The JavaScript-based cross-platform development platform sees light of day, as well as a number of new and upgraded tools, including some aimed at .NET developers.
TypeScript 1.5, which has been in the hands of beta testers since the end of April, packs bug fixes and a few more features to get it ready to align with the upcoming ECMAScript 6.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/07/2015
The extension simplifies the back-and-forth connections from Visual Studio 2015 RC to GitHub. But there's an interesting aside to how the extension was developed that reveals something about "the New Microsoft."
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/05/2015
Microsoft said a new Always Encrypted security feature highlights its upcoming SQL Server 2016 -- "the biggest leap forward in Microsoft's data platform history" -- shipping this summer in a public preview.
Microsoft believes Windows 10 will be big for consumers, and an even bigger opportunity for developers. The company trotted out nine more solutions that should keep developers busy.
- By Tony Champion
- 05/01/2015
Microsoft's four-fold path leading to a singular coding platform is becoming a real possibility.
- By Michael Domingo
- 05/01/2015
Day two of the Microsoft Build 2015 conference kicked off with a keynote demonstrating the capabilities of the new universal Windows platform.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/30/2015
Just in time for Build, the Visual Studio Team has delivered the first set of release candidates for a number of tools in the Visual Studio 2015 family, and these ones come with a bounty of new features.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/30/2015
Microsoft aims to give developers the means to code one app that's capable of running on Windows, Windows Phone, Microsoft Azure and the new Windows Holographic Platform.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/29/2015
The company packed quite a bit into a three-hour keynote that spanned the spectrum of Microsoft technologies and hardware. For developers, the emphasis was on cross-platform app building, with new tools built right into the next Visual Studio 2015.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/29/2015
Project renaming, a top user feature, now available, as is account restoration and several incremental configuration updates to Kanban boards and Taskboards.
- By Michael Domingo
- 04/28/2015
In all likelihood, Microsoft will highlight Universal App building. Here's what we know now. Specifics, of course, will be well known by the end of the week.
- By Visual Studio Magazine Editors
- 04/27/2015