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Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 Is Here
Did you miss the Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 announcement yesterday on the Visual Studio blog? Find the release notes here Install C2/CLang support from the breadcrumb template under File > New >...
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Fixed: Microsoft Edge can't see or open VirtualBox-hosted local web sites
I'm using VirtualBox on a Windows 10 machine along with Docker to deploy ASP.NET websites to local Linux Containers. To be clear, this isn't accessing websites with http://localhost, this is accessing...
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Testing Java Applications with Visual Studio Team Services
If you watched the Connect() event I am sure you noticed that we are focusing on enabling cross platform development with Visual Studio Team Services. This definitely includes testing those...
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Scaling Across Platforms and Devices with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio
Last month, at the invitation of Sports Business Daily, I spoke to a crowd of influencers in the sports industry about the impact of technology on sports. I profiled several thought-leading sports...
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Partial Support for Expression SFINAE in VS 2015 Update 1
In Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, we added partial support for C++11 core language feature Expression SFINAE. What is SFINAE? SFINAE is an acronym for ‘Substitution Failure Is Not An Error’. The idea is...
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The Way We Searched in 2015
We turn to search to seek information and understand what’s happening around us. Through the billions of searches conducted on Bing this year, we get a unique perspective on the moments that moved us...
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The Way We Searched in 2015
We turn to search to seek information and understand what’s happening around us. Through the billions of searches conducted on Bing this year, we get a unique perspective on the moments that moved us...
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TFVC and Git repositories in the same team project
Many teams are transitioning from TFVC to Git for version control and want to keep their work items, build definitions, and other data in their team project. Now with TFS Update 1 or Team Services, you...
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Building a holographic development team
We’re now two days into the Share Your Idea project, and we’ve been blown away by the level of interest and creativity that’s already poured out. Earlier this week, a few of us shared #MadeWithHoloLens...
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Coded UI Test Extensibility V2
In VS2013 Update 2 we enhanced the Coded UI Test extensibility model to support plugins built for Windowless controls including controls in Modern Apps. These series of blogs should give an overview of...
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C++ Modules in VS 2015 Update 1
[This post was written by Gabriel Dos Reis and Andrew Pardoe] The VC++ team is excited to preview a new feature in VS 2015 Update 1: The first experimental implementation of A Module System for C++ ,...
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[Guest Post] Announcing F# Support in Visual Studio Code with Ionide
This is a guest post by Krzysztof Cieślak, an F# community developer and contributor to the Ionide project including its Visual Studio Code extension. To learn more about F# and engage with the...
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C++ Core Guidelines Checkers available for VS 2015 Update 1
[This post was written by Andrew Pardoe and Neil MacIntosh] Back in September at CppCon 2015 Neil announced that we would be shipping new code analysis tools for C++ that would enforce some of the...
View ArticleWhat’s New for Developers in the Windows 10 SDK Build 10586 Update
To go along with the recent release of Windows 10, version 1511 update, we have released a Windows 10 SDK build 10586 update along with Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 this week. The update contains...
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This week we released a new Windows 10 SDK. Let’s dive deeper into some of the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) improvements in the SDK update:Visuals, Effects, and AnimationsIntroducing...
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Brainstorming development workflows with Docker, Kitematic, VirtualBox,...
First, a disclaimer. I have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm learning and exploring some ideas, and I wanted to see what the development process looks like today (December 2015) with Docker,...
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Clang with Microsoft CodeGen in VS 2015 Update 1
[This post was written by Dave Bartolomeo and the Clang/C2 feature crew] One of the challenges with developing and maintaining cross-platform C++ code is dealing with different C++ compilers for...
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Microsoft Edge’s JavaScript engine to go open-source
Today at JSConf US Last Call in Florida, we announced that we will open-source the core components of Chakra as ChakraCore, which will include all the key components of the JavaScript engine powering...
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The 2015 Christmas List of Best STEM Toys for your little nerds and nerdettes
My 8 year old (recently 7, they grow so fast) asked recently, "are we nerds yet?" Being a nerd doesn't have the negative stigma it once did. A nerd is a fan, and everyone should be enthusiastic about...
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STL Fixes In VS 2015 Update 1
VS 2015 Update 1 is now available , and it contains numerous STL fixes. (This is the first time since 2010 SP1 that we've shipped STL fixes outside of a major version. Nothing was severely broken in...
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