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Test & Feedback – Capture your findings
Test & Feedback extension allows everyone in team, be it developers, testers, product owners, user experience, leads/managers etc. to contribute to quality of the application, thus making it a...
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Maven and Gradle build tasks support powerful code analysis tools
Over the last few months we have been steadily building up the capabilities of the Maven and Gradle build tasks to offer insights into code quality through popular code analysis tools. We are pleased...
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Reduced Out of Memory Crashes in Visual Studio “15”
This is the third post in a five-part series covering performance improvements in Visual Studio “15” Preview 5. The previous 2 posts talked about faster startup, and shorter solution load times in...
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How to develop augmented reality apps with Vuforia for Windows 10
Augmented Reality is a way to connect virtual objects with the real world, making it possible to naturally interact with them by use of mobile devices like phones, tablets or new mixed reality devices...
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New navigation, Test & Feedback extension GA, and cherry-pick – Oct 12
New navigation, Test & Feedback extension GA, and cherry-pick – Oct 12Last Updated: 10/12/2016Note: The improvements discussed in this post will be rolling out throughout the next week.We have a...
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VS Team Services Update – Oct 12
Before I get to talking about this update let me talk about a change in the way we are announcing updates…It takes a while for an update to roll out across the entire service. That is by design and it...
View ArticleC++/WinRT Available on GitHub
C++/WinRT is now available on GitHub. This is the future of the Modern C++ project and the first public preview coming officially from Microsoft.https://github.com/microsoft/cppwinrtC++/WinRT is a...
View ArticleBentley’s Cloud Solution is Instrumental to Europe’s Largest Construction...
London is a dynamic city with over two millennia of history which span several eras of buildings and infrastructure. So it’s an ambitious undertaking to build a new subway line right through the center...
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Faster C++ solution load and build performance with Visual Studio “15”
With Visual Studio ‘15’ our goal is to considerably improve productivity for C++ developers. With this goal in mind we are introducing many new improvements, which you can try out in the recently...
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Bing Maps V8 SDK September 2016 Update
In this regular update to the Bing Maps Version 8 developer control (V8), we have added a couple of new data visualization features to help you make better sense of your business data.Data Binning...
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Hosting .NET Core Services on Service Fabric
This post was written by Vaijanath Angadihiremath, a software engineer on the .NET team.This tutorial is for users who already have a group of ASP.NET Core services which they want to host as...
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Internet of Things on the Xbox (App Dev on Xbox series)
This week’s app is all about the Internet of Things. Best For You is a sample fitness UWP app focused on collecting data from a fictional IoT enabled yoga wear and presenting it to the user in a...
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Improved overall Visual Studio “15” Responsiveness
This is the final post in a five-part series covering performance improvements for Visual Studio “15”.This series covers the following topics:Part 1: Faster Visual Studio “15” StartupPart 2: Shorter...
View ArticleLightSwitch Update
Our vision for LightSwitch was to accelerate the development of line-of-business apps, but the landscape has changed significantly from the time when we first thought about LightSwitch (think mobile...
View ArticleUML Designers have been removed; Layer Designer now supports live...
We are removing the UML designers from Visual Studio “15” Enterprise. Removing a feature is always a hard decision, but we want to ensure that our resources are invested in features that deliver the...
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Exploring ASP.NET Core with Docker in both Linux and Windows Containers
In May of last year doing things with ASP.NET and Docker was in its infancy. But cool stuff was afoot. I wrote a blog post showing how to publish an ASP.NET 5 (5 at the time, now Core 1.0) app to...
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Web-to-App Linking with AppUriHandlers
OverviewWeb-to-app linking allows you to drive user engagement by associating your app with a website. When users open a link to your website, instead of opening the browser, your app is launched. If...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It – This Week in Windows Developer
Before we get into all of last week’s updates, check out this highlight. (It’s a big deal):C++/WinRT provides C++ developers with first-class access to the modern Windows API....
View ArticleNew Windows Store submission API capabilities
The Windows Store submission API was launched earlier this year, enabling you to automate app, IAP durables and consumables, and package flights publishing through a REST API. Using the submission API...
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Learning Arduino the fun way - Writing Games with Arduboy
My kids and I are always tinkering with gadgets and electronics. If you follow me on Instagram you'll notice our adventures as we've built a small Raspberry Pi powered arcade, explored retro-tech,...
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