Clik here to view.
VS/TFS 2012.2 (Update 2) released today
Today, we released our second update to Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2012. You can read a fairly detailed post with all the new capabilities on the ALM blog. There’s a ton of new value in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing the Release of the LightSwitch HTML Client!
On behalf of the LightSwitch team, I am proud to announce the release of the LightSwitch HTML client in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2! It’s been an exciting journey for us and we thank you for all your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
.NET memory allocation profiling and Tasks
The .NET Framework blog published this morning a guest post from yours truly on .NET Memory Allocation Profiling with Visual Studio 2012. As you're trying to improve the performance, throughput, and...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 Update 2 Released
As you may have seen from the variousannouncements, we released Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 today. This update contains a lot of improvements and fixes (especially for XAML scenarios), and you can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Build faster and high performing native applications using PGO
I am Ankit Asthana and I am the program manager for the backend C++ compiler. For today's topic I want to blog about a really cool runtime compiler optimization called Profile Guided Optimization (PGO)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Debugging ASP.NET Web API with Route Debugger
Tutorial and Tool written by Troy Dai with assistance from Rick Anderson (Twitter @RickAndMSFT)Search for “asp.net web api routing” on stackoverflow, you’ll find many questions. How exactly does Web...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Feature Spotlight: Search
Windows 8 contains powerful new technologies that Windows Store apps can take advantage of. These technologies not only provide a great user experience, but also drive engagement with your apps. Over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LightSwitch HTML Client & SharePoint Resources–Get Started Building HTML5...
This morning we released the LightSwitch HTML client in Visual Studio 2012 Update 2! I can’t tell you how excited I am to see this released to the public. It’s been an exciting, challenging journey and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reason Closed in the Issue Tracker
In this release, we added a new “reason closed” feature. Now when you close an issue, you can specify the reason that the issue was closed. This allows you to inform your users and team members why you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
.NET Memory Allocation Profiling
In Visual Studio we ship a .NET allocation profiler feature that is documented on MSDN here, here, here, and here. Note how this feature was available in the Premium edition of Visual Studio but as of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Streaming Diagnostics Trace Logging from the Azure Command Line (plus Glimpse!)
I’ve long said when in doubt, turn on tracing. Sometimes "got here"-debugging is a great tool. I tend to use System.Diagnostics.Trace a lot in my code. Then I'll use ELMAH or Glimpse to get more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Windows Phone Next App Star: The final four apps and the developers behind them
It’s hard to believe we’re down to the final 4 in our Windows Phone Next App Star contest. But from 9,000 apps submitted by developers in 79 countries, then narrowed to 64 apps, then voted by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
More Dev Center features – we’re listening
Hi everybody! I’m Rushmi Malaviarachchi, lead program manager for the Windows Phone Dev Center. I work on the engineering team that’s responsible for the Dev Center website, the Dev Center app, and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Profile Guided Optimization (PGO)
PGO is a runtime compiler optimization which leverages profile data collected from running important and performance centric user scenarios to build an optimized version of the application. PGO...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apps for SharePoint Page Patterns
When building your app, there are a few patterns we hope you will use for your pages. In choosing a pattern, you should consider the user scenarios for your app and which pattern would make the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Congratulations to Wikipedia by Rudy Huyn, Windows Phone Next App Star
Our focus this year is on raising awareness for the amazing apps you develop for Windows Phone. We’ll accomplish through new programs, app promotions, and increased opportunities for app...
View ArticleClik here to view.
April 2013 Internet Explorer Updates
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-028 - CriticalThis security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code...
View ArticleClik here to view.
LightSwitch All Day Training at DevTeach, Toronto in May
Just announced! I’ll be delivering an all-day training at DevTeach again – this time in Toronto on May 25th! This was a huge success when I did it in Montreal so I’m happy to do this again. This time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Many-To-How-Many - HTML Edition (Heinrich Wendel)
The original idea of this blog post was to simply provide you with a tutorial on how to create a many-to-many control for your HTML app, using the built-in controls and some glue code to hook up the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creating connected Windows Store apps
People are continually surrounded by devices that are connected to a network. Even the latest refrigerators and washing machines can connect to the internet and home networks. So it’s no surprise that...
View Article