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CodePlex integrates with Zapier
CodePlex is now able to send commit events to Zapier! If you haven’t played with Zapier before, we highly recommend checking it out. It is a web service that allows you to connect 200+ services on the...
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Team Foundation Service Update – July 9
Last week we completed sprint 50 and, today, the changes went live on the service. You can read more of the details of what’s new on the service news feed.One of the things I’ve had to get used to...
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How does VS determine which version of Razor engine to use when editing razor...
In VS2013 Preview, we released new Razor V3 runtime and design time Engine to support MVC5 and Razor V3 website’s runtime and design time behavior. Unlike Razor V2 runtime and design time, VS2013 did...
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HttpClient 2.2 is now RC
Today we are happy to announce the next step in providing a portable HttpClient with automatic decompression: we just pushed the RC version to NuGet.From Beta to RTMWe haven’t changed much since the...
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XAML UI Responsiveness tool in Visual Studio 2013
(Posting for a team mate and friend Pratap Lakshma) From the perspective of interaction-performance applications need to be “fast” and “fluid” - fast to launch, to navigate between pages, to react to...
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C++ REST SDK 1.1.0 is now available
C++ REST SDK 1.1.0 has been released on CodePlex. This version of the C++ REST SDK reintroduces the much anticipated the HTTP Listener library. Developers can now complete their REST story by creating...
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Nokia Imaging SDK – Now Available
Today, Nokia announced one of the most exciting devices I personally have seen in a long time. The new Lumia 1020 delivers not only a completely new imaging experience, but it also represents an...
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Best Practices for Source Code Control (Raghuveer Gopalakrishnan)
In this post, we will look at some of the best practices and patterns which will enable multiple developers to collaborate efficiently on a LightSwitch project. In Visual Studio 2013, there are several...
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Inside Windows Phone – Motion design using the Windows Phone Toolkit
One of the most beautiful design aspects of the Windows Phone OS is the use of motion design. Windows Phone is alive with motion, which acts as a huge differentiator in quality apps. Unfortunately,...
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“Enable Edit and Continue” debugging option is now on by default for new web...
In VS2010 and VS2012, the edit and continue option is disabled by default when creating a new web application project. In VS2013 preview, we turned it on by default. You can find this option on the Web...
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Hanselman's Newsletter of Wonderful Things: June 4th, 2013
I have a "whenever I get around to doing it" Newsletter of Wonderful Things. Why a newsletter? I dunno. It seems more personal somehow. Fight me. You can view all the previous newsletters here. You can...
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Introducing ‘Vector Calling Convention’
IntroductionIn VS2013 (download here), we have introduced a new calling convention known as 'Vector Calling Convention' but before we go on and introduce the new calling convention let us take a look...
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Overview of Related Files in Blend
Related Files is a feature available in both Blend for Visual Studio 2012 and Blend for Visual Studio 2013 Preview. In this post, I’ll describe how this feature works and how to make the best of it...
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Seattle F# meetup, Wednesday 7/17/2013, 7:00 PM: Functional-style control...
Join the F# Seattle User Group meetup next Wednesday for a talk about functional-style control flow in F#:Many developers come to F# from the imperative world of C#, where they are accustomed to...
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Performance and Diagnostics Hub in Visual Studio 2013
If you attended Build last month or watched some of the videos, you may have seen some of the new profiling tools and our Performance and Diagnostics hub. This blog post will provide an overview of the...
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Visual Studio 2013 New Editor Features
In Visual Studio 2013, we have introduced new features that boost productivity and save time when working inside the Editor. Some of these are new features and some are the most popular extensions from...
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Extending Screens for Multi-Select in the LightSwitch HTML Client (Mike Droney)
If you (like me) have always wanted to have a rich multi-select experience in LightSwitch HTML Client Lists, this article may be of interest to you. This sample will show a nice pattern for adding...
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Use open source code in your Windows Store apps
When developing apps, it’s essential for developers to be able to reuse their code and build on existing skills, without having to reinvent the wheel. The good news is that you can count on a lot of...
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Visual Studio 2013 Preview Survey
It’s been 2 weeks since we released Visual Studio 2013 Preview, and we’d like to hear what you think about it. Let us know your impressions by taking the Visual Studio 2013 Preview survey.We do these...
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Making a better, somewhat prettier, but definitely more functional Windows...
I've blogged before, in fact in 2004, (!) that Windows is missing the text mode boat. There is a massive opportunity for a great, nay, awesome and pretty, command line on Windows. If someone cracks...
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