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Increasing Visual Studio 2012 UI Responsiveness
Microsoft continues to build performance improvements into Visual Studio 2012. We take a look at some improvements to the Toolbox that could help all users, but especially those with large solutions.
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Integrate JavaScript Tests Into Your Development Workflow
Chutzpah can run JavaScript tests from inside Visual Studio 2012. And TFS extends this by allowing you to run JavaScript Unit tests into your builds.
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Improving Responsiveness in Visual Studio 2012
Microsoft has spent time producing quantifiable editing performance improvements. By using an approach that combines an "Immediate Delay Tracker" and Event Tracing for Windows, solid gains have been reported.
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Visual Studio 11 Renamed "Visual Studio 2012", Release Candidate Now Available with .NET 4.5
Today Microsoft announced the availability of Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate with .NET 4.5, formerly known as “Visual Studio 11”. This release includes performance improvements, a more "Metro-style" user interface, customized installation, and new Team Foundation Server features.
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Microsoft Announces VS11 Lineup, Changes to Express Editions
Microsoft has announced its full Visual Studio 11 lineup, including some changes to how it manages the Express Editions. Windows XP continues to fade into the past as VS11 will provide limited support for this platform.
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Visual Studio 11: Colorful Metaphors Return in the Release Candidate
Developers spoke, and Microsoft listened, regarding the interface changes demonstrated in Visual Studio 11 Beta. InfoQ speaks with Microsoft about the newly announced UI changes coming in VS11's Release Candidate.
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Microsoft to C99 Developers: Use ISO C++
Developers have long requested C99 language support for Visual Studio. Microsoft's Herb Sutter indicates this will not be forthcoming with VS11 and proposes two solutions: using ISO C++ compliant code or switch to a competitor's compiler.
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Async Features Now Available for .NET 4 and Silverlight 5
Microsoft announced the new Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 11 Beta, which will allow developers to use asynchronous programming features in .NET 4 or Silverlight 5 applications. These features were previously provided in the Async CTP, which is now deprecated.
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Visual Studio 11 Performance Revisited
Microsoft continues to respond to user requests for improved Visual Studio performance. InfoQ reviews the latest changes made to VS11 Beta.
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Web Workbench Adds Support for Visual Studio 11
Web Workbench, the extension that brings Sass, LESS, and Coffeescript to Visual Studio, has been updated. This release adds support for Visual Studio 11, improvements to the import process and collapsible outlining for CoffeeScript.
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MFC Update
Despite a recent emphasis on Windows 8 Metro, Microsoft has renewed its pledge to support MFC which they call “the most fully-featured library for building native desktop applications”. While there were no major features announced, a lot of effort was put in to bug fixes and general improvements.
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VS11 Gets Better Unit Testing Tools, Fakes Framework
A New Unit Test Explorer, ability to run tests on each build, better Code Coverage tool, support for third party frameworks, a new VS Fakes Framework, better performance and more are all coming together in Visual Studio 11 to provide much better Unit Testing experience for Developers.
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Improved JavaScript development in Visual Studio 11
Microsoft intends to make JavaScript development easier in Visual Studio 11 by significantly enhancing Intellisense, debugging support, editor functionality, and more.
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Visual Studio 11 Beta Supports Multiple Test Frameworks
NUnit, XUnit.net, QUnit, Jasmine, Chutzpah are all supported in the Visual Studio 11 Beta along with MSUnit, promising better choice and over-all unit-testing experience for developers. And the list is expected to get bigger towards the final release of VS 11.
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Visual Studio 11: New Shades of Grey Have Developers Seeing Red
Microsoft's recent preview of the VS11 Beta showcases a controversial switch to a primarily grey-scale interface. Developers concerned the new look is a step backwards.