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Team Explorer Everywhere Update 1 with Public Workspaces Support
Microsoft released Team Explorer Everywhere Update 1 for Team Foundation Server with Chinese language pack and support for public workspaces.
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Orubase Version 1 with Project Wizard, SQLite and Encryption Support
Syncfusion has announced the availability of Orubase Version 1 which ships with Project Wizard, SQLite and Encryption Support.
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Studio Enterprise with Localization and Visual Studio 2012 Support
ComponentOne has released Studio Enterprise 2012 V3 with new controls for Windows 8, WinRT and existing control suites with support for localization RTF and Visual Studio 2012.
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SharePoint Emulators Simplifies Unit Testing
Visual Studio 2012 SharePoint Emulators recently released by Microsoft simplifies the unit testing of SharePoint code. It provides necessary libraries for implementing Microsoft Fakes based shims.
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Update 1 Formally Released for Visual Studio 2012
The first of many scheduled updates to Visual Studio 2012 has been released as Microsoft moves away from massive service packs to an up-tempo release schedule. Formal Windows XP client support is included, among many other changes that will affect most VS2012 users.
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Build Cross Platform Applications with Xwt
Xwt is .NET Framework based open source UI toolkit for Mono and .NET and is used for the creation of desktop applications that run on multiple platforms from the same codebase.
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JustCode Q3 - Improve Productivity by Reducing Keystrokes
JustCode Q3 ships with several new features which enables developers to minimize coding by automating frequently used tasks and thereby improving productivity.
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.NET Compact Framework 3.9 with Visual Studio 2012 Support
Microsoft will release .NET Compact Framework 3.9 (NETCF 3.9) in the upcoming build of Windows Embedded Compact 2013 with improved start-up time, enhanced memory utilization, Visual Studio 2012 support and new garbage collector.
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How Visual Studio Improves C++ Performance
The optimizer in Visual Studio 2012 has nearly doubled in size as compared to previous versions. This matters to developers because now their C++ code can benefit from significant increases in execution speed after a recompile. Targeting the additional features of VS2012 can lead to even bigger performance gains.
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Async/Await Now Available for Windows Phone, Silverlight 4
An updated version of the Async Targeting Pack now provides asynchronous features to Silverlight 4 and Windows Phone 7.5. It also provides Portable Class Libraries targeting any of the supported platforms, including Silverlight 5 and .NET Framework 4.0.
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Updated Web Essentials for Visual Studio 2012 Adds TypeScript Support
Web Essentials, the extension introduced to add better CSS support to Visual Studio, has recently been updated with new tools for Visual Studio 2012, including support for TypeScript. It also includes automatic downloads of new schema files, so that HTML5 and CSS validation will always be up to date.
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Code Review with Comparison, Annotation, Comments and Status Update with Visual Studio 2012
Visual Studio 2012 simplifies the code review task with the ability to compare code files, annotation, comments from reviewers and status updates.
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Visual Studio Update Brings Windows XP Client Support
The Community Technology Preview for Visual Studio 2012 has been released by Microsoft this week. Among the many new features is support for Windows XP clients as well as other updates throughout the product.
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Microsoft's Roslyn Compiler APIs Updated for Visual Studio 2012
Roslyn, Microsoft's "compiler as a service", has been updated this week with a September 2012 CTP. This release adds support for Visual Studio 2012 (while dropping Visual Studio 2010), introduces new language features for VB and C#, and includes several updates to the APIs.
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TFS Power Tools Updated for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012
Microsoft has released an new version of the TFS Power Tools. This is an update to the TFS 2010 Power Tools. It adds support for Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012, as well as new TFS 2012 features that include a revamped Team Explorer.