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VS2012: Improvements for ALM and Web Developers
Microsoft has made a "huge bet on HTML5 and JavaScript", and stressed the importance of application lifecycle maintenance. InfoQ takes a look at how VS2012 brings new features to the table in its support for these areas.
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WiX – Powerful Deployment For Your Apps
Visual Studio 2012 gets rid of “VS Setup” projects. However, the WiX toolset provides a strong open alternative for creating your installation packages.
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First Look at Visual Studio 2012 Update 1
Even though Visual Studio 2012 was just formally released, Microsoft is not taking a victory lap. Amidst the celebration of VS2012's launch, Microsoft announced that Update 1 CTP will be released this month. InfoQ reviews what to expect from this first of many post-launch updates.
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Visual Studio 2012 Formally Launched, Next Steps Revealed
Microsoft formally launched Visual Studio 2012 September 12 in Seattle, and InfoQ was there to cover the event. Beyond VS2012's release, new details were announced by S. Somasegar for the product's more rapid evolution.
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Microsoft Delivers Visual Studio Express for the Windows Desktop and F#
Microsoft released two new editions of its free Visual Studio Express 2012 series that will target F# and traditional Windows desktop applications. This enables developers using C#, C++, F#, and Visual Basic .NET to take advantage of VS2012's improvements.
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Entity Framework 5.0: Spatial Data Types, Performance Enhancements, Database Improvements
Entity Framework 5.0 provides support for spatial data types and can be implemented using DbGeography and DbGeometry classes. It also introduces automatic compilation of LINQ to Entities queries by translating inline LINQ queries in a cached mode. Hence, developers need not have to make use of CompiledQuery.Compile method as in previous versions.
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Meet Efran Cobisi - The Developer behind Automated Email Validation Component
InfoQ interviewed Efran Cobisi, the founder of Cobisi Software based in Italy. Efran, who is the recipient of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award including several Microsoft certifications, is the developer of EmailVerify.NET, which is a powerful software component that provides an ability to automatically check the existence of an e-mail address from within an ASP.NET application.
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Windows Identity Foundation Now Included in .NET 4.5
Windows Identity Foundation, Microsoft's framework for integrating claims-based authentication into applications, is now part of the .NET Framework. It was created to simplify work with access control and authentication, and to allow for single sign-on across multiple applications.
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ARMing .NET Developers for Windows 8
.NET Developers looking to support the ARM processor on Windows 8 have relatively few obstacles, but there are a few areas that can expose latent bugs. Microsoft has provided some new tips on how to avoid the pitfalls.
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Blend for Visual Studio 2012: Updated UX Tool for Windows 8 Applications
Microsoft has announced the new Blend for Visual Studio 2012, a tool to design user interfaces for HTML and XAML applications in Windows Store 8. All versions of Visual Studio 2012 come with Blend, including Express.
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Developers and ASP.NET: Whats Next?
Visual Studio provides ASP.NET developers with numerous development options. At aspConf 2012, Scott Hanselman demonstrates some of the upcoming features that will promote easier development and describes his vision for One ASP.NET.
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Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 are ready to go!
In addition to Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 being released to manufacturing, Microsoft has completed its tool suit - Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5.
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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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dotCover 2.0 Adds Integrated Unit Test Runner and Visual Studio 2012 Support
The code coverage utility dotCover 2.0 now includes an integrated unit test runner, rather than requiring ReSharper to run tests. It has been updated to support Visual Studio 2012 RC, and includes new attribute filters.
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Visual Studio LightSwitch Adds HTML5/JavaScript Support
Microsoft announced that they are adding HTML5 and JavaScript support to Visual Studio LightSwitch, the rapid business-application development tool. LightSwitch applications will now be able to run on Android, iOS, and Windows devices, and will focus on touch capabilities.