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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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Microsoft Test Manager 2012 Adds Manual Testing Support for Win8 Tablets
Of all the forms of testing there is one that simply cannot be skipped. It doesn’t matter how good your automated tests are, manual testing still has to be performed before an application ships. With the release of MS Test Manager 2012, Microsoft intends to make it manual tests significantly easier.
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Round-Tripping: Using Visual Studio 2010 and 2012 on the Same Project
Visual Studio 2012 RC introduced a feature called "project round-tripping", which can make it possible for teams to work on a project in either Visual Studio 2010 or 2012. Microsoft states that most projects will work with round-tripping, though others like Visual Studio Installer, Windows Phone, and Windows Mobile are not yet supported.
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Dependency Injection, Debugging added to T4 for Visual Studio 2012
There are quite a few improvements added to Visual Studio’s T4 system for Visual Studio 2012. The highlights include MEF support for deploying directive processors and easier debugging.
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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.