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Microsoft previews Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, but why bother when VS Code runs just fine on Apple hardware?
.NET works in mysterious ways
09 Nov 2021 15:16 | 24
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.NET 6 LTS and VS 2022: Major releases spoilt by continuing concern about Microsoft's commitment to open source
Both bring new features and better performance
08 Nov 2021 18:19 | 8
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Developers offered browser-based fun in VSCode.dev and Java action in Visual Studio Code
Looking at code here, there and (almost) everywhere
21 Oct 2021 13:05 | 5
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Microsoft revamps Visual Studio JavaScript projects in forthcoming version
New templates will use system install for frameworks like React and Vue
16 Aug 2021 16:58 | 3
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Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2 adds C++ build and debugging in WSL2 distributions
Fancy a spot of weekend tinkering?
15 Jul 2021 19:31 | 8
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Microsoft: Try to break our first preview of 64-bit Visual Studio – go on, we dare you
Plus: Updates to .NET 6, ASP.NET Core, and .NET MAUI
18 Jun 2021 16:34 | 11
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What next for Visual Studio? Microsoft's monster IDE can't please everyone and 64-bit will not solve legacy problems
Redmond is in a pickle with loyal Windows devs on one side and cloud-based Linuxy future on the other
20 Apr 2021 13:35 | 24
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Microsoft bows to the inevitable and takes Visual Studio 64-bit for 2022 version
When 4GB is just not quite enough
19 Apr 2021 17:01 | 23
Personal Tech
It's official: Microsoft updates Visual Studio Code to run on Raspberry Pi OS
Also: Accessibility improvements and cosmetic tweaks included
01 Apr 2021 11:54 | 14
Off-Prem
AWS acknowledges that deploying to its cloud is too hard for .NET developers – so here is a tool to automate it
Ugh, it's so opinionated, sometimes in an arbitrary way
18 Mar 2021 22:05 | 2
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Visual Studio 16.9 Preview 3 brings Chromium WebView debugging, noisy tests for visually impaired, and more
Also: Survey shows IDE's dominance among .NET Core developers, despite cross-platform options
21 Jan 2021 14:13 | 6
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Back of the .NET: Microsoft chooses Xbox day to unveil a slew of dev-luring products
.NET 5, new Visual Studio, F# updates and more
11 Nov 2020 17:26 | 1
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Microsoft to rethink crash-prone Visual Studio extension model, shift towards cloud
Why not just use Visual Studio Code, which has 5 times as many extensions and is designed for cloud?
29 Oct 2020 12:32 | 21
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There can be only one: Visual Studio Codespaces 'consolidating' into GitHub Codespaces
You have until 17 February 2021 to shift off - or it all gets deleted, says Microsoft
07 Sep 2020 11:32 | 9
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Angular framework support brings Microsoft's Visual Studio into line with its way cooler little brother, VS Code
Keep up, old-timer
07 Aug 2020 10:10 | 5
Hands On
Microsoft Visual Studio gets .NET Core debugging – on WSL2
'Higher fidelity local debugging experience' than debugging on Windows and deploying to Linux
13 Jul 2020 09:15 | 4
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Microsoft Web Live Preview: Hot reload for ASP.NET web applications
New time-saving extension works only with old .NET Framework, for now
16 Jun 2020 12:45 | 2
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Microsoft! Please, put down the rebrandogun. No one else needs to get hurt... But it's too late for Visual Studio Online
Now 'Visual Studio Codespaces': Prices sliced, but won't somebody think of the branded swag?
01 May 2020 11:59 | 19
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XAML Hot Reload sounds like a gun you need for the 2050 zombie apocalypse – but it's a Visual Studio 2019 16.5 feature
We peek inside the latest official release of Microsoft's IDE
17 Mar 2020 18:58 | 3
Roundup
Microsoft's coding for noobs hits 1.0, decompiling to C# in Visual Studio, and Windows 10X makes its debut... on Mac
Also: No HoloLens 2 at Barcelona
17 Feb 2020 14:01 | 7
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Microsoft previews Visual Studio update with added Linux love, many new features
Develop on Windows, deploy to Linux: an increasingly common pattern
24 Jan 2020 18:00 | 31
Roundup
Microsoft's cloud floats over to Qatar and Azure Functions flings doors open to .NET Core 3.1
Also: Office 365 goes Swiss and Visual Studio for Mac gains scaffolding
16 Dec 2019 12:10 | 2
Roundup
What's that, Skippy? A sad-faced Microsoft engineer has arrived with an axe? Skippy?
Plus: New toys for Teams, a fresh Visual Studio Code, and more
11 Nov 2019 10:01 | 19
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Remember Windows 8? Microsoft is still trying to reunify the API it split for the touchy OS's benefit
Old meets new in WinRT API Packs
01 Oct 2019 13:30 | 18
Hands On
Visual Studio for Mac: A bunch of new features but Xcode and VS Code are tough competition
Making sense of Microsoft's dev tool family
27 Sep 2019 09:51 | 5
Roundup
Better Bluetooth in Windows 10 and more local Azure toys via Docker containers
Also, a new font arrives and Microsoft struggles to keep Sets' coffin lid closed
23 Sep 2019 14:10 | 4
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.NET Core 3.0 thought it was all ready for release. And it would have been too, if it weren't for those pesky Visual Studio kids
Hi, remember us? We share a toolset. And have another preview to do?
17 Sep 2019 14:50 | 5
Roundup
D'aw! They still have hope! Interns make a song and dance of their summer at Microsoft
While browbeaten oldies try to focus on Windows 10, .NET Core, Visual Studio
09 Sep 2019 11:01 | 10
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Microsoft slathers Visual Studio 2019 with extra Docker love, triggers Hot Reload in Preview 2
.NET Core 3.0 Preview 8 – ready for production if you're feeling lucky?
14 Aug 2019 15:23 | 2
Roundup
Stones, meet glass house: Mind behind Windows 8 GUI disses Windows 10 over leak
Also: Your Phone sees double, Mac fans get Visual Studio love, and more
29 Jul 2019 10:45 | 44
Hands On
El Reg sits down to code with .NET for Linux and MySQL, hitting some bumps along the way
Visual Studio, ASP.NET Core and Linux: Some tension
24 Jul 2019 09:36 | 64
Build
Meet Microsoft's new Visual Studio Online... not the same as the old Visual Studio Online
Browser-based access to hosted code environments. Plus: .NET 5 and GitHub-Azure Active Directory sync
06 May 2019 23:56 | 17
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Rust never sleeps: C++-alike language tops Stack Overflow survey for fourth year in a row
Python still popular. Visual Basic for Applications liked about as much as meetings
09 Apr 2019 19:00 | 99
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GA'day, mate: Open the plonk, turn up a banger, Visual Studio 2019 is officially here (don't get too excited, Mac devs)
Striding into its third decade, dev suite is now ready to Share
02 Apr 2019 21:37 | 21
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.NET Core 3 Preview 3 takes a bow, but best not hold your breath for the final release
Faint hopes of a Visual Studio 2019 treat dashed on the rocks of 'late 2019'
07 Mar 2019 14:10 | 17
Roundup
Band banned, Tarka arrives on Windows 10 and Visual Studio hits RC status
Just another week at Microsoft then
04 Mar 2019 10:02 | 22
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Missed Valentine's Day? Take your beloved to a Visual Studio 2019 launch event instead
Romantic Redmondians pick 14 February to announce April go date for the code wrangler
15 Feb 2019 18:04 | 4
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Visual Studio Code's Python extension goes to Jupyter
A preview of next year's .NET Framework also emitted
17 Dec 2018 16:40 | 4
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Ooo shiny! First Visual Studio 2019 sneak peek here in time for Chrimbo
Faster Android builds, more space, but don't expect to find a Windows Phone emulator
06 Dec 2018 10:51 | 27
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Microsoft's .NET Core 3 is almost here, which means time to move on from .NET Framework
Plus: Visual Studio 2019 gets collaborative and IntelliCode gets smarter
04 Dec 2018 18:53 | 26
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Fresh releases of TypeScript and Visual Studio 2017 for Mac round out November
BigInt and .NET Core 2.2 support? Oh Microsoft, you spoil us!
30 Nov 2018 19:30 | 5
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Visual Studio 2017 15.9 is here! Fire up your Windows on Arm laptops. All four of you
Final update of beloved development adding ARM64
16 Nov 2018 19:23 | 13
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Microsoft's elderly .NET Framework shakes stick at whippersnapper Core while Visual Studio drops another preview
ARM64 and iOS 12 for devs, slow shuffle for venerable framework
05 Oct 2018 13:39 | 27
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Microsoft updates Visual Studio 2017 for devs chewing the CUDA
With Nvidia CUDA 10 comes great AI power and VS compatibility
02 Oct 2018 13:34 | 7
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Why did Visual Studio Marketplace go down in the Great Azure TITSUP? Ask Azure DevOps
Failover is not an option
26 Sep 2018 18:55 | 9
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C++ devs take a Step Back, let the UWP guy play with Visual Studio
Preview 2 of 15.9 promises speed, stability and new APIs
12 Sep 2018 16:20 | 11
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Using Python in Visual Studio Code? Microsoft has new toys for you
You will use the new debugger and you will like it, OK?
06 Sep 2018 12:45 | 18
SaaS
Thunderstruck: Azure Back in Black(out) after High Voltage causes Flick of the Switch
Lightning storm Shook Texas facility All Night Long
04 Sep 2018 20:02 | 64
Software
Azure Dev Spaces has hit public preview, so El Reg took it for a spin
Or, if you will, an arthritic stagger around the park
11 Jul 2018 12:06 | 24
Build
Microsoft programming chief to devs: Tell us where Windows hurt you
.NET Core 3.0 will be a soothing balm, claims veep Julia Liuson
10 May 2018 09:58 | 107
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Qualcomm, Microsoft drag apps for Win-10-on-Arm into 64-bit world
Visual Studio previews a world without 32-bit emulation
09 May 2018 07:31 | 21
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Forget One Windows, Microsoft says it's time to modernize your apps
Unpicking Redmond's strategy for devs following the launch of an updated Visual Studio
25 Oct 2017 08:32 | 131
Devops
Visual Studio Team Services having some 'performance issues'
Microsoft suspects 'code change' behind slow calls
10 Oct 2017 14:02 | 27
First Look
After 20 years of Visual Studio, Microsoft unfurls its 2017 edition
New cross-platform tools and streamlined setup options
08 Mar 2017 07:28 | 58
Software
Microsoft leaks Visual Studio for Mac, then scrubs the news
Developers committed to C# have something to look forward to
14 Nov 2016 22:06 | 3
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Microsoft cracks open Visual Studio to Linux C++ coders
Plug in. Go, go, go
31 Mar 2016 09:32 | 67
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R you ready? Open source stats come to Visual Studio
R Tools for Visual Studio, in da house
10 Mar 2016 05:25 | 14
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Microsoft explanation for Visual Studio online outage leaves open questions
Five hour lockout caused by errant stored procedure
05 Feb 2016 16:03 | 27
OSes
Mega Microsoft dev tools update includes Clang codegen for Windows
Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 released
01 Dec 2015 13:01 | 22
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Bloke clicks GitHub 'commit' button in Visual Studio, gets slapped with $6,500 AWS bill
Oh, did you mean that to be a PRIVATE repository?
01 Sep 2015 22:47 | 91
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