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Visual Studio 2013 Release Date Announced, RC Available Now
Microsoft has had several big announcements for developers: Visual Studio 2013RC is available for download now. Accompanying this release is the availability of Windows 8.1 RTM for developers that subscribe to MSDN or TechNet. This reverses the previous Microsoft position that app developers would have to wait until general availability to get access to a production system.
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T4 Editor 2.2.1 with Visual Studio 2013 Preview, New Template Gallery and F1 Support
T4 Editor 2.2.0 enables you to create a library of reusable snippets in addition to an ability to make use of project properties with include and assembly directives, which works not only in the standard IDE but also in the msbuild host. It also includes support for Visual Studio 2013 Preview, new template gallery and F1support for directives.
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Updated InstallShield Coming to VS2012 and '13
Developers looking for the return of the Visual Studio Setup projects will be disappointed that it will not return in Visual Studio 2013. Instead Microsoft promises an improved InstallShield LE that will be available for both VS2012 and VS2013. InfoQ speaks with InstallShield publisher Flexera Software to learn what is in store.
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Windows Azure SDK 2.1 with VS 2013, VM, Notification Hub, Cloud Services, PowerShell cmdlets Support
Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows Azure SDK with support for Visual Studio 2013, service bus notification hub, cloud services, virtual machines including new cmdlets for PowerShell.
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Improved Debugging with Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio 2013 provides several enhancements related to debugging and also includes diagnostics tools to accurately measure the parameters in .NET, JavaScript and Windows Store apps.
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ReSharper 8.0 with Visual Studio 2013, IntelliSense, XAML and Blue Theme First Support
The recently released ReSharper 8.0 includes support for Visual tudio 2013, XAML, Blue Theme first, IntelliSense, multifile templates including a command line tool, CSS improvements and several bug fixes.
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LightSwitch in VS 2013 Preview with Improvements to Design, JavaScript IntelliSense and API Support
Microsoft in the recently held Build conference announced several features to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2013 Preview which includes improvements to code editor, JavaScript IntelliSense in addition to integration with team build and code analysis.
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ASP.NET and Web Tools for VS 2013 Preview with One ASP.NET, New HTML Editor, MVC5, SignalR 2, EF 6
The recently released ASP.NET and Web Tools for Visual Studio 2013 includes new HTML editor for Razor and web project files, ability to build all type of ASP.NET applications from a single dialog, claims based authentication in addition to support for SignalR 2.00 Beta1 and Entity Framework 6.0.0 beta1.
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Visual Studio 2013 Remembers C++ Developers
C++ Developers are not forgotten in Visual Studio 2013. Today at Build Microsoft revealed several new features that will directly benefit developers specifically using C++.
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Wide Scope of IDE Improvements Coming to VS2013
Microsoft has begun sharing details on the changes coming to Visual Studio’s IDE in VS2013. Today, Project Manager Cathy Sullivan demonstrated a wide variety of changes that affect everything from the GUI and themes, to material improvements in performance, connectivity, and overall editor functionality. These changes should benefit all users of the IDE regardless of their chosen language.
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Build 2013 Keynote Day 1 Highlights
Microsoft began day 1 of Build 2013 with their familiar booming electronic fanfare. InfoQ is covering the conference live and has first impressions of the keynote's highlights. Some interesting new features for Windows 8.1, VS2013, and Bing are covered.
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.NET Memory Profiling in Visual Studio 2013
Visual Studio 2013 comes with a better memory profiler for .NET applications, but it is still far behind the other commercial offerings.
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The Emergence of Visual Studio 2013
Less than 9 months after the release of Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio 2013 will be released this year. InfoQ looks at what has been announced so far.