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Visual Studio Achievements for Windows Store apps
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3 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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The latest version of the Visual Studio Achievements extension includes 19 new achievements oriented toward Windows Store app development. These new achievements can be earned in JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic, and C++. Learn more about the new version...
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Visual Studio 2012 - your views
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9 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Take this short poll to share your views of Visual Studio 2012. Honest, it's really short. Let us know what features you're looking for, and share your tips. Go here to see what's new in this version.
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Project backward-compatibility in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview
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over 2 years ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Create a project in Visual Studio 2010 SP1, then open it in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, then open it again in Visual Studio 2010 SP1, repeat.... Zain Naboulsi provides details on the Visual Studio Tips and Tricks blog.
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GoingNative 2012 sessions available for streaming
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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GoingNative 2012 is a technical event for those who push the boundaries of general purpose computing by exploiting the true capabilities of the underlying machine: C++ developers. Distinguished speakers include the creator of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup...
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Bing Maps Trip Optimizer for Windows 8 Now Available on MSDN Developer Samples!
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over 1 year ago
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Thomas Petchel [MSFT]
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I recently posted on the Parallel Programming in Native Code blog about the Bing Maps Trip Optimizer sample , a developer sample that demonstrates how to combine JavaScript and C++ to compute the shortest route among a set of locations. Check it out if...
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Coding for Kinect
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Alan Berman describes how to get started with writing code for Kinect on the C# team blog . For a great video resource, see the Kinect for Windows Quickstart Series on Chanel 9.
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Check out Hilo for Windows 8!
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over 1 year ago
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Thomas Petchel [MSFT]
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If you’re interested in Windows Store apps with C++ and XAML, check out the work I’m doing with the patterns & practices team on an developer sample called Hilo. Hilo is a basic photo viewing and tagging app that totally re-imagines Hilo...
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Videos from TechEd North America 2012
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10 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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A metric ton of videos from TechEd North America 2012 is available here . Have a look.
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Our favorite articles: C++ AMP and related
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8 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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This is part 2 in a series of posts highlighting top articles in the MSDN Library, as chosen by the documentation writers. These are articles that describe some of the features and technologies that are new/exciting to people around here. My previous...
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Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 now available!
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9 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Read Soma's announcement, which includes instructions on how to get the new releases, here . Read what Jason Zander has to say about the releases, including a list of the top 12 enhancements, here . For a thorough summary of what's new, go here...
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Use C++ AMP to speed up code execution
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Daniel Moth describes C++ AMP in a nutshell and provides lots of links for further reading. See also Overview of C++ Accelerated Massive Parallelism (C++ AMP) in the MSDN Library.
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Videos from TechEd Europe 2012
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10 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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On-demand sessions from TechEd Europe in Amsterdam are available on Channel 9 .
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Answers to questions about the Roslyn compiler-as-a-service project
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Joe Kunk answers 10 questions about Roslyn in this MSDN Magazine article .
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Build sessions on Channel 9
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6 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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You can get videos of sessions from the Build conference on Channl 9 . If you hurry, you can still catch some of today's sessions live. All sessions will be available online within 24 hours of the session.
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Visual Studio 11 Beta available
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Visual Studio 11 Beta is now available for download . Well, you might already know that. But now the Visual Studio 11 Beta online documentation is available too. Highlights of this release include new tools that help you design, build, test, and package...
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Our favorite articles: Windows Store apps
Posted
7 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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This is the third in a series of posts highlighting top articles in the MSDN Library, as chosen by the documentation writers. These are articles that describe some of the features and technologies that are new/exciting to people around here. Today's post...
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Welcome to Windows Store app Labs!
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5 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Windows Store app Labs are physical locations in more than 30 cities where you can access Windows 8 devices, get design help, and meet with Windows experts to make your app great. All for free!
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Improving how we update Visual Studio
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Read about the new update service on the Visual Studio Engineering Team blog.
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Understanding Code Map
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3 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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With the addition of Visual Studio Update 1, we introduced a cool new feature called Code Map. You can use Code Map to visualize relationships in code. Zain Naboulsi describes the feature in this blog post on The Ultimate Visual Studio Tips and Tricks...
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Try F#
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7 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Microsoft Research has announced the beta of Try F# . Try F# makes programming in F# 3.0 easy to learn, simple to use, and straightforward to share—all through the browser. Read more about it here . F# 3.0 is ideal for analytical, data-rich,...
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What you want
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11 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Not long ago we did a survey to get your input, asking about the most important tasks that you perform with Microsoft developer technologies. The idea behind this, of course, is that we want to make the MSDN Library as useful for you as possible. This...
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Final build of Visual Studio 2012 complete
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9 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Today Soma announced that the final builds of Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 are complete, and that, for MSDN subscribers, the builds will be available for download on August 15th. See his blog post here .
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Theremin for 2 Persons Using Kinect
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5 months ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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This is a cool project for Kinect that allows 2 or more people to play music by using their bodies. See a video and download the code here .
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New search features in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview
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over 2 years ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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RadhikaTadinada blogs about the new search features. There's also a video showing off these features.
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Async/Await FAQ
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over 1 year ago
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Michael Alberts - MSFT
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Stephen Toub answers FAQs about the new async and await keywords in C# and Visual Basic.
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