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Anti-virus programs can affect VS build performance
We have had complaints from some customers saying that their Web Project build performance with VS is very slow and it turns out that for some of the complaints the actual issue was anti-virus programs running on their machines. So, how do anti-virus Read More...
Multiple control selection in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM
We have been listening to your [strong] feedback and we are now happy to announce that multiple selection and alignment operations in Design view are coming back and will be included in VS 2008 SP1 RTM and Visual Web Developer Express 2008 SP1 RTM. We Read More...
ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 Tooling Updates And Updated NUnit Test Project Templates
Earlier this week ScottGu announced the release of ASP.NET MVC Preview 3 and outlined some recent changes to the framework. I wanted to give you an update on the tooling enhancements for preview 3. The two major enhancements you will notice are: Support Read More...
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is now available! You can download it here (though before you do, read the note below). In SP1, we have added some new features as well as many bug fixes. In this blog post I’ll attempt to give an overview of the features as Read More...
Introducing JScript Formatting in VS 2008 SP1
Colorization, validation, IntelliSense, and formatting comprise the core of any modern editor. With VS 2008 SP1, we are completing the core JScript editor by introducing code formatting. Additionally, we have promoted JScript to a dedicated node in “Tools Read More...
JScript IntelliSense: Working with Ext JS
Ext is great framework for adding rich AJAX interactivity to your web application. Unfortunately, JScript IntelliSense currently has difficulties processing the script and it's not uncommon to see this message: I just wanted to let everyone know that Read More...
ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview 2 (Mix 2008) Resources
I am attempting to compile the relevant resources for ASP.NET MVC Framework Preview 2 at one place so that you will not have to keep searching around... ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Download Location: Preview 2 Download (English-US) - Microsoft.com download Read More...
ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration Walkthrough
Vishal’s earlier blog post, ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration , outlined the motivation and steps for registering a third party test framework for use with ASP.NET MVC Applications. " In lines with best practices one of the goals of this new ASP.NET Read More...
JScript Debugging: Made easy with IE8
The feature I'm most excited about in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is ironically one you might not notice at all. Problem If you're reading this, you probably know (and are still untangling the double-negative logic of) the "Disable script debugging" option Read More...
Announcing Japanese release of Web Deployment Projects 2008
Last month we released RTW version of Web Deployment Projects (WDP) 2008. You can read more about this release by clicking here . After getting this ENU release together our Redmond team and Japanese team got together to work on the Japanese version of Read More...
Downloadable Hotfix: Performance and Editor fixes for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web Developer Express 2008
We have received a great deal of feedback on VS 2008 and VWD 2008. Thank you for all the feedback. We have looked at the feedback carefully and selected some critical issues around performance and editor usage to fix in this hotfix. This article talks Read More...
JScript IntelliSense: Handling Errors
I often get the question “Why isn’t IntelliSense working?”. The most common cause is an error in one of the referenced scripts. If there was an IntelliSense update error, the status bar will tell you. Given this situation, the Error List will complement Read More...
Announcing RTW version of Visual Studio 2008 Web Deployment Projects (WDP)
In December 2007, we had released Community Technology Preview (CTP) version of VS 2008 Web Deployment Projects... Thanks a ton to all of you in the community for being so active in adopting and trying the CTP versions of WDP... Since the December CTP Read More...
Tips & Tricks: Web Server Settings for Web Application Projects now can be stored per user as well as per project
Web server settings, which are accessible inside Web Application Projects (WAPs) property pages (Web section) allow you to specify settings associated to to Visual Studio Development Server or IIS. Many a times in a team development environment it is Read More...
Spell checker update 2.1: a few bug fixes and couple of new features
Bug fixes: <param>Text</param> was not handled correctly. Comments in <% %> blocks were not included in spell checking. Spell checking terminated prematurely under certain conditions after encountering <% %> block. REM VB comments Read More...
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