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MSBuild is now part of Visual Studio!

Visual Studio Blog July 24, 2013 Jul 24, 2013 07/24/13

We made a number of exciting changes to MSBuild for Visual Studio 2013, including rethinking the fundamental relationship between MSBuild, Visual Studio, and the .NET Framework. MSBuild has shipped as a component of the .NET framework since it was first introduced in 2005 with .NET 2.0, despite the fact that it is, first and foremost, a ...

Visual Studio 2013 Diagnostics Investments

Daniel Moth July 18, 2013 Jul 18, 2013 07/18/13

this post, and the posts it links to have been updated for VS 2013 RTM - enjoy!Hi, I am Daniel Moth, a Program Manager in Visual Studio. I don’t know about you, but I usually spend more time (and more fun time in fact!) in the debugger than I do in actually constructing my app. Perhaps that is the reason I also work on the Visual ...

JavaScript Editor Improvements in Visual Studio 2013 Preview

Visual Studio Blog July 16, 2013 Jul 16, 2013 07/16/13

[Updated 10/18/2013] The JavaScript navigation was removed from the final release of Visual Studio 2013. The decision to do this was difficult and driven by a need to optimize stability and performance after we received feedback from many of you working with the Preview and RC versions of this feature. We also heard some great feedback ...

Visual Studio 2013 Preview Survey

Visual Studio Blog July 15, 2013 Jul 15, 2013 07/15/13

It’s been 2 weeks since we released Visual Studio 2013 Preview, and we’d like to hear what you think about it. Let us know your impressions by taking the Visual Studio 2013 Preview survey.We do these surveys with most of our releases, and they help us gain deep insights on how we are doing with core areas such as quality,  ...

Visual Studio 2013 New Editor Features

Visual Studio Blog July 15, 2013 Jul 15, 2013 07/15/13

[10/31/2013 : Updates to these features can be found in the latest post on Updates to Visual Studio 2013 Editor Enhancements] In Visual Studio 2013, we have introduced new features that boost productivity and save time when working inside the Editor. Some of these are new features and some are the most popular extensions from Productivity ...

Overview of Related Files in Blend

Visual Studio Blog July 12, 2013 Jul 12, 2013 07/12/13

Related Files is a feature available in both Blend for Visual Studio 2012 and Blend for Visual Studio 2013 Preview. In this post, I’ll describe how this feature works and how to make the best of it when designing your Windows Store app in HTML. When you are performing styling-related tasks in an HTML document, it is common (if not, ...

The Story of Synchronized Settings

Visual Studio Blog July 3, 2013 Jul 3, 2013 07/3/13

As you may have read in our post about signing into Visual Studio 2013, one benefit of signing in is the ability to roam your product’s settings across machines. In this post I’ll tell you more about the Synchronized Settings feature. When looking at feedback from customers or requests for new features that enhance productivity, a few ...

Visual Studio Performance – Providing Feedback

Visual Studio Blog July 2, 2013 Jul 2, 2013 07/2/13

With VS 2013 Preview now available for download, we’re excited to share how we’ve been using the feedback and data you’ve shared with us to drive performance improvements to Visual Studio.   In this first post, we’ll walk through how we’re prioritizing and scheduling performance investments based on your feedback, and outline the ...

Welcome. Sign in to Visual Studio.

Visual Studio Blog June 28, 2013 Jun 28, 2013 06/28/13

Applications today are leveraging the cloud to deliver personalized experiences and offer new capabilities. So it’s no surprise the tool used to build those applications is also putting the connected developer at the center of the IDE. In Visual Studio 2012, a few features already offered connected experiences that brought online ...

What’s new in Visual Studio 2013 Preview for authoring Windows Store XAML apps

Visual Studio Blog June 27, 2013 Jun 27, 2013 06/27/13

Today at BUILD we announced the availability of Visual Studio 2013 and Blend that brings forward significant advances for authoring XAML-based Windows Store apps for Windows 8.1. This post describes some of the new experiences we are excited to bring to you. In follow up posts, we will describe each of these experiences in greater detail &...