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With Microsoft’s latest open source code contribution to the Cocos2d-x project [https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x/pull/12107], Microsoft has enabled Cocos2d-x to run on Windows 10 on the Universal Windows Platform. The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) makes it possible to target all Windows...

Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 RC is a friction free source-code-control, project-management, and team-collaboration platform at the core of the Microsoft suite of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools, which help teams be more agile, collaborate more effectively, and deliver...

Visual Studio Express 2015 RC for Web has the tools to create standards-based, responsive websites, web APIs, or real-time online experiences using ASP.NET. Link Removed

Developing games in Visual Studio 2015 will be easier than ever! Soma announced last week that Microsoft and the Visual Studio team is working very closely three gaming engine developers, so closely that in the future there will be "co-installation" of these engines baked in. As someone who...

Welcome! This document contains a set of articles that introduce the most commonly used JavaScript/frontend web development tools (libraries, task runners, frameworks…). Frontend development ecosystem is growing fast and getting complex, and we hope this brief doc will help you put the pieces...

This week at WinHEC, we were able to talk to silicon, hardware, and device partners about the advances we are making in Windows 10 to simplify building Windows devices, drivers, and apps. Some of the key advances we disclosed this week include: The Windows 10 device platform allows IHVs to...

Today's Visual Studio Extension is more of a "teach you how to fish" kind of extension as anything. As he does so well, Shemeer NS, of Link Removed, has posted another project where he leverages another Control to create a Visual Studio addin that fits just what he needs, showing you all just...

Can I develop Win 8.1 Store App by using VS 2013 Express and Windows software development kit (SDK) 8.1 on My Win 7 Lap top ? Should I install Win 8.1 on My App or Can I Use Win 7 with Above Tools ? Windows software development kit : Link Removed

Windows 8 first released to public in October 26 in 2012 and comes with completely different outlook and user interface. Integrating HTML5 and javascript to develop apps and games for windows 8 make it more attractive for app developer. As usual, Microsoft also releases Windows 8 Tutorial for...

Overview: File Size 2.2mb Office Code Compatibility Inspector (OCCI): Link Removed

Hi. I am working on a small and fast GUI wrapper for game and tool development. It has been a while that i worked with the win32 api. Everything works fine except of the displayed window elements. As you can see in the attached picture, the text looks like Win 3.x ^^. I applied a manifest...

TEL AVIV, Israel, September 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ Newly expanded product line includes independent solutions for Visual Studio, Make & Build tools and development tools The newest version of IncrediBuild [http://www.incredibuild.com ] … Source: Yahoo! News

This short video shows how to use visualization tools in Visual Studio to understand the dependencies and relationships in your code. Link Removed More...

Hello Everyone, I am a computer engineer student who is also learning C lately. I want to start developing an own application. While I was doing a research on the Internet found a site (Ozeki C# VoIP SDK - A SIP SDK for software developers) that has lots of sample programs. As I have seen...

Did you know that .Net 3.5 was already included with Preview and just needs enabling. Although this is due to change for later editions it's still worth noting for now... Reference and full article: Installing the .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Describes an update that is available for Visual Studio 2010 SP1. This update adds support for designing and developing applications that target the .NET Framework 4.0.3 Beta. This update includes update 2599651, update 2599652, and update 2599653. Link Removed

Describes an update that is available for Visual Studio 2010 SP1. This update adds support for designing and developing applications that target the .NET Framework 4.0.2. This update includes update 2544514, update 2544526, and update 2495593. Link Removed

Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack visited the "Open Source Fest" at Mix 11 in Las Vegas just a few months ago. One of the projects that really stood out - amongst the dozens of great projects shown - was Glimpse. Glimpse is a server-side NuGet package that plugs into ASP.NET (and other technologies...

WebMatrix is a new web development tool from Microsoft. Starting from open source web apps, built-in web templates. It’s all-inclusive, simple and best of all free. With this you can creat and customise websites along with the free services like WordPress, Joomla!, DotNetNuke and Orchard...

Mike Barnett and Daryl Zuniga showcase the Code Contracts Editor Extensions. The extensions integrate Code Contracts into the C# intellisense, the Code Definition View and even the editor text itself. Download the Code Contracts Editor Extensions Link Removed coordinates Microsoft's...