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Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 released

Unknown's avatar on May 12, 2014

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The final release of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 is now available.  Update 2 brings dozens of significant new features to Visual Studio developers, including tools for Windows Phone 8.1 and universal Windows apps.

You can find a detailed list of included fixes in the associated Support article.

You can download VS2013.2 now or wait for it to show up in the Visual Studio Notifications.

Enjoy!

References

Mobile-first, Cloud-first Development – Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 released, Visual Studio Apache Cordova Tooling preview and the future of .NET for Cloud and Server

Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 CTP2, Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2 RC and TypeScript 1.0 RC

Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 RC: Windows Phone 8.1 Tools, Shared Projects and Universal Windows Apps

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JSON Debugger Visualizer in Visual Studio 2013

Unknown's avatar on May 12, 2014

With the introduction of Update 2 for Visual Studio 2013, there is a new debug visualizer for JSON.

The new debugger string visualizer displays JSON encoded strings in a treeview control and allows meaningful user interaction like search and highlight, copy key value pairs and copy path.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/02/06/json-debugger-visualizer-in-visual-studio-2013.aspx

Enjoy!

Reference

JSON Debugger Visualizer in Visual Studio 2013

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Internet Explorer F12 Developer Tools Overview

Unknown's avatar on January 27, 2014

The following is a great post with a great overview to the Developer Tools found in Internet Explorer 12.

“As web developers we need tools that enable us to  inspect and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as monitor page load performance, and UI responsiveness. The IE F12 tools were rebuilt from the ground up, providing features to accomplish all these tasks and more, taking into account tons of feedback from developers. Below are some of these new features seen in version 11 and here is a complete list of what’s new in F12 Tools.

  • Clean, modern, user interface.
  • New UI Responsiveness, Memory, and Emulation tools.
  • DOM Explorer, Console, and familiar tools are updated to enable an easier and faster workflow

In previous versions of the dev tools, there was a menu. Some items have moved to various parts of the IE F12 developer tools. For example, the Browser Mode options that were once part of the menu are now the Emulation tab. Let’s take a quick look at each tool in the toolset and what it can do for you.”

See more at: http://rachelappel.com/internet-explorer-f12-developer-tools-overview#sthash.0TEdP6UP.dpuf

Enjoy

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Rehypothecation – What Really Happened to the German Gold Housed in the United States?

Unknown's avatar on January 22, 2014

Good video on what’s going on with the gold situation.

http://goldsilver.com/video/rehypothecation-what-really-happened-to-the-german-gold-housed-in-the-united-states/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Gold++Silver+Weekly+-+1212014&utm_content=Gold++Silver+Weekly+-+1212014+CID_226eb7cbe2793e0c9ba19e766ae00188&utm_source=GoldSilver%20Email%20Marketing&utm_term=read%20more

Enjoy!

Mobile

Microsoft Store website finally has Surface 2 tablets back in stock in Canada

Unknown's avatar on January 20, 2014

http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/html/pbPage.PDPS/productID.286922400?WT.mc_id=surface_RTM_surface2

Surface2BackInStock

However I still see that the Touch Cover 2 are out of stock (in Canada). Sad smile

Image via Microsoft

References

http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-store-website-finally-has-surface-2-tablets-back-in-stock

Development

Visual Studio 2013 Update 1 Now Available

Unknown's avatar on January 20, 2014

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Visual Studio 2013 Update 1

 

Visual Studio 2013 Update 1 is now available to download and is primarily focused on bug fixes.

“This is a targeted update, addressing some key areas of customer feedback since the Visual Studio 2013 release.  For example, we heard your feedback about running Visual Studio in environments without IE10+, and have made several improvements to this experience in Update 1.” – S. Somasegar

You can find a detailed list of included fixes in the associated Support article.

You can download VS2013.1 now or wait for it to show up in the Visual Studio Notifications.

References

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2014/01/20/visual-studio-2013-update-1.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2911573

Development

CodeRush Shortcut Keys Update

Unknown's avatar on January 20, 2014

Came across a great post by Mark Miller for an update to the CodeRush shortcut cheat sheet. It’s available in both PDF and PowerPoint.

CodeRushShortcuts1_0F3A625DCodeRushShortcuts2_55B75265

Enjoy

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An Introduction to Windows Azure Service Bus Brokered Messaging

Unknown's avatar on January 7, 2014

Here is a great post by Mike Wood over on simple talk about Windows Azure Service Bus Brokered Messaging.

Enjoy!

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How to get your ASP.NET application working in IE11

Unknown's avatar on January 6, 2014

Excellent post on Telerik blog on how to update your server to recognize IE11:

http://blogs.telerik.com/blogs/13-12-19/how-to-get-your-asp.net-application-working-in-ie11

Enjoy!

Development

Using Code Compare – Integration with TortoiseSVN

Unknown's avatar on December 23, 2013

One of the tools I use for development is Code Compare from Devart, which allows me to easily and efficiently compare source code, whether it’s a file or a folder comparison. This tool rocks and they have a free version to boot!

Ok so what is Code Compare?

Code Compare is a free tool designed to compare and merge differing files and folders. Code Compare integrates with all popular source control systems: TFS, SVN, Git, Mercurial, and Perforce. Code Compare is shipped both as a standalone file diff tool and a Visual Studio extension.

Code Compare introduces the concept of Code Orientation, ultimately making it stand out from competitive file diff software. The concept implies syntax highlighting, similar lines detection as well as unique structure and lexical comparison algorithms. The file compare tool takes into account language specifics, which allows comparing sources in several of the most popular programming languages as code!

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Integration with TortoiseSVN

One of the great benefits about Code Compare is that it can be integrated with a number of version control systems. This means you’re not stuck using the comparison tool that comes with each version control system and you can have a consistent experience across all your comparisons.

I have Code Compare integrated with TortoiseSVN and TFS.

For a list of version control systems that Code Compare can integrate with, checkout the following page.

References

http://www.devart.com/codecompare/
http://www.devart.com/codecompare/integration/
http://www.devart.com/codecompare/integration/integration_tortoisesvn.html

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