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Visual Studio 2017 + VS Code: Chapter 2 – Biggest User Gripes
Visual Studio 2017 is a great step forward for developer productivity. Visual Studio Code is the new lightweight IDE for writing code. Find out who should be using it, what features it has and how it compares to VS 2017 in terms of coding C#. To see what got fixed in VS 2017 and what…
Visual Studio 2017 + VS Code: Chapter 1 – History
Visual Studio 2017 is a great step forward for developer productivity. Take a trip down memory lane and see all the important features from VS 2002 and Web Forms to VS 2015 and Rosyln. You can really see how the VS team have ramped up the release frequency and features over the last few years.…
What’s New in Visual Studio 2017 + VS Code | Adam Cogan
Visual Studio 2017 is a great step forward for developer productivity. Thanks to a new/refreshing/cool/awesome change of attitude, Microsoft is embracing the winning tools in the development space and is building them into the next version of Visual Studio. The open sourcing of .NET Core and ASP.NET Core along with the release of the free…
Test & Feedback (was Exploratory Testing) Chrome extension 2017 – Adam Cogan’s interview with Product Owner Ravi Shanker – Microsoft Seattle
Ravi Shanker and Adam Cogan talk about the test improvements in Visual Studio Team Services and the Chrome Exploratory Testing extension. Ravi demos some impressive new features like screenshots and performance reports that are attached to Bug Work Items. They finish off with the new VSTS metrics screen, which tracks tests and outcomes. Related rule:…
Exploratory Testing Chrome extension 2016 – Adam Cogan’s interview with Product Owner Ravi Shanker – Microsoft Seattle
Ravi Shanker and Adam Cogan talks about the new Chrome Exploratory Testing extension for Visual Studio The extension use various capture formats- notes, screenshots with annotations, user action logs, and videos. Test your applications on real devices using cloud providers like Perfecto, or test them on browser-based emulators. Related links: Do you do exploratory testing?…
Mastering ReSharper | Dev SuperPowers Episode #18 | Danijel Malik
Being a great professional requires from you to write high quality code and being fast at the same time. Unless you have a great toolset this certainly isn’t an easy task. Luckily the market is full of extensions for Visual Studio which can boost your productivity. One of those tools is ReSharper. In this session…
How to build your own Visual Studio Extension | Dev Superpowers Episode #14 | Danijel Malik
Visual Studio is an awesome development tool, but what really makes it great are the extensions you can find in the Visual Studio Gallery. You’ve at least heard about ReSharper, WebEssentials, JustCode and tools that can make your life a little bit simpler. Now what if you wanted to write something of your own, where…
Scott Allen on the History of Visual Studio
Book Adam Now In this video, SSW’s Adam Cogan talks with Scott Allen on the history of Visual Studio. Which version of Visual Studio are you on?
What’s new in Visual Studio 2015 and ALM 2015 with Adam Cogan
Book Adam Now Visual Studio 2015 is going to be a huge change for both windows and non-windows developers. Thanks to a new/refreshing/cool/awesome change of attitude, Microsoft is embracing the winning tools in the development space and is building them into the next version of Visual Studio. The open sourcing of .NET Core 5 and…