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The easiest way to file bugs and send error logs for Visual Studio 2015

May 5, 2015 May 5, 2015 05/5/15
Charles Sterling
Just had one me my best MVPs send the event logs and memory dump of a Visual Studio Issue he ran into…It is no wonder I love these guys. Unfortunately he sent these logs to the entire development team….of which only a small % work on the shell.   While I still love the guy I also wanted to point out there is a far better (and much ...

Visual Studio Online Process Customization

May 4, 2015 May 4, 2015 05/4/15
Aaron Bjork
It's been a long time coming, but I'm excited to let you know that process customization for Visual Studio Online (VSO) is right around the corner. In this post I want to take a few minutes to explain our roadmap and what you can expect over the next few months. Private Preview We’ve heard loud and clear that customers desire ...

Extensions for Visual Studio Online, REST APIs for TFS 2015 RC, and more from Build 2015

April 30, 2015 Apr 30, 2015 04/30/15
Will Smythe
It has been a busy two days here at Build 2015 in San Francisco. Lots of announcements by Microsoft overall, and lots of great stuff for developers (across all platforms). Oh, and if you didn’t feel a little giddy after seeing the HoloLens demo, you should definitely check your pulse. I want to cover some of the integration and ...

Load Test Enhancements in Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise edition

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15
Charles Sterling
What an amazing day.  Today we announced the release candidate to Visual Studio 2015..and it has a ton of new features.  If you haven’t already seen the news make sure and check out the following resources: In addition to downloading Visual Studio 2015 Release Candidate (RC), .NET Framework 4.6, Team Foundation Server 2015 RC, and...

Code maps now differentiate test projects, and bring code context into map elements

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15
Mathew Aniyan MSFT
Today Soma announced the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2015. It adds two useful improvements to the Code Maps feature, which can make it easier to create better designs and architectures for your applications. The first improvement is in the way that code maps display and interpret test assets within solutions. The second improvement is ...

What’s new in CodeLens for Visual Studio 2015 RC?

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15
Importer
On April 17, 2015, we announced the General Availability of CodeLens in Visual Studio Online. However, the biggest news by far is that, in addition to Visual Studio Enterprise, CodeLens is now available in Visual Studio Professional 2015. (image) This is one of the top requests we’ve had from customers. It received 3,461 votes on user ...

Visual Studio Emulator for Android in VS2015 RC

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15
John Kemnetz
Since our initial launch of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android, we’ve worked quickly to deliver on top feature requests, adding in support for hot-ticket items such as OpenGL ES 2.0, Lollipop, multi-touch, and advanced camera simulation. Today we’re announcing two more features to help you debug and test your Android apps on ...

Walkthrough of Live Debugging using IntelliTrace in Visual Studio 2015 (Social Club)

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15
Angelos Petropoulos
In this blog post I am going to walk you through fixing a bug using IntelliTrace in Visual Studio 2015. If you haven’t done so already, check out the announcement of IntelliTrace in Visual Studio 2015 which gives you an overview of IntelliTrace and its UI. You can see this walkthrough as a video here (demo start at 1m30s). The ...

Diagnosing Event Handler Leaks with the Memory Usage Tool in Visual Studio 2015

April 29, 2015 Apr 29, 2015 04/29/15
Charles Willis (MSFT)
Memory Usage tool in the Diagnostics Tool window In Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 we introduced the new debugger-integrated diagnostics tools, including the Memory Usage tool. For the first time, you could investigate memory growth on the managed heap without leaving everyone’s favorite tool, the debugger. Based on your feedback, we’ve been ...