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Free ebook: Managing Agile Open-Source Software Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio Online

April 22, 2015 Apr 22, 2015 04/22/15
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Agile, Open-Source, and Visual Studio Online are all topics that quickly peak the interest of modern developers.  This month, Microsoft Press announced a new ebook, freely available for download, from some of the leading minds in this space.  The ALM Rangers are a special group for several reasons. Not only are they innovative and focused on...

What’s next for Developers in 2015?

January 7, 2015 Jan 7, 2015 01/7/15
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2015 is positioned to be an exciting year for developers.  Considering the momentum around announcements at Connect and with Build 2015 right around the corner, now is a good time to be thinking about modernization and cloud strategy.  If you haven’t significantly revised the way you build apps and run development projects in the last few...

Enable C++ and Javascript project system tracing

June 7, 2012 Jun 7, 2012 06/7/12
Andrew Arnott
I’ve previously posted on how to enable logging in the C++ project system in Visual Studio 2010.  In Visual Studio 2012 we’ve changed the way the Common Project System (aka “CPS”) emits trace messages so below I introduce an updated xml snippet that works in Visual Studio 2012.  Since CPS is now the project system driving JavaScript ...

Visual C++ 2012 Debugger Extensibility

June 5, 2012 Jun 5, 2012 06/5/12
Andrew Arnott
Back in Visual C++ 2010 we introduced debugger extensibility so that third party vendors can either add new debugger engines or new ways of launching existing debugger engines for C++ projects.  In Visual C++ 2012 this debugger extensibility has been updated.  Any previous extensions that were compiled against Visual C++ 2010 will...

VC++ Debugger Extensibility

February 12, 2010 Feb 12, 2010 02/12/10
Andrew Arnott
Visual C++ 2010 includes a debugger extensibility point that makes it easy for people who have written their own debuggers, or wish to modify the way existing debuggers are launched, to do so.Check out the Visual C++ Debugger Launch Extension project template on the Visual Studio Gallery to get started...

Visual Studio trick to quickly find any file in solution

August 2, 2008 Aug 2, 2008 08/2/08
Andrew Arnott
You know that Find text box in the toolbar of Visual Studio?  Those of us who are keyboard-inclined probably never use it because Ctrl+F is quicker than moving your hand to the mouse.  But there is a hidden gem of a feature inside it that really makes me feel like a power user that I wanted to share. That find box doubles as a ...