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Deep Dive into NuGet Native (Part One)

June 18, 2013 Jun 18, 2013 06/18/13
Garrett Serack, MSFT
Howdy! Today I thought I’d start explaining how NuGet supports C/C++ packages under the covers, and look into how one could (theoretically) manually construct a package without using the CoApp PowerShell tools.   As I mentioned before, C/C++ packages built for NuGet didn't require a whole lot of change in NuGet itself—...

New Channel 9 video on the Visual Studio 3D Starter Kit now online

May 24, 2013 May 24, 2013 05/24/13
Jennifer Leaf [MSFT]
If you’re interested in DirectX development, head on over to Channel 9, where there’s a new video about the Visual Studio 3D Starter Kit.  This time, Roberto Sonnino interviews Gokhan Sengun, who’s created the Virtual Experiment Laboratory app, which is the first known app on the Windows Store that was built using the ...

NuGet for C++

April 26, 2013 Apr 26, 2013 04/26/13
Jennifer Leaf [MSFT]
The wait is over.  NuGet support for C++ projects is here.Quick Links• NuGet 2.5 Download page: https://nuget.codeplex.com/releases/view/96733• CoApp’s Powershell Tools Installer to create C++ NuGet packages: http://coapp.org/releases• Some C++ NuGet packages to try out:  http://nuget.org/...

Finding the Visual Studio Command Prompts in Visual Studio 2012

April 19, 2013 Apr 19, 2013 04/19/13
Jennifer Leaf [MSFT]
If you’re using Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8, you may be looking for the Visual Studio Command Prompt shortcuts.  These shortcuts are installed by Visual Studio to run scripts that configure the command line environment to use particular sets of Visual Studio tools, or to use specific versions of the Visual C++ compiler from the ...