Visual studio professional 2015 overview

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• #2: Talking Points Introduce yourself to the audience Explain that you will be doing an overview of the product and not a deep dive. Depending on the event there will be other sessions to learn more about the topic.
• #3: Talking Points Software has moved from traditional IT scenarios to being the core of all businesses including non-software businesses. Software has changed from moving electrons to moving atoms With software being everywhere and impacting every business, we had to revisit how software is developed.
• #4: Talking Points Today we will focus on the newest version of Visual Studio Professional which has been designed for individual developers and small teams
• #5: Talking Points Visual Studio 2015 helps every developer and development team create every type of app in 3 ways: Support for creating apps on any platform Get more done faster so you can achieve more Provide the solutions for teams to be agile in how they collaborate and deliver software
• #6: Talking Points This is just an overview of the areas that we are going to discuss under the “any platform” pillar Cordova http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/12/17/build-and-run-using-cordova-cli.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/01/12/visual-studio-tools-for-apache-cordova-and-the-remote-mac-agent.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/12/04/ios-build-amp-debugging-with-the-visual-studio-tools-for-apache-cordova.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/11/13/tools-for-apache-cordova-update-ios-debugging-amp-windows-8-1-support.aspx
• #7: Talking Points First section we are going to cover is “target any device” Cordova http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/12/17/build-and-run-using-cordova-cli.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/01/12/visual-studio-tools-for-apache-cordova-and-the-remote-mac-agent.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/12/04/ios-build-amp-debugging-with-the-visual-studio-tools-for-apache-cordova.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/11/13/tools-for-apache-cordova-update-ios-debugging-amp-windows-8-1-support.aspx
• #8: Talking Points Developing apps is difficult due to the variety of devices and platforms to target. There also different ways to target apps for these platforms.
• #9: Talking Points As developers targeting multiple platforms we often have to choose between rich user experiences per device and a single user experience that works across devices Rich experiences .NET can be used for targeting Windows devices The same .NET skills can be used for creating rich user experiences targeting iOS and Android as well using Xamarin You can also use your native Breadth of devices HTML/CSS/JavaScript are used to create web based applications that can be viewed in a browser The same web skills can be used to create hybrid apps for iOS, Android and Windows using Apache Cordova Desktop reassurance WPF core investments Access to modern features Common distribution Easier transition to Store apps Optimize for devices Universal apps and native compilation Cross-device Windows, iOS, Android native apps (thru Xamarin) Modern web Productive HTML5 development Highly interactive web with JavaScript and TypeScript Ready for Enterprise LOB apps and cloud modernization Embrace hybrid apps Cordova tooling support built on existing Modern Web support in Visual Studio and TypeScript. Android, iOS support including the entire developer flow.
• #10: Talking Points Apache Cordova tooling in Visual Studio 2015 support you to create hybrid apps for Android, iOS and Windows Highlight some of the topics here that would be good for your audience Background Information Here is additional information to learn about the mentioned capabilities Mobile app development for web developers: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/10/14/mobile-apps-for-web-developers.aspx Build and Run using Cordova CLI: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/12/17/build-and-run-using-cordova-cli.aspx Apache Ripple: http://ripple.incubator.apache.org/
• #11: Talking Points This slide covers some of the key points of using Xamarin with .NET
• #12: Talking Points Shared Projects and Partial Classes Leveraged partial classes ‘partial’ keyword indicates other parts of the class may be defined elsewhere Why not use interfaces? Separate cross-platform code from platform-specific code [click] Cross-platform and platform-specific code separated across multiple files Functionally equivalent to a single file with #if platform, but easier to manage Portable Class Libraries Portable class libraries are projects that target multiple frameworks and build to a binary that can be consumed by projects targeting one of those frameworks. Simple as new Portable Library, check the appropriate frameworks, click OK. Key thing here is the single binary. PCL have been out for a few years, but only within the past year have the Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android frameworks become possible targets. Xamarin and Microsoft worked together to make this possible. Not dynamic, uses profiles Not compatible with partial classes, which must not span binaries
• #13: Talking Points Many organizations have large C++ code bases for their desktop apps. Instead of starting fresh for your mobile apps you can port your C++ to mobile platforms with minimal work. Points on the slides cover some of the details. Background Information Clang: is the front end compiler for LLVM http://clang.llvm.org/ LLVM is the collective name for modular and reusable compiler toolchain technologies http://www.llvm.org/ Debugging C++ in VS2015: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/11/12/debugging-c-code-on-android-with-visual-studio-2015.aspx C++ in VS 2015: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/11/12/visual-studio-2015-preview-now-available.aspx Cross-platform mobile development: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/11/12/cross-platform-mobile-development-with-visual-c.aspx Talking Points Many organizations have critical code bases written in C++ that they would like to bring forward to mobile platforms. Instead of re-implementing the code in a different language, cross-platform C++ supports you to move your code forward. Cross-platform with C++ Focus is on supporting libraries and not UI Works with iOS and Android compatible technologies including Clang and LLVM plus LLDB/GDB for debugging Why customers will care? Developers can build C++ libraries that execute on multiple targets: Windows Desktop, Windows-Store, Windows-Phone, iOS and Android. Developers get all the software they require, together with easy options to track and update that software. Developers have a fully integrated solution all the way from code authoring to build, deploy and debug, with the full richness of the Visual Studio experience. Developers can build, debug and use C++ libraries from a C#/Xamarin app. Intellisense highlights the differences between
• #14: Talking Points With the Android Emulator you get a great emulator for testing your Android apps. It includes a variety of capabilities so you can use your app in the emulator as if you were using a physical device. After you launch the emulator you can use it outside of Visual Studio Background Visual Studio Emulator for Android: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/11/12/introducing-visual-studio-s-emulator-for-android.aspx
• #15: Talking Points Develop apps for the next version of Windows, Windows 10 using your existing skills. There are a variety of new capabilities to create great user experiences including natural user interfaces and to provide the best experience on a given device. https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/teams/TechSeriesDocs/Tech%20Series%20Docs%202/2015-01%20-%20Win10%20Dev%20Pitch%20Deck.pptx?web=1 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2015/03/23/visual-studio-tools-for-windows-10-technical-preview.aspx http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/03/23/windows-10-developer-tooling-preview-now-available-to-windows-insiders/
• #16: Talking Points This slide is a transition into web and cloud app development ASP.NET 5 Overview: http://www.asp.net/vnext/overview/aspnet-vnext/aspnet-5-overview Grunt and Bower in VS2015: http://www.asp.net/vnext/overview/aspnet-vnext/grunt-and-bower-in-visual-studio-2015 Additional background: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/06/03/asp-net-vnext-in-visual-studio-14-ctp.aspx New things in ASP.NET vNext: http://www.tugberkugurlu.com/archive/exciting-things-about-asp-net-vnext-series-the-ultimate-guide ASP.NET vNext in Dev14 CTP: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/06/03/asp-net-vnext-in-visual-studio-14-ctp.aspx
• #17: Talking Points ASP.NET 5 has been designed from top to bottom to be ready for cloud deployments by reducing the memory footprint and increasing the throughput. Manage client-side development Use Bower to manage your client side packages for JavaScript and CSS libraries Grunt manages automation tasks like mini-fication, unit testing, etc., so you can focus on non-repetitive tasks NPM is the package manager for JavaScript that is used by Bower and Grunt Dependency management Adding dependencies is now as easy as adding the dependency to project.json. NuGet Package Manager handles the rest IntelliSense support to find available NuGet packages
• #18: Talking Points In November 2014 Microsoft announced a new era of enabling .NET cloud developers to build .NET cloud applications on multiple platforms. Microsoft is continuing this vision by making ASP.NET cross-platform and open.
• #19: Talking Points Visual Studio 2015 has improved support for your HTML editing. HTML Editor New editor functionality Recognizes {{…}} syntax in HTML templates to eliminate false errors in popular frameworks (e.g., Angular, Django, and more) TODO/HACK comments for to do list in code Support for custom elements to avoid validation errors Support for the <picture> element to show different pictures depending on the dimensions of the browser UI framework Angular directives/attributes and bootstrap CSS classes now show a framework specific icon in IntelliSense JSON Editor Editor improvements for better coding Detects duplicates to avoid common coding errors IntelliSense support for Bower and NPM packages directly in the JSON editor Context menu for long arrays support un-minify to see the details Reload cached schemas to stay up-to-date Performance improvements JSON schemas now load asynchronously and child schemas are now cached to provide a faster JSON editing experience Background Information Editor details: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/11/12/announcing-asp-net-features-in-visual-studio-2015-preview-and-vs2013-update-4.aspx
• #20: Talking Points The cloud brings many benefits to developers including removing infrastructure management and capital expenditures from being key concerns. However, it also introduces new development patterns and application profiles. With the Azure SDK you will have the templates, code analysis tools and remote debuggers to take advantage of the cloud quickly. Background Information Azure SDK 2.5: http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/11/12/announcing-azure-sdk-2-5-for-net-and-visual-studio-2015-preview Azure SDK 2.6: https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/ConnectOn-Demand/240
• #21: Talking Points As part of the development process you might need to access a variety of different sources. With Visual Studio 2015 you get single sign-on support to Azure Active Directory and connect to multiple Azure accounts simultaneously. Background Information Azure SDK 2.5: http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/11/12/announcing-azure-sdk-2-5-for-net-and-visual-studio-2015-preview
• #23: Talking Points Integrate data from the cloud into your application. Connect to a variety of sources including Salesforce and Office 365 to provide more data to your application’s users. Also explore your big data with HDInsight Server Explorer directly in Visual Studio. Background Information http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/11/12/announcing-azure-sdk-2-5-for-net-and-visual-studio-2015-preview
• #26: Talking Points Switching between tabs, apps or computers are just some of the ways that you can lose context and become less effective while coding. Visual Studio 2015 provides the right data in context and also has roaming settings so that you can stay in the zone. Background Information PerfTips: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/08/18/perftips-performance-information-at-a-glance-while-debugging-with-visual-studio.aspx Light Bulbs: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-preview-vs.aspx Settings and roaming: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Connect-event-2014/710
• #27: Talking Points Waiting until runtime to find basic issues with your code is inefficient and could be problematic if you have to redesign a chunk of it. With Live Code Analysis tools you can identify issues while coding so they can be addressed right away. When you are debugging at runtime use breakpoint configurations to customize break conditions so you can be as granular as you need to be. Background Information VS 2015 Preview: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-preview-vs.aspx Writing your own live code analyzer: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn879356.aspx Code analysis for Azure: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.CodeAnalysis/0.2.0-beta New breakpoint configuration experience: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/10/06/new-breakpoint-configuration-experience.aspx
• #28: Talking Points How users interact with your application is important. They expect clean and intuitive interfaces. With Blend integration in Visual Studio you have the tools and Visual Studio consistency for editing and previewing XAML. Background Information Blend for Visual Studio 2015: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/11/13/blend-for-visual-studio-2015-preview.aspx
• #30: Talking Points .NET has evolved greatly recently to meet the needs of the variety of application patterns and platforms that need to be supported today. There are two key parts to .NET Core is a modular development stack so you can focus on only what you need for a smaller footprint. It is also cross-platform and can be run side-by-side with other verions of .NET Framework is the full .NET implements which is great for rich desktop applications Background Information Introducing .NET Core: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/12/04/introducing-net-core.aspx NET Core is open source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/11/12/net-core-is-open-source.aspx .NET Core is essentially a fork of the NET Framework whose implementation is also optimized around factoring concerns. Even though the scenarios of .NET Native (touch based devices) and ASP.NET 5 (server side web development) are quite different, we were able to provide a unified Base Class Library (BCL).
• #31: Talking Points C# and Visual Basic continue to evolve to support developers to get more done faster. With the .NET Compiler Platform there is a standard technology to provide consistent innovation and tooling support. Background Information New features in C# 6: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/csharpfaq/archive/2014/11/20/new-features-in-c-6.aspx New features in VB 14: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vbteam/archive/2014/12/09/new-language-features-in-visual-basic-14.aspx F# in Visual Studio 2015: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/fsharpteam/archive/2014/11/12/announcing-a-preview-of-f-4-0-and-the-visual-f-tools-in-vs-2015.aspx
• #32: Talking Points As the C++ language continues to evolve support for the language gets updated in Visual Studio. We continue to add/improve support across C++ 11 & 14 Background Information Visual C++ language features: http://www.visualstudio.com/news/vs2015-preview-vs#C++ Detailed chart of C++ support: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2014/11/17/c-11-14-17-features-in-vs-2015-preview.aspx
• #33: Talking Points TypeScript simplifies writing JavaScript code by providing a typed language that compiles to standard JavaScript. JavaScript code is TypeScript so you can use JavaScript code and libraries.
• #35: Talking Points We added CodeLens to Visual Studio Professional 2015 so that users have access to the in-context information that helps developers stay in the zone. New in CodeLens with this release are file level indicators and support for these on additional file types. Background Information File level indicators: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/02/25/codelens-file-activity-and-history-now-available-for-c-javascript-and-sql-files-stored-in-git.aspx
• #38: Talking Points Even small teams can have trouble staying on top of the work that needs to be done. With the team collaboration benefits provided in your Visual Studio subscription (Team Foundation Server / Visual Studio Team Services) you get access to a great solution for keeping your team productive. Some ALM areas you can discuss that are accessible to Professional are: Agile Portfolio management work item charting backlog management sprint planning kanban board agile task boards work item tracking
• #40: Talking Points Once the work is defined, keeping the core and extended teams in sync become critical. The team collaboration benefits (Team Foundation Server / Visual Studio Team Services) included in your Visual Studio subscription give a lot of options to help manage your work. Some areas that you can discuss are: team (chat) rooms reporting & bi system center integration version control (Git or TFVC) code comments on changesets or git commits build automation
• #42: Talking Points The next generation build system will enable teams to more easily create custom build workflows by introducing reusable tasks and leverages a lightweight, web-based authoring environment. This build system will also be capable of building code from external systems such as GitHub by leveraging the REST API’s and service hooks infrastructure available in Visual Studio Team Services. Finally, a new cross-platform build agent will allow teams to run builds on non-Windows machines. This makes it possible for the first time to build on Linux machines and for iOS / OS X by running builds on Macs. Background Information This will be previewed at BUILD but will not be available until a few weeks afterwards. Depending on when you give this presentation you should check to see if this feature is available.
• #43: Talking Points The benefits of Visual Studio Professional with MSDN or Visual Studio Professional annual cloud subscriptions are not limited to the IDE. In your subscriber benefits you get a lot of resources for learning, team collaboration and platforms to develop on. If you have a Visual Studio subscription and have not activated it, do so now so you can take advantage of the great benefits waiting for you.
• #44: Talking Points In addition to Visual Studio Professional with MSDN (“standard subscriptions”) and standalone Visual Studio Professional 2015 purchases we are offering a new cloud subscription for purchasing Visual Studio. Visual Studio standard subscriptions will remain the best option for customers who prefer perpetual software licenses, who have long-term software development needs, or who need the option to operate in fully offline development environments without Internet access. For our customers buying through volume licensing, standard subscriptions will remain the most cost effective way to get access to Visual Studio. There is no plan to discontinue selling standard subscriptions (Visual Studio Enterprise with MSDN, Visual Studio Professional with MSDN, etc.) and they will continue to be available through Microsoft Volume Licensing resellers and the Microsoft Store online.
• #46: Talking Points With Visual Studio 2015 we simplified our IDE product line up to Professional and Enterprise For larger teams or when a state-of-the-art IDE is needed to create Enterprise scale applications, consider using Visual Studio Enterprise 2015.
• #47: Talking Points You can see how Visual Studio 2015 has the platform support, productivity and team collaboration support to accomplish your needs.
• #48: Talking Points We will take some time for questions before we wrap up the presentation.
• #49: Talking Points Thank you for attending this session and you can download a trial of Visual Studio Professional 2015 to evaluate some of the capabilities that we discussed here.