Whats new for developers in Visual Studio 2013
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The document discusses new features and improvements in Visual Studio 2013 including a connected IDE, enhanced editor productivity, improved performance and debugging tools, and support for .NET 4.5.1. Specific enhancements mentioned are improved icons, auto brace completion, enhanced scrollbars, peek definition, code map improvements, solution load speed improvements, and cancelable symbol loading. The document also provides links for learning more about what's new in Visual Studio 2013.
Whats new for developers in Visual Studio 2013
- 1. Randy Pagels Developer Tools Technology Specialist
- 2. The connected IDE Themes and visual design Editor productivity IDE performance improvements Performance tools & debugging .NET 4.5.1 enablement
- 4. Sign into the IDE with your Microsoft Account Move seamlessly between your machines Synchronize settings across your devices Get up and running faster
- 5. Keep Visual Studio up-to-date Easily determine what’s important Address later One common location
- 10. Improved icons Line work to better define areas and regions Hover colors Scrollbar states Active/inactive instances Improved experience for high density displays
- 15. Auto brace completion Move lines up and down Enhanced scrollbar New Navigate To experience Peek Definition CodeLens Code Map enhancements Find Dialog integrated into editor Solution Explorer enhancements New project templates And so much more…
- 17. Solution load IDE startup Responsiveness Improvements are driven by data from Customer Experience Improvement program
- 18. Cancelable symbol loading Missed symbol files are recorded Smarter caching Earlier detection of bad symbol paths Ability to trust source server
- 20. One launch point for all profiling tools
- 24. Number 9 all time requested feature on UserVoice! Works exactly the same as for 32-bit applications Client (WPF, WinForms, etc.), Store and ASP .NET WAP projects are supported For WAP projects, need to enable Edit & Continue in Project Properties
- 26. Now available for .NET! Access via Autos window or in the Immediate window ($ReturnValue) Can expand return value in the debugger
- 27. Common question: How did I get here? Supported for Store Apps, Web apps, Desktop apps in W8.1 Enhancements to the Call Stack and Tasks window Visual Studio 2012
- 28. The connected IDE Themes & visual design Editor productivity IDE performance improvements Performance tools & debugging .NET 4.5.1 enablement
- 29. What’s new in VS 2013: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb386063(v=vs.120).aspx Visual Studio blog: blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/ Visual Studio Toolbox on Channel 9: channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox