Support for cross-origin resource sharing now built in via the ASP.NET Web API.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/29/2014
Version 2.0.0, released earlier this month, contains a bevy usability, functionality, and configurability improvements, as well as rounds up a number of bug fixes.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/24/2014
New security-minded Worker Account capability can be written into iOS, Android and OS X apps.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/23/2014
A few features get fine-tuned, including how Visual Studio Online is able to add a directory to an existing account to better centralize identity management.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/22/2014
Database schema comparisons, security among incremental updates made to this July 2014 release of SSDT.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/21/2014
Microsoft's CEO calls the company a "platforms and productivity" company, and calls for reducing workforce by 18,000, mainly from Nokia acquisition.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/17/2014
CTP 1 of the Microsoft development platform package manager introduces a new package source, speeds up performance and adds a debugger console.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/17/2014
Next up: Developer kits to roll out to early registrants, along with open source code for building Internet of Things-connected apps and devices.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/16/2014
New technology called Apportals aimed at enterprise developers working in healthcare, sales and distributed organizations and requires XAML and C# skills to set up.
MVVM framework for working with Reactive Extensions in the .NET Framework updated to support Universal Windows Phone and Xamarin forms.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/14/2014
The Windows Phone app for creating Windows Phone apps adds a bevy of features for testers to try out, including some design improvements, as well as support for more REST services connections.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/14/2014
Following up the release of Visual Studio "14" CTP a little more than a month ago, Microsoft released another CTP just this week.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/11/2014
Visual Studio Online adds two new features: a free "Stakeholder" license that allows limited accessibility, and access to the Test Hub for those on Visual Studio Online Advanced.
- By Michael Domingo
- 07/11/2014
The final version is expected sometime this summer.
Microsoft and Perfecto Mobile announced new features for mobile app testing in Visual Studio and Microsoft Azure.
The UnityVS add-on allows Unity developers to work within Visual Studio.
It's an effort to shore up potential security weaknesses.
It's been made a project on Github.
An old Silverlight feature is the top vote-getter so far on UserVoice.
A finicky editor takes it for a spin.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/23/2014