Having access to a command-line interpreter during application development can be a lifesaver, whether you're running commands, using command-line Git, deploying builds, or even managing remote ...

No secrets here, as features and updates of the suite have been portioned out in public testing in the months and weeks up to the launch. So much of what's new in this morning's announcements have to ...

It is now a full 20-years since Microsoft first offered its Visual Studio software development product to the market. Still then, with a new release in 2017, the focus is very much on how the firm can ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9, with improvements for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) development and C++ debugging. For UWP, the Windows 10 Insider Preview SDK now is ...

Just over 20 years have passed since Microsoft first shipped Visual Studio, which bundled development environments for C++, Visual Basic, and its Java dialect J++. Since then, the languages have ...

Two years ago, when I reviewed Visual Studio 2015, I came away thinking that Microsoft’s IDE had become the most complicated product ever, and Microsoft would have to simplify it in the future. I was ...

Microsoft is making Visual Studio 2017 generally available for download today, March 7. Developers can download the latest VS release here and the VS 2017 release notes are here. Microsoft supports ...

As promised, Microsoft today launched Visual Studio 2017, the latest version of the company's integrated development environment (IDE) -- you can download it now from visualstudio.com. At the same ...