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Launching into a new era for Visual Studio

On August 15, 2012 at 10AM Pacific Time, Microsoft announced that MSDN subscribers can download and install Visual Studio 2012.

While Visual Studio 2012 will reach the RTW on August 15, Microsoft will hold a virtual launch event for Visual Studio 2012 on September 12, 2012 from Seattle, WA.

Yow wazzup guys it’s me, ron. So right now, I just want to share with you the newest developer tool Microsoft has just recently released for MSDN subscribers.

For non-MSDN subscribers, .. get one! haha! anyhow, I’ve been receiving a lot of questions regarding this release.. I’ve listed top questions below.. it’s more of like FAQs.. so.. here are my answers 🙂

1. What’s new in Visual Studio 2012?

Visual Studio 2012 includes a lot of updates to simplify development experience, promote team collaboration – and doing it effectively of course 🙂 and reach out and delight end-users across a variety of devices.

2. There has been some changes to the Visual Studio SKUs, what is the current line up?

Yes, there has been a lot of feature that was shuffled within different SKUs. Like for instance, the Microsoft Test Manager is now available in Premium, which was a part of Ultimate and Test Professional. Here are the SKUs for Visual Studio 2012:
– Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate
– Visual Studio 2012 Premium
– Visual Studio 2012 Professional
– Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012
– Visual Studio Test Professional 2012
Express SKUs have also been simplified so developers can focus more on the latest Microsoft platforms.
– Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web
– Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8
– Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Express 2012

3. What is Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)?

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is very different from what we call SDLC or Software Development Life Cycle. These two are different stuff. SDLC only revolves on the development process, whereas ALM revolves on the whole entire cycle. ALM integrates different teams, platforms, and activities, enabling a continuous flow of business value.

 

4. We have a heterogeneous development environment, how do these tools help me?

With Team Explorer Everywhere, you can take advantage of Visual Studio even with non-Microsoft technologies including Java and Eclipse

5. What is the difference between Team Foundation Server and Team Foundation Service?

They both play central role in the Microsoft ALM story. They are like the backbone of the whole thing. The server is an on-premise solution, while the service is a cloud hosted solution. Team Foundation Service is also in a preview stage so it is subject to change before the release

6. How does Windows 8 development differ from developing for Windows 7?

You can develop desktop apps for Windows 8 with the same technologies that are used for Windows 7. However, what’s cool is that you can also develop Windows Store Apps for use on Windows 8 using your choice of .NET, C++, or HTML5 with JavaScript.

7. Is Silverlight no longer supported?

Silverlight has a 10 year mainstream support lifecycle. Microsoft will continue to provide feature updates; bug fixes and security updates for Silverlight

So yeah, a lot to keep in mind right? should you have any more questions, just comment below, and I’ll try my best to answer it 🙂

Have you downloaded Visual Studio 2012 already? how was it so far?

 

August 16, 2012 | Categories: Application Lifecycle Management | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IE9 Site Pinning

yow wazzup guyz its me, ron and welcome to the first episode of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Walkthrough

so today, we are going to focus on Site Pinning. yes you can actually pin websites.. this is one of IE9’s best feature. what i like about site pinning is that you don’t actually need to type the URL of the websites you always go to.

here is a short video of me demonstrating you guyz on how to pin websites.

what i just showed you is on how to pin sites using the user interface of IE9. but how about those programming geeks out there? Web developers actually can take advantage of using site pinning. pinned sites feature interface elements that can be unified with the actual website and overall appearance of the site. since IE9 is using the site-centric approach, Integration with Windows 7 enables new ways for people to experience developer websites using the latest Windows APIs to create all of the features that comes with site pinning like jump lists, icon overlays, and thumbnail preview controls. but we’re getting too general in here. i’m going to just specifically focus on site pinning, all other features mentioned will be discussed further with future episodes of IE9 Walkthrough.

so some of you may ask me, especially developers, “how do you programatically pin sites?” well, heres how, listen up:

you can test this specific functionality by having a button that calls a JavaScript function that will process everything for the site to be pinned. [Click here for sample website. Click the “Alternatively Add to Start Menu” label at the top-left of the website to pin the site to taskbar]

here is a sample code for the HTML:

<button onClick=”addSite();”> Pin Me To Taskbar </button>
<!–now this specific code just calls the function “addSite()” whenever the button is clicked. –>

here is a sample code for the addSite() function:

function addSite()
{
try {
window.external.msAddSiteMode();
}
catch (e) {
alert(“This feature is only available in Internet Explorer 9.”);
}
}

what does window.external.msAddSiteMode(); do? well, according to MSDN, “The msAddSiteMode method adds the current webpage to the Windows Start menu under All Programs and launches the webpage as a pinned site. This method must be invoked by a user action, such as clicking a button, and the user is given an opportunity to confirm the action.”

there, it’s that simple. after pinning your sites to the taskbar, there are numerous functionality that comes after you pin your sites. those functionalities and features will be demonstrated on the next episode. so stay tuned!

sources:
[MSDN]
[Windows Internet Explorer 9 Product Guide]

wanna learn more about Internet Explorer 9? [download IE9] now!

April 11, 2011 | Categories: Microsoft Student Partners | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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