Microsoft's .NET Framework 4.5 Release Candidates are now available for download for those with a "Go Live" license. The Release Candidates of Visual Studio 11, now officially named Visual Studio 2012 ...

Previously, these packages were limited to Metro, Azure, Windows Phone, and the Web, but developer pressure has led to Microsoft offering a desktop version After hearing objections from developers, ...

The company is bringing back free tooling for Windows desktop apps after developers expressed frustration over the Visual Studio 2012 Express lineup. Microsoft has added Visual Studio 2012 Express for ...

Microsoft wants Visual Studio 2012 to help software developers to become the new "rock stars" of the world, according to Microsoft technical evangelist Rocky Heckman. He was speaking at the Australian ...

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 (Visual Studio 2012.1) is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work. The ...

Microsoft backs down from its decision to pull desktop UI development from its Visual Studio Express suite, and will be releasing Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop this fall. Microsoft ...

Microsoft has already launched a preview version of Visual Studio 2013, the next entry in its software development tool series. However, owners of the current Visual Studio 2012 can look forward to at ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft’s pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces, brackets ...