Recently some folks had posted questions about Visual Studio 2005 in the comments section. Many people were asking why they should upgrade. To me there are several reasons, as long as you can ...

Microsoft has decided that today is the day it will launch Visual Studio 2012. Although it has been available to MSDN subscribers for some weeks already, and although the Express editions for Web and ...

Visual Studio App Center, a mobile-centric resource for building, testing, releasing and monitoring apps, now supports desktop development. Microsoft this week announced a preview release of the App ...

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 ...

With cross-platform .NET Core 3.0 poised to support desktop applications -- the next step in totally subsuming the Windows-only .NET Framework -- Microsoft has published guidance on how to port ...

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, ...

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to remove the compiler toolchain from its Windows SDK for Windows 8, in what appears to be an attempt to force developers into building Metro style apps. Microsoft is ...

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Microsoft has instituted a big change with its free Visual Studio 11 Express suite that's leaving some current- and soon-to-be Windows 8 developers up in arms: it's pulling support for creating ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ramya Krishnamoorthy shares a detailed case ...