Visual Studio 2013 comes with a basic XAML visual designer or it can integrate with a separate application, which comes free with Visual Studio, called Blend. Most Windows Store apps have a user interface built with XAML or HTML, or games developers can choose DirectX and C++. As a result, if a user leaves the organisation, access to custom Cloud Business Apps is automatically revoked.Īs you would expect, Visual Studio 2013 brings considerable support for building apps for both Windows Phone and Windows Store. For example, a business that is using Office 365 is also using Azure Active Directory. Perhaps more significant is the new project type Cloud Business App which allows you to hook into and take advantage of many of the facilities offered by Office 365.
NET code-named ‘Roslyn’ which will introduce support for ‘compiler as a service’.
VISUAL STUDIO ULTIMATE VS PREMIUM 2013 UPDATE
Watch this space though as Microsoft is working on a major update to. On the language and compiler side, Visual Studio 2013 is a relatively low-key release. Each item is a hot link so you can drill down for more detail. CodeLens annotates your methods with key information including references to the code, unit tests that include it and whether or not they pass, change history, outstanding bugs, work items and code reviews. Also useful is Peek Definition, which lets you view and even edit the code where a variable is defined without having to open multiple windows.Īnother useful feature is CodeLens, although this is only available in Visual Studio’s Ultimate edition. Do this and you will find that some of your settings, such as themes, fonts and colours, keyboard shortcuts and text editor options, become synchronised if you sign in elsewhere. One of the first things you notice is the facility to sign in with a Microsoft account. However lift the bonnet and you’ll find plenty of new features. Visual Studio 2013 looks much like Visual Studio 2012, and indeed at first sight seems more of an incremental update than a major new version.