Oxygene for Java released: develop for Android and Java runtime with Delphi...
RemObjects has released Oxygene for Java, a new version of its Object Pascal compiler. Object Pascal is pretty much the Delphi language though with some additional features of its own. Previous...
View ArticleWhat is the best way to choose a development tool?
Research company Evans Data sent me a link this morning to its new Tool Grader service. This is a simple web application for reviewing and rating software tools. The same tool may rated separately...
View ArticleDevelopers dislike monochrome Visual Studio 11 beta
Microsoft is having trouble convincing developers that its new Metro-influenced Visual Studio user interface, in the forthcoming version now in beta, is a good idea. To be more precise, it is not so...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Visual Studio LightSwitch: does it have a future?
A recent and thorough piece on Visual Studio LightSwitch prompted a Twitter discussion on what kind of future the product has. Background: LightSwitch is an application generator which builds...
View ArticleA little colour returns to Visual Studio 11 – but not much
Microsoft has responded to user feedback by re-introducing colour into the Visual Studio 11 IDE. The top request in the official feedback forum was for more colour in the toolbars and icons. Now...
View ArticleDevelopers like coding in the dark
Many developers prefer to code against dark backgrounds, according to this post by Monty Hammontree, Director of User Experience in Microsoft’s developer tools division. Many of you have expressed a...
View ArticleVisual Studio LightSwitch to get HTML5 support
Microsoft’s Visual Studio LightSwitch is a rapid application development tool designed to create database-oriented, browser hosted applications with little code. LightSwitch is intriguing because it...
View ArticleTelerik releases Kendo UI components for ASP.NET MVC
Component vendor Telerik has released an updated version of Kendo UI, its HTML5 framework. This is the first non-beta release with support for ASP.NET MVC server wrappers, with components including...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 launch: focus on Modern Apps
Microsoft is holding a launch event in Seattle for Visual Studio 2012, attended by selected Microsoft-platform developers as well as press from around the world. Corporate VP Soma Somasegar kicked off...
View ArticlePlatform churn? If it is in Windows 8, we are committed to it says Microsoft
I interviewed Corporate VP of Microsoft’s developer division Soma Somasegar at the Visual Studio 2012 launch last week; see the article on the Register here. I asked about the inconsistency of the...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 hits and misses
A few quick reflections after writing a rather large review of Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft’s development tool for everything Windows. Several things impressed me. The Graphics Diagnostics Tools for...
View ArticleAdapting the Items Page template in a Windows Runtime app
A while back I adapted a sample application in order to create an app for Windows 8. I am mulling over putting it in the Windows Store, but it needed some work. In particular, I wanted to add a Twitter...
View ArticleMicrosoft scraps Expression Web and Design, blends Blend with Visual Studio
Microsoft is giving up its long effort to compete with Adobe in the design tools space. The Expression range of products is being discontinued, in favour of enhanced design capabilities in its...
View ArticleVisual Studio LightSwitch HTML: mainly for mobile
Microsoft’s Visual Studio LightSwitch is an innovative development tool that lets you build multi-tier database applications without ever designing the user interface directly. Instead, you work with...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server get Git integration
Microsoft has announced Git integration in both the Visual Studio IDE and the Team Foundation Service hosted source code management system. According to Technical Fellow Brian Harry: 1. Team Foundation...
View ArticleBuild Mac and iOS apps in Visual Studio: Oxygene for Cocoa
Remobjects has released Oxygene for Cocoa, which lets you build apps for Mac and iOS using Visual Studio and the Oxygene language. Oxygene is a Delphi-like language, making this an easy transition for...
View ArticleVisual C++ will implement all of C++ 11 and C++ 14, some of C99 says Microsoft
Microsoft’s Herb Sutter spoke at Microsoft Build in San Francisco on the future of C++. Microsoft has been criticised for being slow to implement all the features of ISO C++ 11. Sutter says most...
View ArticleAnders Hejlsberg says C# 6.0 to use Roslyn compiler, coming in next Visual...
A disappointment at Microsoft’s Build conference last month was lack of news about the next version of C#, version 6.0. C# architect Anders Hejlsberg did present a session, but it was on TypeScript, a...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 is released. What’s new?
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2013 yesterday: VS 2013 can be installed side by side with previous versions of Visual Studio or, if you have a VS 2013 pre-release, it can be installed straight over...
View ArticleVisual Studio goes online, kind-of
Microsoft held its official launch for Visual Studio 2013 today, at an event in New York, although the product itself has been available since mid-October. VP Soma Somasegar nevertheless made some new...
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