Visual Studio Toolbox
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With its focus on tooling both in and outside of Visual Studio, this show will help you become a more productive developer. Join your host Robert Green and see what tools you can put in your Visual Studio Toolbox.
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42 minutes, 35 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Debugger Canvas4 days ago
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In this episode, Kael Rowan of Microsoft Research joins us and shows the Debugger Canvas. Debugger Canvas is a power tool for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate that pulls together the code you're exploring onto a single pan-and-zoom display. As you hit breakpoints or step into code, Debugger Canvas… -
55 minutes, 14 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Designing XAML-based Metro style apps with Visual Studio and BlendApr 25, 2012 at 7:26 AM 9
Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert showed how to use Visual Studio 11 and XAML to start building Metro style apps for Windows 8. In this episode, Joanna Mason shows us how to use Visual Studio's XAML Designer and Blend to make these apps better looking. She demonstrates how powerful… -
50 minutes, 25 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Blend and HTML-flavored Metro Style AppsApr 18, 2012 at 8:25 AM 5
Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert showed how to use Visual Studio 11 and JavaScript to start building Metro style apps for Windows 8. In this episode, Kirupa Chinnathambi shows us how to use Blend for Visual Studio to create good looking apps. He demonstrates how Blend is an excellent… -
27 minutes, 44 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Building Metro Style Apps with JavaScriptApr 11, 2012 at 12:01 PM 14
Previously on Visual Studio Toolbox, Robert showed how to use Visual Studio 11 and XAML to start building Metro style apps for Windows 8. In this episode, Robert shows you how to use JavaScript, demonstrating each of the three project templates Visual Studio provides as well as building an app that… -
38 minutes, 59 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Building Metro Style Apps with XAMLApr 05, 2012 at 8:29 AM 2
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been available for download for about a month now and if you haven't started building Metro style apps, now is a good time. In this episode, Robert takes a look at how you can use Visual Studio 11 to start building Metro style apps for Windows 8. Robert will focus… -
26 minutes, 14 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: SQL Server Compact ToolboxMar 28, 2012 at 8:00 AM 3
In this episode, Erik Ejlskov Jensen joins us. Erik is a SQL Server Compact MVP and the author of the SQL Server Compact Toolbox add-in, which has been downloaded more than 100,000 times! If you are using SQL Server Compact in an application, you will find this add-in very helpful. You can connect… -
24 minutes, 32 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Help Viewer Enhancements in Visual Studio 11Mar 20, 2012 at 7:52 PM 9
When you view offline help in Visual Studio, you use the Help Viewer. In this episode, Paul O'Rear shows us some significant and welcome improvements to the Help Viewer in Visual Studio 11, includingDefault install of a minimum level of documentation [01:30] Choosing between online and… -
27 minutes, 37 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Simplification of the Visual Studio 11 Development EnvironmentMar 14, 2012 at 7:56 AM 29
In this episode, Sam Zaiss and Dan Dole of the Visual Studio User Experience team join us to talk about simplification and reduction in the Visual Studio 11 development environment. They show how much easier it is to navigate both within code and within the IDE, and also that the complexity of the… -
30 minutes, 4 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Dependency GraphsMar 07, 2012 at 8:54 AM 9
In this episode, Cameron Skinner joins us to talk about the enhanced dependency graphs in Visual Studio 11. Dependency graphs represent your application structures as nodes and the relationships in your application as links. Cameron shows us how these graphs help you better understand your… -
35 minutes, 0 secondsVisual Studio Toolbox: Visual Studio 11 Beta with Jason ZanderFeb 29, 2012 at 6:45 AM 48
In this episode, we kick off our Visual Studio 11 coverage. Jason Zander joins us to celebrate the availability of Visual Studio 11 Beta. Jason shows off and discusses some of his favorite features, including:New IDE ([04:15]) Blend support for HTML ([10:15]) Improved XAML Designer ([13:45])…
