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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1 hour, 9 minutes, 53 secondsTemplate 10 for Windows 10 AppsFeb 24, 2016 at 9:45AM
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In this episode, Robert is joined by Jerry Nixon, who shows us Template 10, a set of Visual Studio project templates for Windows 10 apps. Template 10 provides a number of controls (eg Hamburger), services (eg Navigation), converters (eg StringFormat and ValueWhen), MVVM classes and more. Why write… -
39 minutes, 6 secondsVisual Studio Emulator for AndroidFeb 18, 2016 at 9:40AM 1
In this episode, Robert is joined by Nick Landry for a whirlwind tour of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android. This emulator is free, fast and powerful. It supports a variety of Android versions and screen sizes, as well as the full range of sensors, including accelerometer, screen orientation, SD… -
37 minutes, 24 secondsMore XAML Designer Less XAML TypingFeb 12, 2016 at 12:45PM 12
In this episode, Robert is joined by Jon Chu to explore how good the Visual Studio XAML Designer and Blend are these days. Robert's New Year's resolution is to spend less time typing XAML and more time using the designers. Jon shows several examples of how you can build a XAML app and not have to… -
27 minutes, 28 secondsNew Features in Visual Studio 2015 for C++ DevelopersDec 10, 2015 at 12:42PM 3
In this episode, Robert is joined by Oleg Kharitonov, who shows new features in the Visual Studio 2015 IDE that will make life better for C++ developers. Among the new features he shows are: Refactoring (Rename, Create Declaration/Definition, Move Definition, Implement Pure Virtuals, Convert… -
1 hour, 6 minutes, 51 secondsGetting Started with GitDec 02, 2015 at 11:58AM 6
In this episode, Robert is joined by Paul Litwin, who shows us how to get started with Git in under an hour. Git is a free, open source and quite popular distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Starting with the… -
41 minutes, 52 secondsVisual Studio Code and Web DevelopmentNov 11, 2015 at 9:00AM 8
In this episode, Robert is joined by John Papa, who explains and shows why he is a huge fan of Visual Studio Code and has adopted it for Web development. Among the topics they discuss in this freewheeling show are learning new technologies, JavaScript. TypeScript, Angular, and of course lots of… -
43 minutes, 3 secondsBuilding Extensions Part 2Nov 04, 2015 at 8:05AM 2
In this episode, Robert is joined by Tim Sneath for the second of two episodes focused on building Visual Studio extensions. In part 1, Tim provided an overview of extensions and talked about some of the enhancements in Visual Studio 2015 for writing extensions. In part 2, Tim goes shows in detail… -
37 minutes, 20 secondsExtensions by Mads KristensenOct 21, 2015 at 10:07AM 0
In this episode, Robert is joined by Mads Kristensen, author of many of the most useful and cool Visual Studio extensions around. Mads shows the following extensions: Open Command Line [01:10]Command Task Runner [06:30]Add New File [09:50]Web Compiler [13:15]Package Installer [20:45]File Nesting… -
25 minutes, 38 secondsBuilding Extensions Part 1Oct 14, 2015 at 8:42AM 2
In this episode, Robert is joined by Tim Sneath for the first of two episodes focused on building Visual Studio extensions. In part 1, Tim provides an overview of extensions and talks about some of the enhancements in Visual Studio 2015 for writing extensions. He creates a very simple extension and… -
29 minutes, 5 secondsDocker and ContainersSep 16, 2015 at 10:54AM 0
In this episode, Robert is joined by Steve Lasker, who explains what containers are and how Visual Studio developers can take advantage of them. If you have been hearing about Docker and containers and wondering what it means to you, this is the episode to watch. [Note: This is a redo of the…
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