Top 5 features of Visual Studio

Top 5 features of Visual Studio 2012

1. Metro UI Development Support – Visual Studio 2012 includes support for new

project templates for building Metro UI apps for multiple devices and Windows

8. Support includes XAML, C#, VB, and HTML5/Javascript apps. If you want to

build a Windows 8 app, you might need to run VS 2012 on Windows 8 for WinRT

support.

2. Game Development Support – Game development support is included in

Visual Studio including first rate debugging of multithreaded XNA games. It

also includes visual designers for 2D and 3D gaming.

3. Semantic Code Analysis – Visual Studio 2012 has come a long way from

FxCop. Code Analysis features in VS 2012 include semantic code analysis, i.e.

not just syntax but the actual logic of your code. This allows for better

refactoring including my personal favorite feature, finding copy/paste code and

refactoring to use inheritance.

4. Team Development Improvements - Many of the new features for teams center

around the upcoming Team Foundation Server 2012 release. These include

performing code reviews, an enhanced diff tool, and offline workspaces. There

have also been some very nice improvements in Agile/Scrum management with the

new TFS Scrum Project template.

5. HTML5/CSS3 Support – Visual Studio 2012 includes support for HTML5

and CSS3 for both Metro UI apps as well as web based applications. Of course VS

2012 will include ASP.NET MVC4 and Razor support. But perhaps best of all is

the improved support for Javascript including Intellisense and debugging

features.

you can also check other fatures on below url

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb386063(v=vs.110).aspx

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Abhay Shanker12y ago
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Top 5 features of Visual Studio 2012

1. Metro UI Development Support – Visual Studio 2012 includes support for new
project templates for building Metro UI apps for multiple devices and Windows
8. Support includes XAML, C#, VB, and HTML5/Javascript apps. If you want to
build a Windows 8 app, you might need to run VS 2012 on Windows 8 for WinRT
support.
2. Game Development Support – Game development support is included in
Visual Studio including first rate debugging of multithreaded XNA games. It
also includes visual designers for 2D and 3D gaming.
3. Semantic Code Analysis – Visual Studio 2012 has come a long way from
FxCop. Code Analysis features in VS 2012 include semantic code analysis, i.e.
not just syntax but the actual logic of your code. This allows for better
refactoring including my personal favorite feature, finding copy/paste code and
refactoring to use inheritance.
4. Team Development Improvements - Many of the new features for teams center
around the upcoming Team Foundation Server 2012 release. These include
performing code reviews, an enhanced diff tool, and offline workspaces. There
have also been some very nice improvements in Agile/Scrum management with the
new TFS Scrum Project template.
5. HTML5/CSS3 Support – Visual Studio 2012 includes support for HTML5
and CSS3 for both Metro UI apps as well as web based applications. Of course VS
2012 will include ASP.NET MVC4 and Razor support. But perhaps best of all is
the improved support for Javascript including Intellisense and debugging
features.

you can also check other fatures on below url

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb386063(v=vs.110).aspx
Akhil Mittal12y ago
Check this out,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301796.aspx
Abhay Shanker12y ago
you can also check this link

http://www.codemag.com/Article/1211051