Visual
Studio over the last few versions has evolved from high-level developer’s tool in
a set of tools for the entire process of application development. In the
upcoming version, Visual Studio continues in that direction. Together with the next
version of Team Foundation Server, Microsoft has completed the platform that
supports all phases of the development lifecycle, and also introduced some new
improvements in the existing tools. In the next few blog entries, I will demonstrate
some of the biggest new features for software development and application
lifecycle management in the version 11 of the Visual Studio ALM tools and
services. At the beginning let’s just mention what are the biggest news in
Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 11:
·
IDE
Improvements:
o
Project
and solution backward compatibility
o
Browsing
features in Solution Explorer
o
File
preview in the Code Editor.
o
Quick
command search
o
Code
Editor Enhancements for JavaScript
o
New
image editor
o
DirectX
Visual Shader designer
·
Debugger
and quality analysis improvements:
o
Standalone
Intellitrace
o
Code
Clones Analysis
o
Simplified
remote debugging
o
DirectX
Graphics Debugger
o
New
Unit Test Explorer, nUnit supported
·
Web/Windows/Mobile
Development features
o
.NET
4.5 features
o
ASP.NET
4.5 web development enhancements
o
IIS
Express replaces the ASP.NET Development Server
o
SharePoint
Development enhancements
o
Metro-style
development
·
TFS
features
o
Team
Explorer new look and feel
o
Backlog
Management
o
Support
for Feature Teams
o
New
TFS Web Access
o
Storyboarding
tool
o
Customer
Feedback tool
o
Exploratory
testing in Test Manager
o
Code
Review Workflow
o
Suspend
for Work Interruptions
o
New
Merge/Compare tool
Certainly it’s
not all. If I forgot something important, pleas just add it in a comment and I’ll
expand the list. In the next few stories (blog entries) I’ll write mostly about
TFS 11 new features and also about some mostly some debugger and quality
analysis improvements.
