Visual Studio 11 Express to only build Metro apps

[Renegade]

Surprise reversal!

No-cost Windows 8 desktop development returns with Express for Desktop

-daddydave (June 09, 2012, 12:33 AM)

Nice!

VS is a great IDE. I'm using Eclipse and MonoDevelop now, but still use VS when I "need to get something done fast".

[phitsc]

According to this blog post, the new VS comes with native Unit testing support for all VS editions. The post is not so clear about if this is also true for Code Coverage though.

[daddydave]

According to this blog post, the new VS comes with native Unit testing support for all VS editions. The post is not so clear about if this is also true for Code Coverage though.

-phitsc (August 16, 2012, 02:26 AM)

Interesting tidbit here:

Coming Soon!

We’ve announced two things that will arrive in a few months:

    An update that will enable targeting Windows XP

Isn't Windows XP the IE6 of operating systems at this point?

[f0dder]

Isn't Windows XP the IE6 of operating systems at this point?

-daddydave (August 16, 2012, 05:26 AM)

Not really, imho.

While XP is definitely a bit long in the tooth, it's still a well functioning operating system - not nearly the holding-back-progress showstopper deadbeat massively-exploited and standards-violating P.O.S that IE6 is

[Renegade]

...not nearly the holding-back-progress showstopper deadbeat massively-exploited and standards-violating P.O.S that IE6 is

-f0dder (August 16, 2012, 02:31 PM)

That was unnecessarily kind to IE6. 

[MilesAhead]

Isn't Windows XP the IE6 of operating systems at this point?

-daddydave (August 16, 2012, 05:26 AM)

Not really, imho.

While XP is definitely a bit long in the tooth, it's still a well functioning operating system - not nearly the holding-back-progress showstopper deadbeat massively-exploited and standards-violating P.O.S that IE6 is

-f0dder (August 16, 2012, 02:31 PM)

Hmm, talk about feature bloat! A Point Of Sale system integrated with a browser? No wonder it was a pig!!