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Windows Community Standup – Improvements for Web and Backend Developers in the next update to Windows 10

2018-04-19 KENNETH 0

Windows Community Standup – Improvements for Web and Backend Developers in the next update to Windows 10 During our April Windows Community Standup, we discussed a few recent Windows 10 features that will help improve your development experience. Without further ado, let’s dive into the features we spoke about: Improvements to the Windows Subsystem for Linux In-box command line tools Virtualization in Hyper-V Windows Subsystem for Linux The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers run Linux environments – including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications – directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a virtual machine. Today, we showed various workflows with WSL and Node.js in Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Many of the integrations we showed come from community contributions and asks to improve development workflows. The demo is a culmination of all that – launching your [ more… ]

Two things you need to know about Xbox at E3 2018

2018-04-19 KENNETH 0

Two things you need to know about Xbox at E3 2018 How to watch the annual Xbox E3 2018 Briefing Watch live beginning on Sunday, June 10, at 1 p.m. PDT on the official Xbox Mixer Channel or on the Mixer app for Windows 10 or Xbox One. You’ll also be able to catch a live stream of the briefing on other streaming services, which we’ll be announcing soon, as well as on the big screen at your local Microsoft Stores.  The briefing is when you’ll have a chance to check out everything from in-depth looks at previously-announced games to trailers for our unannounced titles coming in 2018 and beyond. How to watch Inside Xbox: Live @ E3 This year will mark the first year that our hot new show, Inside Xbox, will be airing during E3. Inside Xbox: Live @ E3 will [ more… ]

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Participate in the 2018 Windows Developer Community Pulse

2018-04-19 KENNETH 0

Participate in the 2018 Windows Developer Community Pulse Every year, we ask for just a few minutes of your time so that we can better understand how the developer community uses the Windows platform and tooling. The survey is a collaboration between Windows engineering, Visual Studio engineering, Microsoft Store engineering, and Windows Developer marketing team. Your answers here will directly impact feature prioritization and developer support. Click here to take the survey now. Is this survey for me? The survey is for all developers building code that runs on Windows. We’d love you to take the survey and share your feedback as a developer (.NET, UWP, web, game, mixed reality, Windows IoT, whatever). What questions am I likely to be asked? We’re trying to understand the current state of the Windows Developer ecosystem. Things like what people are using, how they’re feeling about what they have, and what they wish they had. So [ more… ]

Windows Template Studio 2.0 is now available!

2018-04-19 KENNETH 0

Windows Template Studio 2.0 is now available! Windows Template Studio has released our 2.0 release and can’t wait for everyone to create some amazing applications with it. Template Studio is an open source project whose sole goal is to get you building applications quicker with best practices with a solid initial code base. We’re extremely proud of our community driven project and the massive contributions / partnerships we’ve had with you over the past year since we launched. How to get the update: There are two paths to update to the newest build. Already installed: Visual Studio should auto update the extension. To force an update, Go to Tools->Extensions and Updates. Then go to Update expander on the left, and you should see Windows Template Studio in there, and click “Update.” Not installed:Head to https://aka.ms/wtsinstall, click “download,” and double click the VSIX [ more… ]

Windows 10 Tip: Five things you might not know you can do right now with your Windows 10 PC

2018-04-18 KENNETH 0

Windows 10 Tip: Five things you might not know you can do right now with your Windows 10 PC  1. Choose your performance and battery balance The new Performance/Power slider lets you set the right balance between battery-life longevity and system performance and responsiveness.* Optimize for battery life on a long flight; go with performance when you’re gaming or photo editing at home.** Simply click on the battery icon in the taskbar and use the slider to choose your performance and battery balance. 2. Travel easier with the built-in currency converter Just open Calculator, click on the menu button on the left, and select what you’d like to convert.* It also includes converters for things like time, power and temperature – so you can easily, quickly convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius and back again. If you’re browsing in Microsoft Edge, [ more… ]