Topic: build

Microsoft releases Team Foundation Server 2015

At long last, Microsoft has released Team Foundation Server 2015. This version of Microsoft’s ALM collaboration platform packs a breadth of new features and capabilities, from a build system overhaul, the new Team Project Rename feature and Continuous Delivery capabilities in the Azure build pipeline, to Git and extensibility improvements, and revamped agile project management. … continue reading

SD Times Blog: Software build times are speeding up

Builds are taking less and less time, according to a new SD Times poll of its readers. In a software development life cycle relying increasingly on automated build tools with an emphasis on speed, full production software builds have gone from taking hours and days to minutes and seconds. In our recent poll, 35% of … continue reading

Poll: How long does your build take?

In today’s software development life cycle where developers are making use of more and more automated build tools and technologies, how long does your full, production build take? Miliseconds? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Do you only use JIT or interpreted languages? Let us know! Vote in the poll below and give us your explanation why in the comments! My build … continue reading

Microsoft’s new look: A cross-platform developer tools company

Microsoft executives demonstrated new projects, products and development tools aimed at spreading the Microsoft environment across multiple platforms to kick off the second day of the company’s Build conference for developers at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Key to all of the announcements made at the show was a new understanding from Microsoft that its platforms … continue reading

Build: Rounding up the third-party Microsoft developer tool news

Microsoft announced a great deal at the 2015 Build developer conference, from the new cross-platform Visual Studio Code IDE, to news on Azure, Windows 10, Cortana, and its next-generation browser. Build isn’t all about Microsoft itself, though, as the companies making up the third-party developer-tooling ecosystem around Microsoft products also rolled out updates, new features … continue reading

Microsoft introduces free cross-platform Visual Studio Code IDE at Build

Microsoft today announced the availability of a new IDE built to run on Linux and Mac OS at its developer-focused Build conference, held in San Francisco. Scott Hanselman, principal program manager with Azure, debuted Visual Studio Code, a cross-platform IDE that runs on Linux and Mac OS. It includes many of the features developers have … continue reading

Apple buys FoundationDB, SmartBear takes over Swagger API, and Google open-sources Bazel—SD Times news digest: March 25, 2015

Apple has reportedly acquired NoSQL database startup FoundationDB, according to TechCrunch. FoundationDB has posted a notice informing its community it will no longer offer downloads. The company has a scalable NoSQL database with ACID-compliant transactions, and has raised US$22.7 million in two funding rounds during its five-year startup run. Neither company has officially commented on … continue reading

Zeichick’s Take: Microsoft is still ‘developers, developers, developers’

Universal Windows apps, SDKs and Cortana point to a company that still loves its developers … continue reading

Microsoft continues to Build on day 2

A new compiler, cloud integration and more assistance for building back ends were the highlights … continue reading

SD Times Blog: On Build

Thoughts on who attends Build and what the marketplace looks like for Microsoft from here on out … continue reading

Microsoft releases TypeScript 1.0 at Build

Custom version of JavaScript gets full support for Visual Studio … continue reading

Microsoft announces unified development platforms at Build

Windows Runtime is extended to phones, allowing for common apps across phones, tablets and desktops … continue reading

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