In Part 1 of this column, I defined test-driven development (TDD), why it's important, why it's a successful development methodology, and the basics of how to implement TDD using the unit testing ...

The latest offering of Visual Studio contains many features. It has come a long way since it was released. Well, let’s just quickly dive in on how a beginner can get started with VS. So, first of all, ...

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I want to learn how to build Windows 8 apps, but know not a thing about Using Visual Studio 2012 since almost all my experience has been with XCode. I'm trying to find decent beginner video tutorials, ...

Is there anything that can’t be turned into a game? Apparently not. Microsoft today embraced the gamification trend by introducing a new plug-in for its Visual Studio development program that will let ...

Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide. For decades, when I got to work in ...