The presentation on Visual Studio 2012 covers its features, benefits, and new developments in various areas including the Integrated Development Environment (IDE), .NET framework, testing and debugging, web development, and Windows 8 applications. It discusses different SKUs available, an overview of new IDE functionalities, testing enhancements, and tools for web development and project management, particularly through Team Foundation Server. Additionally, it touches on resources for learning more and encourages audience feedback.

1. Visual Studio 2012
What’s In It for Me?
Jeff Bramwell Tulsa TechFest 2012
Director - Enterprise Architecture Friday, October 12th, 2012
Farm Credit Services of America 1:30 PM
jbramwell@gmail.com|@jbramwell
devmatter.blogspot.com

2. Please Be Courteous!
Please be courteous to your fellow attendees
and
Set your phones to vibrate or silent mode!

3. Agenda
• SKUs
• New IDE Features
• .NET Framework
• Testing and Debugging
• Web Development
• Windows 8 Development
• ALM
• Resources & Links
• Questions

4. Caveat
• Way too many features…
• Not near enough time…
• We can’t cover everything…
• Let’s get going 

5. SKUs

6. Visual Studio 2012 SKUs
• Express (Free! )
• Express for Web
• Express for Windows 8
• Express for Windows Desktop
• Team Foundation Server Express
• Professional
• w/MSDN
• w/out MSDN
• Test Professional w/MSDN
• Premium w/MSDN
• Ultimate w/MSDN

7. Feature Comparisons
http://bit.ly/VS2012SKUs

8. Premium Features (over Professional)
• Code Metrics • Lab Management
• Code Coverage • Virtual Environment Setup &
Tear Down
• Coded UI Testing
• Provision Environment from
• Code Clone Template
• Architecture Validation • Checkpoint Environment
• UML Diagrams (read-only) • Backlog/Sprint Management
• Code Review • PowerPoint Storyboarding
• Task Suspend/Resume • Request and Manage Feedback

9. Ultimate Only Features
• IntelliTrace
• Web Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Microsoft Fakes (Unit Test Isolation)
• Architecture Explorer
• Architecture and Layer Diagrams

10. New IDE Features

11. You Did What to My IDE!?
• Content over chrome
• Fewer toolbars
• Screaming menus

12. Solution Compatibility
• Works between Visual Studio 2010 SP1 and Visual Studio 2012
• Not every project type can “round trip”
• MVC 2
• MSI setup (.vdproj)
• Office 2007 VSTO
• SharePoint 2007
• Visual Studio Macro
• Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio version 1.6 or earlier
• Windows Mobile
• Windows Phone

13. Solution Explorer
• Lots of improvements
• Solution items filter
• Pending changes filter
• Collapse all
• Preview selected items
• Dependency graphs
• Open new (sub) views
• Various dependency searches (calls, called by, used by, etc.)
• Image preview

14. Quick Launch
• Quickly locate
• Options
• Commands

15. Find and Replace
• Find and (sometimes) Replace incorporated practically
everywhere
• Some examples include:
• Code editor
• Solution Explorer
• Error List
• Output window
• Find Results
• Work Items

16. Dependency Graphs

17. Miscellaneous
• Pin tabs
• Light/Dark color scheme

18. Visual Studio Update Cadence
• Quarterly Updates1
• Interim Preview Releases2
• Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 CTP 3 released Oct 8th
• Notified via “toast” notification

19. .NET Framework

21. Testing and Debugging

22. Ultimate
IntelliTrace
• IntelliTrace in Production
• Requires standalone IntelliTrace collector1
• Can also collect via Visual Studio Ultimate
during debugging

23. Ultimate | Premium
Code Clones
• Locate similar code fragments
• Can be a selected code snippet or across the entire solution
• Variable and parameter names can be different!

24. Ultimate | Premium
Unit Testing
• New Test Explorer
• New unit testing framework
• No more test lists
• No more private accessors
• Test Impact Analysis is server only

25. Ultimate
Microsoft Fakes
• Introduction of Stubs and Shims
• Stubs are interface based
• Shims divert calls to specific methods at runtime

26. Ultimate | Premium
Code Analysis
• New Code Analysis Pane

27. Web Development

28. Web Features - CSS
• New CSS Editor
• Support for CSS3
• Expand/collapse styles
• Improved IntelliSense
• New color picker
• New snippets
• More

29. Web Features - HTML
• New HTML Editor
• Support for HTML5
• Extract to User Control
• Tag completion
• Automatic quotes
• Comment/uncomment support
• Outlining
• Smart indent
• New snippets
• More

30. Web Features - JavaScript
• New JavaScript Editor
• Improved IntelliSense
• Go to definition (F12)
• Bracket highlighting
• XML documentation support
• Overloads for methods (using new XML comment <signature>)
• More

31. Web Features – Page Inspector
• Page Inspector
• Source code selection mapping
• Select CSS rules
• Requires instrumentation

32. Web Features – Page Inspector (cont’d)

33. Windows 8 Development

34. Windows Store (formerly metro) apps
• Metro Apps  Windows Store apps
• Metro UI Design Language  Microsoft design style language
• Metro UI Style Principles  Microsoft design style principles
• New project templates
• Windows Store Integration

35. What is “Metro w”
• A “code” name 
• Windows Store application
• Content over chrome
• Fast and fluid
• Touch first
• Snap and scale beautifully
• Use of contracts
• Application tile
• Connected; Roam to the cloud
• Authentically digital

36. Windows Runtime (WinRT)
• New programming model for Windows 8
• Supports C#, VB.NET, C++, and JavaScript
• Supported on x86 and ARM architectures
• Windows metadata provides cross-language support
• Complete description of Windows Runtime
• Allows for multi-language projection
• Full IntelliSense
• Asynchronous APIs
• Windows.* namespaces include Windows Runtime types

37. Windows Runtime Architecture

38. Creating a Windows 8 App
• Visual Studio 2012
• Windows Store Templates
• Several Project Types

39. Windows Store
• Integrated into Visual Studio 2012
• Open Developer Account
• Reserve App Name
• Good for 1 year
• Acquire Developer License
• Tied to Microsoft Account
• License per machine
• Free

40. Windows Store (cont’d)
• Edit App Manifest
• Associate App with Windows Store
• Based on reserved apps
• Capture Screenshots
• Create/Upload App Packages

41. ALM

42. TFS 2012 Features
• Web-based project management tools
• Team Foundation Services (i.e. TFSPreview.com)
• Request Feedback
• Team Explorer

43. Team Foundation Service
http://tfspreview.com

44. Request Feedback

45. Team Explorer - Home

46. Team Explorer – My Work

47. Team Explorer – New Code Review

48. Team Explorer - Home

49. Team Explorer – Work Items

50. Team Explorer - Builds

51. Team Explorer - Settings

52. Ultimate | Premium
Storyboarding
• Quickly design user interfaces
• Built on PowerPoint
• Lots of pre-built shapes provided out of the box
• Easy to create new shapes
• Can be linked to TFS work items
• Requires only PowerPoint to view

53. Resources & Links

54. Please Complete An Evaluation Form
Your input is important!
You can access Evaluation Forms at:
http://TulsaTechFest.com

56. Questions