Visual Studio 2012 has ambitious goals -- goals that go well beyond just supporting Windows 8. Microsoft has a lot riding on Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5. At the recent launch event in ...

Developers can now download the Visual Studio 2012 software development platform and accompanying .Net Framework 4.5, a Microsoft official revealed on Wednesday. Available to MSDN subscribers, Visual ...

Microsoft will ship a version of its Visual Studio Express 2012 for building Windows desktop applications, reversing an earlier decision to limit the Express version of the toolkit to building ...

Previously, these packages were limited to Metro, Azure, Windows Phone, and the Web, but developer pressure has led to Microsoft offering a desktop version After hearing objections from developers, ...

Microsoft announced that it has released Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (VS2012.2), the latest version of its flagship software development tool suite. The new release adds features and improvements in ...