Way to go Visual Studio. Visual Studio 2015 RTM is available this week. There are a lot of new things that should really increase productivity. That’s really the reason for using a powerful code development tool of this kind.
While it has been possible to create your own extensions for Visual Studio for quite some time, this release has a big focus on that capability. The push for openness is expanded not only in NuGet, but also with simplified connectivity to Git Hub. You can now create your own extensions and share them with other developers through GitHub.
I really appreciated the extensibility of Eclipse when I was developing JavaME applications for Motorola Cell Phones a few years back. I can easily see how having extensions for Visual Studio will make it a power tool; especially as .Net is breaking out of the Windows only world.
That is another key feature on this release. The direction is to support writing Dot Net applications that can run on operating systems other than Windows. Talk about a daunting task. Still, you have to start somewhere.
It’s going to be fun getting acquainted with all the new capabilities built into the new VS Platform, and see extensions the developer community can continue to add. Looking forward to this release.
Why not leave a comment with your favorite enhancements?
Cheers,
Ben