by TimStone » Fri May 01, 2015 4:00 pm
In case you have not taken time to check it out, everyone should at least watch the Keynote 1 for Build 2015. In addition, there are over 100 seminars, all being recorded and shown on MSDN Channel 9. This is FREE to everyone to view because the conference ( for developers ) sold out in 45 minutes when first announced.
Why should you watch it ? Say what you want, live in the past, and all of that, but Microsoft is making huge advances in universal systems, where you write a program once and it can be used everywhere. You can use Visual Studio to write code for Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS, or you can bring in programs written in those venues using the new tools, and build them with almost no changes to run on Windows 10 systems.
You can also forget programming for devices. The universal apps will automatically run, with the one code set, on everything: phones, tablets, notebooks, pcs, enterprise systems, and the web.
Why is this important for FW ? The new Visual Studio essentially lets you program with your language and build universal apps.
You can download the RC for Visual Studio 2015 Community today. Remember, this is the FREE, fully featured VS that almost everyone on here qualifies for ( except large enterprises )
You owe it to yourself to check it out. Yes, some of us actually develop with FWH, Harbour and Microsoft Visual Studio ... and it works out very well.