New Features of Visual Studio 2013

New features of Visual Studio 2013

I have categorized the new features into four general sections:

IDE Enhancements (00:40)

  • Can keep your settings in sync through Login, type synchronized in the Quick Launch window
  • Scaffolding New Project selection window
  • Tools->Options is searchable (+ resizable)
  • Notifications Center
  • Track active item or Sync active document
  • Edit and Continue on IIS x64
  • Voice Commands (http://tinyurl.com/pzv2yzy)

General Code Improvements (12:30)

  • Code Lens (http://tinyurl.com/codelens)
  • Suspending your work - TFS
  • Navigate To (Ctrl+,)
  • Peek Window (Alt+F12)
  • Enhanced scrollbar is now in VS
  • Same class – two views
  • See the return value of a method
  • Alt + up/down arrows to move line of code/text up or down

“betterized” HTML (29:30)

  • BrowserLink
  • Intellisense for HTML Entities and data- attributes
  • What’s with Alt+1, 1, 1 and Alt+2?
  • Image tag metadata
  • VS 2013 knows AngularJS

“coolified” JavaScript and CSS (46:00)

  • Script References (http://tinyurl.com/kg3j7jg)
  • Intellisense for vendor specifics, media queries, pseudo classes
  • Color picker in CSS gets boost

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