Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2017 (visualstudio.com)

Reader Anon E. Muss writes: Microsoft on Tuesday released Visual Studio 2017. The latest version of the venerable Integrated Development Environment supports a variety of languages (C/C++, C#, VB.net, F#, Javascript/Typescript, Python, etc.) and targets classic "Win32" desktop, Universal Windows Platform (UWP, also known as "Metro"), .NET, ASP, node.js, etc.). A "Community Edition" is available at no cost for individual developers and those working on open source software. "Professional" and "Enterprise" editions are available for corporate developers, at prices sure to shock whoever has to sign the check.

Comments

we know what vs is - did anything change?

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

crappy summary for the slashdot crowd. we know what visual studio is - what we want to know is what, if anything, changed

Re:we know what vs is - did anything change?

[chispito]

If you have to ask, the changes probably don't matter to you.

Fantastic point. All news is dumb because if it were important to us, we would already know it.

Re:$500 is Shocking???

[dontbemad]

I think what is shocking to the vocally anti-Microsoft (and proprietary software in general, for that matter) crowd on slashdot is that people can get away with charging MONEY for SOFTWARE.

It never ceases to amaze me how, despite the fact that the majority of us on this website make our money in tech or software, the idea of charging money for those services is revolting to some.

Re:64-bit

[DrXym]

I've run out of memory in large projects on other IDEs. I don't think it would be of the question that you could burn through 3.5GB if you had a workspace with lots of projects in different configs and targets with runtimes in memory all at the same time.

Given that Windows has more or less become defacto 64-bit with just a few 32-bit outliers on tablets, it doesn't make much sense to remain 32-bit any more.

Re:How do I turn the telemetry off this time?

[Opportunist]

And it's just me who wonders why they add something like this, without any documentation of the calls whatsoever, and only admit it sheepishly when we basically find them with their hand in the cookie jar?

If you add calls me my binaries, I sure as FUCK expect you to tell me up front. If not, tell me one good reason why I should EVER trust your compiler again.