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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 2017 (visualstudio.com)

Posted by msmash on from the new-developer-tools dept.

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.

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  1. Re:64-bit by ebyrob · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Try installing that "64-bit" version. Pretty sure devenv.exe is still going in "Program Files(x86)".

    See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-...
    About **still** using msvsmon.exe to debug 64-bit in 32-bit VS...

  2. Visual C++ for Linux! by Billly+Gates · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No I am not making this up either. Also a beta version of Visual Studio for Mac is available too as well as better Android and IOS support. VS since 2015 also comes with Java and Android emulators as well via Hyper-V.

    MS is getting quite serious about being cross platform

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  3. Re: 64-bit by judoguy · · Score: 5, Interesting
    VFP was for serous database programmers. VB was for looks.

    I used to get hired to create VFP layers to bridge SQL Server, AS400 and other databases to other apps because it just worked and worked well.

    Wasn't a "real" Windows app in some UI ways, but when you needed to push/pull data to and from disparate back ends and integrate that data into COM based Outlook, Word, Excel and other Windows based applications, there was nothing better. We'd have C# guys come in and try to migrate VFP apps and they'd whine at the requirements to do things that are simple in VFP.

    In 35 years of heavy relational database focused consulting on different platforms, nothing was as easy to use or as powerful as VFP.

    So there!

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