i am trying to figure out the best environment for building html5 websites. i have an existing asp.net-mvc site so i have been using visual studio.
What are the main features in visual studio to help you build html5 websites. Are there any particular plugins or addons that you need to install that are essential to use or are there other environments / tools that should be used instead.
http://html5boilerplate.com/ I'm not sure if this is what your looking for, but it could be a start
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I've been trying to install VSCommunity Edition for the last few hours with no luck. If you check the screenshot attached. You'll see that I can change the directories for installation for the first 2 requirements, but im unable to change the directory for the 3rd option (the SDK install along with others) which just happen to be the very large percentage of files. It's wanting to install over 45gb of files on my C Drive which is just a 50gb SSD.
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I want to switch to D, and the only thing i can see fro any of the Microsoft help docs and posts is "You can change this upon fresh installation".
Which this is. I've uninstalled anything else remotely like it just to be sure.
Do any of you have any ideas or any experience with this issue, or anything i can try? I simply don't have enough space to install on C, and because of this, i can't start learning c# which is required for work.
Thanks so much in advance guys, it's really getting me worried now.
Although I can only guess why Visual Studio is locking down the SDK path, here's a few workarounds and recommendations:
In your screenshot, the installer warns you about possible performance effects of installing Visual Studio on your D drive. I assume this is because your D drive is not an SSD. Microsoft's Visual Studio system requirements document recommends that you install to an SSD, and based on community experience, this is one recommendation you really want to stick to, otherwise IDE responsiveness may be well below your expectations, especially if you decide to install extensions in future.
Instead, you might want to reconsider the set of components that you're installing. If you're only getting started with C#, you'll probably be just fine with developing class libraries, console and web applications targeting .NET Framework or .NET Core. If this is the case, you might want to go to the Workloads tab in the installer and opt out of some of the heaviest workloads (such as Mobile development with .NET). Consider only installing .NET desktop development, ASP.NET and web development, Azure development and .NET Core cross-platform development. If you only select these, your installation is going to be much slimmer.
If minimizing Visual Studio installation as shown above isn't enough, consider an alternative way of setting up your .NET development environment. For example, you can download and install .NET Core SDK and .NET Core Runtime, and use one of the two most prominent alternative code editors: Visual Studio Code or JetBrains Rider that are both quite compact.
I'm new to Windows 10 and I absolutely love the Modern/Metro design. I'd love to create programs for Microsoft appstore that look like the Windows Mail or Office 365 Powerpoint but I don't know if I'm on the right track:
I downloaded and installed Microsoft Visual Studio Code, but it seems more for web development. Should I use Cordova and web technologies to create such apps? It is using WinJS(?) but I'm wondering if XAML is a better option?
I've also installed Visual Studio 2015 and put my Windows 10 in developer mode, but there is a bunch of options under C# projects: universal apps, windows forms apps, etc. Which one should I choose to do a native Windows app that looks like Microsoft Mail?
In general there is a whole bunch of options available and that is confusing. I know Java so picking up C# isn't hard for me. Also I've worked with Javascript/HTML/CSS for 4 years now and that is also comfortable for me.
I prefer performance and ease of maintenance.
The apps you mention are just regular Windows Universal apps so you can certainly do what you are asking.
1) No, VS Code is not for creating Windows Universal Apps, use Visual Studio 2015 instead (community edition is fine)
2) Your best starting point in terms of templates is Visual Studio 2015 > File > New Project >Installed > Templates > Visual C# > Windows > Universal > Blank App (Universal Windows)
It sounds like you could do with doing a few tutorials before diving into a real app. https://dev.windows.com/ is the main landing page for Windows app development. There are some great tutorials under the 'getting started' section, take the time to learn the basics now and you'll find writing your app much easier (and you'll probably produce a better app too).
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/design is also worth a look for design-specific resources.
I am looking to find out the testing tool capabilities that are offered with Visual Studio. From my research, I understand that you offer both functional and load testing tools for both web and Windows-based applications. I read the ‘coded UI Tests’ feature automates UI testing. My questions is, does this feature only work on .NET-based applications or can I use it to do UI testing on an application that was written in PowerBuilder?
You can find here the configurations that are supported by coded UI.
PowerBuilder is not in the list but depending on the technology it relies on (MFC?) it might work.
You can download a trial version of VS and try it on a PB application.
I'm just starting with windows phone development and was trying to get the datePicker to work. Searching for tutorials, all seem to be pointing to a reference to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
Phone\v7.0\Toolkit\Nov10\Bin\Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit.dll
The problem is that i don't have this file (and after a computer search this file doesn't exist at all in my computer) so after looking some more, a found this link that says that i must install the toolkit. This seems quite not right(i was thinking this feature was fully integrated, not a alternate design being such a key-feature).
Analysing the feed i got from google, those link are pretty old(september - november 2010). Has Microsoft redesigned the method to acces dataPicker or is this method still the current official one?
I'm not fully sure of the reason but from the codeplex page:
Straight from Microsoft, both the Silverlight Toolkit and Silverlight
for Windows Phone Toolkit provide the developer community with new
components, functionality, and an efficient way to help shape product
development. Toolkit releases include open source code, samples &
docs, plus design-time support for the Windows Phone platform as well
as the Silverlight browser plugin.
The easiest way to pick and choose what components to install is probably via NuGet.
http://nuget.org/List/Packages/SilverlightToolkitWP
This is more or less the current way. The main changes are that there's now an easier way of getting the toolkit using NuGet and there is a later release that supports WP7 Mango.
I'd recommend getting the sample app so you can see good examples of Toolkit however.
Just download and install the Toolkit which is readily available in the following link,
Silverlight Toolkit.
Then Add reference to the Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit.dll in the installed folder.
Then you can access it with adding the xaml code,
xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Phone.Controls;assembly=Microsoft.Phone.Controls.Toolkit"
I am searching for tool or software to build wizard installer to be easy to custom and have good UI view.
something like Microsoft Office / Microsoft VS or any good setup process?
Does Microsoft give tools like this?
I am not so familiar with software builds and installation.
Ideas from experts in installation field will be great
Thanks ALL.
Check out Caphyon's Advanced Installer.
There is NSIS and Inno Setup
They create Native Setup Applications, with very low overhead, and are very easy to learn with hundreds of examples
The latest versions of Visual Studio come with an installer, I'd also recommend the open-source NullSoft NSIS installer.
Visual Studio has it's own packaging tool, check it under the sub-menu of tools
I've had great success with the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolkit.
There's a bit of a learning curve, but it's very flexible. The Wix Tutorial is a great resource to help you get started.