Visual Studio 2012 Launch Highlights Tools for Modern Apps With more than 600,000 downloads of Visual Studio 2012 in a less than 4 weeks, the new IDE has the fastest download rate in the product's ...

The free Visual Studio Express 2012 tools for Windows 8 (Metro-style apps) and the Web are also available for download, starting today. The free Express tools for Windows Desktop (originally dropped ...

Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop is due for release this fall, Somasegar said. “Adhering to the core principles we’ve set for our Express products, Visual Studio Express 2012 for ...

Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio 2012, the latest version of its popular software development tool, is now available to download for developers, along with a 90 day free version.

Microsoft has announced the new Blend for Visual Studio 2012, a tool to design user interfaces for HTML and XAML applications in Windows Store 8. All versions of Visual Studio 2012 come with Blend ...

Microsoft backs down from its decision to pull desktop UI development from its Visual Studio Express suite, and will be releasing Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop this fall.

Late last year, Microsoft launched Visual Studio App Center, its new unified mobile app development lifecycle solution for developers who want to write iOS, Android, Windows and macOS apps.

Visual Studio now supports debugging Linux apps; Code editor now open source Microsoft doubles down on cross-platform software development.