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Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Piss-poor caching mechanism that can't spit out static frontpages with relative ease. Still getting 504's.

Here are direct links. Looks like they haven't updated the names in the URL's, but this downloads the 2017 RC. https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_Community.exe https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_Enterprise.exe https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_Professional.exe https://aka.ms/vs/15/release/vs_TestProfessional.exe

Thanks.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

#22
Project.json for .net core is gone, there's xproj file. How to change settings, like target framework, per-framework dependencies, build options, pre/post build steps, etc? I don't see any tooling support for that.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

#25
I think there is really only one feature Microsoft cares deeply about in this, and that is "Easy Azure integration". All the big fish are going to work hard to collect rent on whatever SAAS they can.

Why twist yourself in knots to be the "next X" when you can be content supplying the "next X" with a platform for expansion.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

#27

I've always been hesitant to install RC's on my machine. Does anyone know how nicely the RC's generally play with other instances of VS / if they've improved that along with the improved install/uninstall process in 2017?

It's generally been part my job as a dev manager to be the first one to install Visual Studio RCs. I've never experienced any conflict other than Windows choosing the wrong version of Studio to open a project with when I double click a file.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

#28

I've always been hesitant to install RC's on my machine. Does anyone know how nicely the RC's generally play with other instances of VS / if they've improved that along with the improved install/uninstall process in 2017?

In my experience, the RCs play nicely with other instances, but moving to the RTM is a complete nightmare.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

#30
post #22

Project.json for .net core is gone, there's xproj file. How to change settings, like target framework, per-framework dependencies, build options, pre/post build steps, etc? I don't see any tooling support for that.

That went away a while ago, unfortunately... though I think yaml may have been better, the json-like structure was much easier than the xml mess for vs projects.

Hoping they added an "empty" project that is just files, closest were some of the web projects, but even then, node projects always felt like an alien afterthought... haven't seen how they are in vs2017, guessing they brought in the ntvs stuff into mainline.

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