Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate • Hacker News Board

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by adzm » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:41 PM UTC

wmkn wrote: post #29

Does this also mean a new C/C++ runtime library is available (i.e. vcruntime150)?

Yes, though like before most of the crt is part of the windows universal crt

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by jamesmp98 » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:42 PM UTC

I'm tempted, but when I tried 2015 RC shit broke like crazy when I upgraded to the actual release.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by dleslie » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:42 PM UTC

jjordan wrote: post #19

satysin wrote: post #15

The new installer is nice. Installed just a C++ environment in 5 minutes!!

Wow that's huge. My last VS2015 install took hours.

I usually do it at the end of the day, and leave it running when I end work.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by jamesmp98 » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:43 PM UTC

swasheck wrote: post #28

james-skemp wrote: post #20

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.

Yes my 2013 and 2015RC ran very well together, but omfg when I tried to upgrade to 2015 RTM

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by m-zuber » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:49 PM UTC

omerraviv wrote: post #17

Some first impressions here: https://blog.oz-code.com/first-impressions-of-visual-studio-...

Very nice overview! Thank you.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by justin66 » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:53 PM UTC

dleslie wrote: post #33

jjordan wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow that's huge. My last VS2015 install took hours.

I usually do it at the end of the day, and leave it running when I end work.

Not even an option in the Windows 10 era, where our computers might reboot at any time on short notice. (work computers with group policy tweaks are something of an exception, but still)

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by TheCoreh » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:55 PM UTC

LyalinDotCom wrote: post #14

Maarten88 wrote: post #9

One of the install options is "Linux development with C++"

Yes our C++ team has been investing into this area for a while now, we're building some really powerful debugging capabilities there as just one thing to mention with remote debug right out to your Linux machine or VM

Does that mean VS will support C11 features?

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by b_lindahl » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 4:55 PM UTC

Visual Studio "15" = Visual Studio 2017 = VC 15.0 Crystal clear. Why didn't Microsoft bump up VC version to 17 to sort of make VC version follow VS version. Would clear out some confusion going forward.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by c0deporn » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 5:00 PM UTC

omerraviv wrote: post #17

Some first impressions here: https://blog.oz-code.com/first-impressions-of-visual-studio-...

Wondering if the Live Unit Testing came from the acquisition/integration of the Alive project. Very interesting indeed.

Re: Visual Studio 2017 Release Candidate

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Post by PerfectElement » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 5:02 PM UTC

omerraviv wrote: post #17

Some first impressions here: https://blog.oz-code.com/first-impressions-of-visual-studio-...

Thanks! I was hoping I would be able to get rid of ReSharper, but the lack of CamelHumps in navigation and in code completion will force me to keep using.