Thursday, October 24, 2013

Visual Studio 2013 has been released

Hi my blog audiences!

Yes, you’re right! It’s not a typo! Visual Studio 2013 has been released and available to download!

Just go to: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/2013-editions

This is the original announcement by Somasegar in his blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/archive/2013/10/17/visual-studio-2013-available-for-download.aspx

What’s new in Visual Studio 2013: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/visual-studio-2013

The editions of Visual Studio 2013 are the same as Visual Studio 2012:

  1. Express
  2. Test Professional
  3. Professional
  4. Premium
  5. Ultimate

For those new to Visual Studio, I suggest starts using Visual Studio 2013 Express Edition.

Here’s the link: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-2013-express

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Now, everything is getting more interesting in Visual Studio world! Visual Studio will have shorter cadence release! This is also a perfect sample of Application Lifecycle Management discipline clearly implemented!

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The picture was from a slide deck of Brian Harry, MS Technical Fellow, when delivering presentation on TechEd North America 2013.

This means, every 11 to 13 months a new Visual Studio version will always be available.

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