State of the Platforms
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The document details updates and improvements across several Microsoft platforms including Windows 8.1, Windows Azure, and Visual Studio 2013. Key enhancements include new development APIs, mobile services capabilities, enhanced debugging tools, and better integration options for developers. Overall, the document reflects a shift towards a more open and feedback-oriented development ecosystem within Microsoft, showcasing a regular release cadence and helpful features for developers.
State of the Platforms
- 1. SELA DEVELOPER PRACTICE December 15-19, 2013 Sasha Goldshtein CTO, SELA Group @goldshtn blog.sashag.net State Of The Platforms © Copyright SELA software & Education Labs Ltd. | 14-18 Baruch Hirsch St Bnei Brak, 51202 Israel | www.selagroup.com
- 2. Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 • RTM August 2013, GA October 2013 Windows Azure • Continuous delivery, new features/updates every 2-4 weeks Visual Studio 2013 and .NET 4.5.1 • RTM October 2013 Going Native (C++) • Big updates in VS2013 and subsequent CTPs .NET Languages and CLR vNext • In Visual Studio vNext
- 3. What’s New in Windows 8.1? Concessions from Windows 8 • Pseudo Start button • Desktop background as Start screen background • Boot to desktop • Slightly modified default search experience • Arbitrary proportions in snapped view
- 4. What’s New in Windows 8.1? Development Platform Improvements • Some more WinRT APIs available to desktop apps (SMS, sensors, geolocation, scanning, capture, …) • USB, Bluetooth, HID devices (point of sale) • Scanning • 3D printing • Speech synthesis • Contacts and appointments • And miscellanea: HTTP client, PDF export, PlayTo extensions, …
- 5. What’s New in Windows 8.1? XAML Improvements • New and updated controls: date and time pickers, flyouts, better AppBar buttons, search box, … • True WebView control in the visual tree • Loading WebView resources from dynamic storage (eBooks, …) • Multi-monitor DPI awareness • Enhanced data binding • Custom navigation stack support • Performance improvements in startup and XAML
- 6. What’s New in Windows Azure? Dev/Test Offering • MSDN use rights allowed in Windows Azure • Per-minute billing for VMs • No charge for stopped VMs • Super-discounted dev/test rates for Windows Server, SQL Server, BizTalk Server MSDN Credits Model • Professional = $50/mo • Premium = $100/mo • Ultimate = $150/mo • Example: $100 = spin up 80 VMs for 20 hour load test
- 7. What’s New in Windows Azure? Mobile Services Mobile Notification Hubs • Custom API support • Source control support (Git at this time) • Integration with Notification Hubs • Optimistic concurrency • Integration with Windows Azure Active Directory • Blast out push notifications to millions of users • Unlimited tags associated with each subscriber • Support for all four major platforms • Templates so you can push with a single call
- 8. What’s New in Windows Azure? Auto-Scale Preview Alert Rules Preview • Set up scale rules for your Web Sites, Mobile Services, Cloud Services, and Virtual Machines • Based on CPU %, storage queue depth, blob requests • Can set up different rules for day/night, weekday/week end • Monitor metrics and send alerts when they are exceeded • E.g., when CPU % for MyVM goes above 95 for five minutes, send an email to all administrators
- 9. What’s New in Windows Azure? Cool New Features • Import/export hard drives • Automatic SQL database exports • WebSockets support • Read-access georedundant storage • New scheduler service • Remote debugging from Visual Studio 2013 Mature Features • Virtual Networks – P2P/S2P/S2S VPN • BizTalk Services GA • Traffic Manager GA • Multi-factor authentication GA • Import Virtual Machines from Open Depot
- 10. What’s New in Visual Studio 2013? The Connected IDE • Haven’t you always wanted to sign in to your Visual Studio? • Synchronized settings between machines • Easier to get started with Visual Studio • Automatic TFS Online integration • Notification center Productivity • Better auto-completion • IntelliSense and Go To Definition for XAML • More refactorings • Code Lens • Code Maps
- 11. What’s New in Visual Studio 2013? New Performance Tools • Memory and performance profiling for JavaScript apps • Power (energy) profiling for Windows Store and Windows Phone apps • Memory leak analysis for all .NET apps • Graphics Diagnostics for Windows Store apps Miscellaneous • Performance improvements • Coded UI Tests for XAML Windows Store apps • More themes
- 12. Visual Studio Online First-class hosted TFS and Git source control, free for teams up to 5 developers TFS build service Cloud load testing service “Monaco”: Cloud IDE for Azure Web Sites
- 13. What’s New in .NET 4.5.1? In-place Upgrade • Just like .NET 4.5 and supposed to be fully backwards compatible New Features • EventSource support (for ETW) • Explicit LOH compaction during GC • Edit-and-continue for 64-bit code • Better async-aware debugging
- 14. Going Native? In Visual Studio 2013 • Variadic templates, initializer lists, delegating ctors • Generalized capture semantics • Full C++11 conformance probably in 2-3 updates In Visual C++ November CTP • Resumable functions (__await for task<T>) • Generic lambdas • Function return type deduction • Other small C99, C++11, and C++14 features
- 15. Going Native? C++ REST SDK (Casablanca) Better auto-vectorizer and __vectorcall PGO wizard for Desktop and Store apps Much better IntelliSense and code completion
- 16. .NET Languages And The CLR C# and VB vNext • Roslyn is very likely in Visual Studio vNext • New C# and VB language features being discussed CLR vNext • “RyuJIT” • “Triton” • “Project N”
- 17. Considered C# Language Features imports // Static method using System.Math; // Primary constructor for immutable types public class Point(int x, int y) { // Read-only automatic properties based on fields public int X { get; } = x; public int Y { get; } = y; // Property expressions public double Magnitude => Sqrt(X*X + Y*Y); }
- 18. Summary Fast and accelerating release cadence from most Microsoft groups, including Windows Some areas seem frozen but there is work under-the-covers The new Microsoft: more open to feedback and integration with other technologies
- 19. Questions Sasha Goldshtein CTO, SELA Group @goldshtn blog.sashag.net