Visual Studio &quot;14&quot; CTP 2 is now available. There&#39;s many more CTP&#39;s coming, ALL CAPS are not, no TFS &quot;14&quot; CTP&#39;s, don&#39;t side-by-side this CTP and more...

Brian Harry has the quote of the day for this release...

Brian Harry’s blog - Visual Studio “14” CTP 2 Available

I’m not going to make too big a deal about this because there’s going to be tons of them between now and when VS “14” ships. But we shipped another CTP today and you can learn more about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/07/08/visual-studio-14-ctp-2-available.aspx

We’re continuing the practice of making Azure VM templates available to make it really easy to try out the CTPs....

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For reasons I explained in my last post on the subject, we are not releasing TFS “14” CTPs at this time and, quite honestly, won’t for a while. We will start releasing CTPs of TFS well before the release but there’s just not a good enough cost benefit analysis to it right now. You can see the majority of the work we are doing on VS Online as we do it.

The Visual Studio Blog - Visual Studio “14” CTP 2 Available

Today we released CTP 2 of Visual Studio “14”, which is the codename for the next version of Visual Studio. To get started, you can download the bits (also available on MSDN subscriber downloads), or use the VM in Azure we’re making available (see the note below). In addition to the new features we added in CTP 1, this CTP also includes:

Save and Apply Custom IDE Layouts. You can now save and apply custom layouts for tool windows in the IDE. The Save Window Layout and Apply Window Layout commands are under the Window Menu and you can also rename, reorder, and delete layouts from Manage Window Layouts.

Light Bulb Editor Adornment. Light Bulbs are an extensible editor adornment to identify and help you fix issues in your code. To use them, place the caret on a line with an issue or hover over an issue and you’ll see a light bulb that lists actions you can take to resolve the problem and even a preview of proposed solutions.

Editor Touch Support. The Visual Studio Editor now supports touch gestures for scrolling, pinch-to-zoom, tap-and-hold for context menus, double-tap for word selection, and line selection by tapping in the margin.

VC++ Property Pages and Editor Enhancements. We updated the Configuration and Platform dropdown values for VC++ Property Page dialog to remember the last user selection when the dialog is closed. We also added Move Function Definition (move the body of a function definition to source or header/in-class definition) and Implement Pure Virtuals (quickly create definitions for a class that inherits constructs ([abstract] class, struct, etc.) containing pure virtuals). We also updated Create Declaration/Definition to include Code Peek and improved Find in Files to enable subsequent results to be appended to previous results ("append mode"). Checkout the VC Blog for details on these enhancements.

ALL CAPS. Last week with the RC for Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 we added an option to sentence case menus; in this VS “14” CTP we changed Menu Bar styling to Title Case for everyone to help us get feedback on the change. We’ll use the feedback we get to help determine if we keep it as it is in this preview, make it an option under the Tools/Options menu, or take some other path.

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Visual Studio "14" CTP release notes

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Notes:

CTPs are English only.

CTPs are unsupported and are intended to be used for testing, trial, and feedback purposes only.

CTPs have not been subject to final validation. They are not meant to be run on production workstations or servers, or used to create production code. Installing a CTP on a production server will put the server in an unsupported state.

Although these CTPs are intended to be installed side-by-side with earlier versions of Visual Studio, complete compatibility on every CTP is not guaranteed.

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Visual Studio "14" CTP 2 (version 14.0.21901.1.DP) details

Technology improvements

The following technology improvements have been made in this release.
ASP.NET and web development

ASP.NET vNext: This release of Visual Studio supports creating and developing ASP.NET vNext applications. ASP.NET vNext is a lean and composable .NET stack for building modern web applications for both cloud and on-premises servers. It includes the following features:

ASP.NET MVC and Web API have been unified into a single programming model.

A no-compile developer experience.

Environment-based configuration for a seamless transition to the cloud.

Dependency injection out-of-the-box.

New cloud-optimized runtime supports true side-by-side versioning.

NuGet everything, even the runtime itself.

Run in IIS, or self-hosted in your own process.

All open source through the .NET Foundation
(http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/)

, and takes contributions.

For more information about ASP.NET vNext in Visual Studio, go to the ASP.NET vNext
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=400692)

website.

This release of Visual Studio also includes all the current ASP.NET and web development features that are released as parts of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2. Learn more here
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=400693)

.

Visual C++

Find in Files has been updated to enable subsequent results to be added to previous results ("append mode"). Results can now also be edited or deleted.

Implement Pure Virtuals enables a user to quickly create definitions for a class that inherits constructs (such as abstract class, struct) containing pure virtuals. Both multiple and recursive inheritances are supported. Activate the feature through right-clicking a class definition (implement all pure virtuals) or an inherited base construct (implement pure virtuals in that base only). Double-slash comments (//) are used to delimit groups of functions implemented from individual bases.

Move Function Definition enables a user to move the body of a function definition to source or header/in-class definition. It must be activated through the right-click context menu on a function's signature.

Visual Studio IDE

Menu Bars will show in Title Case style instead of All Caps style.

Support for touch in the Visual Studio Editor is now available. This includes touch for scrolling, pinch-to-zoom, tap-and-hold for context menus, double-tap for word selection, and line selection by tapping in the margin.

The Configuration and Platform dropdown values for the VC Property Page dialog have been changed to remember the last user selection when closed and reopened.

Users can save custom layouts by clicking Save Window Layout from the Window menu. Users can apply a custom layout by clicking Apply Window Layout from the Window menu, and users can delete, rename, or reorder layouts by clicking Manage Window Layout from the Window menu. The first nine layouts also have keyboard shortcuts from Ctrl+Alt+1 to Ctrl+Alt+9.

In this CTP, we are rounding out Light Bulbs that are the quick and easy way to obtain helpful fixes for known issues in your code inside the Visual Studio Editor. If you have an issue in your code, placing your editor caret on the line where the issue is shown or hovering over the issue will present a light bulb that shows helpful actions you can take to resolve the problem together with a preview of the results of each action.
This feature is publicly extensible, so Visual Studio extenders can provide their own suggested actions.

After you apply this CTP, you can create an empty C# and JavaScript shared project from the File > New Project menu. Phone Projects, Store Projects, and Universal Projects that are written in JavaScript and C# can consume one or many of these shared projects. Shared project references can be managed (added or removed) by using the Reference Manager. Shared Project referencing is also available for some classic desktop C# projects. The project types and languages that support Shared Projects will continue to expand in future CTPs.

In this CTP, Visual Studio now supports high-resolution icons in the Error List.

Known issues

Installation
Installing Visual Studio "14" CTP side-by-side with Visual Studio 2013

There are known issues when you install Visual Studio "14" CTP 14.0.21901.1 DP on the same computer as Visual Studio 2013. While we expect that an uninstallation of Visual Studio "14" and then a repair of Visual Studio 2013 should fix these issues, our safest recommendation is to install Visual Studio "14" in a virtual machine, a virtual hard disk (VHD), a fresh computer, or another non-production test-only computer that does not have Visual Studio 2013 on it. These Visual Studio side-by-side issues are expected to be fixed soon.

Client Platform

Uninstalling Visual Studio "14" CTP removes TypeScript from Visual Studio 2013.

Upgrading

Because of a known issue, when you install Visual Studio "14" CTP 14.0.21901.1 DP on the same computer that has Visual Studio "14" CTP 14.0.21730.1 DP installed, your Windows Store projects may fail to launch.
To work around this issue, repair the installation of Visual Studio "14" CTP 14.0.21901.1 DP after the upgrade. To avoid this issue, our safest recommendation is to uninstall Visual Studio "14" CTP 14.0.21730.1 DP before you install the new CTP version. This build-to-build upgrade issue has been fixed for future upgrades from Visual Studio "14" 14.0.21901.1 DP.

Visual C++

The native "Memory Usage" tool does not work when targeting Win32 (x86). Targeting x64 works as expected.

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