This Release to Manufacturing (RTM) of Visual Studio includes many new features and updates, such as tools for Universal Windows app development, cross-platform mobile development for iOS, Android, and Windows, including Xamarin, Apache Cordova, Unity, and more. And now, you can see Visual Studio 2015 features in action; check out our videos on Channel 9.
Important: Visual Studio 2015 RTM cannot be used to build Windows Universal Apps until 7/29/2015; for more information, see Release Dates and Compatibility: Visual Studio 2015 and the Windows 10 SDK.
What's New in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2:
Visual Studio:
- Visual Studio Tools for Apache Cordova
- Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows App Development
- Visual C++
- C# and Visual Basic
- .NET Framework 4.6.1
- Visual Studio IDE
- NuGet
- TypeScript
- Developer Analytics Tools
- Team Explorer
- SQL Server Data Tools
- Python Tools for Visual Studio
- Miscellaneous
Other changes:
- Performance & Reliability
- Bug Fixes & Known Issues
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