NET languages but also for native code (C++) and JavaScript. The best thing is that this feature works not only for. Make sure you have turned it on, it’s a big productivity gain. It creates a visual map of your call stack and gives you a very good idea of your application’s control flow when debugging it.

Code MapsĬode Maps are an awesome feature that can be turned on when debugging an application (Debug - Show Call Stack on Code Map). Of course Update 2 of Visual Studio 2012 is not just about colorful tiles, so let’s have a look at some of the technical improvements. This works very well in Visual Studio 2012 by making the IDE itself unobtrusive but letting some of the essential features (e.g. It’s a lot about carefully choosing and selecting these colors and highlighting aspects of your application you consider important. But this example clearly shows that accentuation colors make a very big difference and that modern UI is far more than taking colors out of an application. Visual Studio 2012 Update 1ĭon’t get me wrong, I am an enthusiastic advocate of the clean and simplistic Modern UI (formerly known as Metro) Microsoft has introduced. Just compare the following screenshots and notice the big difference created by the use of color in the tiles. Among many technical improvements Update 2 added a colorful touch to the start page of Visual Studio 2012.

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