The team building the next release of Visual Studio has responded to developer criticism and is adding support for building Windows 8 Desktop apps to VS 2012 Express. Last month, there was quite a bit ...

Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 ...

Unfortunately, the add-on is not supported by Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, nor does it support applications built on Microsoft’s XNA Framework. This limitation means that while the ...