Anyone experience with Visual Studio Online?
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I just set up a new VM for private use on my work laptop. I wanted to download VS2013 Community Edition, but then I noticed an alternative: VS Online. As far as I can see it's free for my personal use. I'm looking to do some hobby coding. Does it have the same features as VS2013 CE? What about database access? Would I also need a (free) Azure account? I'm looking for some experiences and recommendations. Go Online or stick to VS2013 CE? :)
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}Visual Studio Online[^] is the repository not an IDE. You can use it WITH VS2013 CE but not INSTEAD.
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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Ask yourself... Do you trust your code to the cloud? I don't... I'll stick with CE at home.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Visual Studio Online[^] is the repository not an IDE. You can use it WITH VS2013 CE but not INSTEAD.
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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Yep, very confusing name for otherwise good product :)
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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Don't feel bad... I thought it was an online IDE too... I just wasn't about to try it :)
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Yes, that's what makes people mistakenly believe Visual Studio Online was some kind of "cloud IDE" that can be used as a stripped-down, simplified replacement for a local Visual Studio installation, like the free Office Online apps, but it's not.
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I just set up a new VM for private use on my work laptop. I wanted to download VS2013 Community Edition, but then I noticed an alternative: VS Online. As far as I can see it's free for my personal use. I'm looking to do some hobby coding. Does it have the same features as VS2013 CE? What about database access? Would I also need a (free) Azure account? I'm looking for some experiences and recommendations. Go Online or stick to VS2013 CE? :)
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}Hobby code or other, I would never put my code in the cloud trusting that the servers will be running when I want to work on my project. Besides, there's lots of times I'm in a disconnected state (some may say a dissociated state) so having all my stuff without needing Internet access is a requirement. Marc
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Hobby code or other, I would never put my code in the cloud trusting that the servers will be running when I want to work on my project. Besides, there's lots of times I'm in a disconnected state (some may say a dissociated state) so having all my stuff without needing Internet access is a requirement. Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
Marc Clifton wrote:
so having all my stuff without needing Internet access is a requirement
Yeah but finding code to cut and paste is a bitch. :laugh:
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Visual Studio Online[^] is the repository not an IDE. You can use it WITH VS2013 CE but not INSTEAD.
-- "My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
Deflinek wrote:
Visual Studio Online[^] is the repository not an IDE. You can use it WITH VS2013 CE but not INSTEAD.
^^ this. If/when you get to the point where you really want to use it for builds, etc, I have done quite a bit of configuration & experimentation in this regard and try to post those findings and other interesting things on my blog, .Netitude[^]
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I just set up a new VM for private use on my work laptop. I wanted to download VS2013 Community Edition, but then I noticed an alternative: VS Online. As far as I can see it's free for my personal use. I'm looking to do some hobby coding. Does it have the same features as VS2013 CE? What about database access? Would I also need a (free) Azure account? I'm looking for some experiences and recommendations. Go Online or stick to VS2013 CE? :)
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}Sander Rossel wrote:
I wanted to download VS2013 Community Edition, but then I noticed an alternative: VS Online.
It's not an alternative. It's what they used to call TFS Online. And IMHO, rocks hugely. (All my personal source code is stored there.) /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Hobby code or other, I would never put my code in the cloud trusting that the servers will be running when I want to work on my project. Besides, there's lots of times I'm in a disconnected state (some may say a dissociated state) so having all my stuff without needing Internet access is a requirement. Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
Marc Clifton wrote:
so having all my stuff without needing Internet access is a requirement.
Marc, you can work disconnected. It syncs on demand when you reconnect. I love VSO! (Been using it since before they changed the name.) /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Marc Clifton wrote:
so having all my stuff without needing Internet access is a requirement.
Marc, you can work disconnected. It syncs on demand when you reconnect. I love VSO! (Been using it since before they changed the name.) /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
It syncs on demand when you reconnect.
Ah, I didn't know that. Ignorant me! :-O Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Contributors Wanted for Higher Order Programming Project!
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I just set up a new VM for private use on my work laptop. I wanted to download VS2013 Community Edition, but then I noticed an alternative: VS Online. As far as I can see it's free for my personal use. I'm looking to do some hobby coding. Does it have the same features as VS2013 CE? What about database access? Would I also need a (free) Azure account? I'm looking for some experiences and recommendations. Go Online or stick to VS2013 CE? :)
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}I love having my code in the cloud. I have 4 computers that I use the same code from and it syncs automatically between them. A lot of times, those computers are on networks that are completely unrelated by location or by domain. So, I can check my code in from an implementation site on my laptop and pull it down on my dev Desktop back at work. I develop in a 1 man shop (me) so any TFS implementation had to be maintained by me. That's waaay to much overhead for just little, old me. If you want to talk security... blah, I get paid for getting the job done. If someone thinks my code is so interesting that they go through the pain of hacking MS for it... then, they'll be sadly disappointed. Also, each of my dev computers have a copy of the code so if they delete the Web at some point (or it gets hacked and untrusted) I still have my own backups. Good Luck; You'll need it
Joel Palmer Data Integration Engineer
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I just set up a new VM for private use on my work laptop. I wanted to download VS2013 Community Edition, but then I noticed an alternative: VS Online. As far as I can see it's free for my personal use. I'm looking to do some hobby coding. Does it have the same features as VS2013 CE? What about database access? Would I also need a (free) Azure account? I'm looking for some experiences and recommendations. Go Online or stick to VS2013 CE? :)
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}When I develop software I want the process to be repeatable. E.G. I want to be able to use a fresh machine, re-install the tools and rebuild my software from source code. With cloud tools I do not have any control over whether or not I can re-create a particular version of my code. You may ask why don't I use the cloud for quick experiments or hobby? The answer may be unsatisfying, but I simply don't like to develop and learn complete new processes for quick experiments when I am in a deep rut of doing it professionally without big hurdles and everything is ready.
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I love having my code in the cloud. I have 4 computers that I use the same code from and it syncs automatically between them. A lot of times, those computers are on networks that are completely unrelated by location or by domain. So, I can check my code in from an implementation site on my laptop and pull it down on my dev Desktop back at work. I develop in a 1 man shop (me) so any TFS implementation had to be maintained by me. That's waaay to much overhead for just little, old me. If you want to talk security... blah, I get paid for getting the job done. If someone thinks my code is so interesting that they go through the pain of hacking MS for it... then, they'll be sadly disappointed. Also, each of my dev computers have a copy of the code so if they delete the Web at some point (or it gets hacked and untrusted) I still have my own backups. Good Luck; You'll need it
Joel Palmer Data Integration Engineer
Joel Palmer wrote:
If someone thinks my code is so interesting that they go through the pain of hacking MS for it... then, they'll be sadly disappointed.
:laugh: :thumbsup: You make some good points :)
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
