Author Archives: Christian Schormann

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Available Now: Blend for Visual Studio 2012

Today, I have the great pleasure to announce the latest release of Blend. In this release cycle, our big focus has been Windows 8: Blend now supports UX authoring not just for store apps written in XAML, but also for those written in HTML.

We want to make it really easy for you to create great apps for Windows 8. Therefore, we are now including Blend with Visual Studio 2012, including the free Express for Windows 8 version for authoring Win 8 store apps. With one fast download and install you get VS for your coding-centric tasks and Blend for visual authoring.

Visual Studio 2012 and Blend can be downloaded from MSDN today if you’re an MSDN Subscriber.  You can also download the free Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows 8, which includes Blend, or free trial versions of Visual Studio 2012 with Blend today.
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HTML  /  News  /  Technical  /  Version: RC  /  XAML

Designing Metro style Apps in Blend and VS: What’s New in the RC?

It’s been a busy spring. After a lot of “yard work”, we are shipping an updated version of all the visual authoring tools for Metro-style apps: Expression Blend with support for both HTML and XAML authoring, and the visual designer in Visual Studio 2012, based

Technical  /  Version: Beta

Visual Authoring for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Blend and Visual Studio

If you are ready to begin developing apps for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released this week, we have the tools for you: Beta versions of both Visual Studio 11 and Blend are now available. As in the Windows 8 Developer Preview released in September,

HTML  /  Technical  /  Version: Preview

Introducing Blend for HTML

Today, at the build conference, we have introduced an exciting new flavor of Expression Blend – Blend for HTML, designed to help you create great UI for Windows 8 apps based on HTML, CSS and JavaScript. An early preview is available for you as part