First Look: Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2015

On Monday, Windows announced the release of their newest version of their Visual Studio 2015 suite that now supports the OSX and Linux operating systems! Since its beta release in April, over 500,000 developers have contributed their code and feedback to create an IDE that satisfies the array of needs that developers must attend to in order to create custom applications for web, console, desktop, cloud, and mobile.

Microsoft has been busy pushing Windows 10 OS, Windows 10 Phone, and the Microsoft Edge web browser that will cater to devices from desktops to consoles, but the revamp of their API stack and release of VS2015 will really prove to be the driving force towards their goal of acheiving interoperability among devices for both enterprises and consumers.

Microsoft will be partnering with the jQuery team and shipping jQuery with Visual Studio in the near future. The addition of web elements, jQuery and the project architecture makes for…