Visual Studio Architecture, Visualization, Modeling, and UML Tools https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/feed.xml Building tools in Visual Studio to help you understand and design software. Tue, 16 Apr 2019 05:35:48 GMT en-US hourly 1 Where's All the Posts? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/wheres-all-the-posts Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:20:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2012/04/19/wheres-all-the-posts/ Wondering what happened to the activity on this blog? Check out the Visual Studio ALM + Team Foundation Server blog.

]]> Got feature suggestions for Visual Studio? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/got-feature-suggestions-for-visual-studio Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:36:15 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/08/22/got-feature-suggestions-for-visual-studio/ You can now post your ideas about how to improve Visual Studio and vote on them on the Visual Studio User Voice site. There are categories for Visual Studio Ultimate, Test and Lab Management, Team Foundation Server, and other specific areas. For more information, see Brian Harry's blog.

If you have bugs to report, please continue submitting them through Microsoft Connect.

Thanks for your help and support!

]]> Visual Studio ALM at Microsoft TechEd 2011 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/visual-studio-alm-at-microsoft-teched-2011 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:35:29 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/05/27/visual-studio-alm-at-microsoft-teched-2011/ Lots of exciting stuff, so check out the session videos on Channel 9: 

]]> Social media and other resources about software architecture, visualization, modeling, and UML with Visual Studio 2010 now on our blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/social-media-and-other-resources-about-software-architecture-visualization-modeling-and-uml-with-visual-studio-2010-now-on-our-blog Fri, 27 May 2011 14:31:45 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/05/27/social-media-and-other-resources-about-software-architecture-visualization-modeling-and-uml-with-visual-studio-2010-now-on-our-blog/ The right side of our blog now features Facebook and LinkedIn communities that focus on software architecture, visualization, modeling, and UML where you can find news, discussion, and other useful content. I also added other resources and a list of blogs about these areas.

]]> How to: Visualize and describe workflow using UML activity diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/how-to-visualize-and-describe-workflow-using-uml-activity-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:12:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/04/22/how-to-visualize-and-describe-workflow-using-uml-activity-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate/ This short YouTube video shows how you can visually describe process workflow by using UML activity diagrams. You can link activity diagram model elements to work items, such as test cases, in Team Foundation Server:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541Ah8SNVes]

For more information about activity diagrams, see the following topics on MSDN:

]]> How to: Visualize and describe users' requirements using UML use case diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/how-to-visualize-and-describe-users-requirements-using-uml-use-case-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:45:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/04/22/how-to-visualize-and-describe-users-requirements-using-uml-use-case-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate/ This short YouTube video shows how you can visually describe a software system's users' requirements by using UML case diagrams and link use cases to work items in Team Foundation Server:

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1pXUjMIjiw]

For more information about use case diagrams, see the following topics on MSDN:

 

 

]]> How to: Validate code against the architecture using layer diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/how-to-validate-code-against-the-architecture-using-layer-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:32:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/04/22/how-to-validate-code-against-the-architecture-using-layer-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate/ This short YouTube video shows how you can visually describe your software's architecture on a layer diagram. You can also validate code against the diagram to maintain architectural control of the code. 

[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf__skaJIdI]

For more information about layer diagrams, see the following topics on MSDN:

]]> Updated Architecture Tooling Guide for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/updated-architecture-tooling-guide-for-visual-studio-2010-ultimate Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:57:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/04/21/updated-architecture-tooling-guide-for-visual-studio-2010-ultimate/ The VS ALM Rangers have updated this guide, which includes automated guidance, hands-on-labs, and videos that show how you can use the Visual Studio architecture and modeling tools to help you understand an existing software system or create a new system.

]]> New samples: Create UML elements quickly and run unit tests on UML extensions https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/new-samples-create-uml-elements-quickly-and-run-unit-tests-on-uml-extensions Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:31:30 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/04/18/new-samples-create-uml-elements-quickly-and-run-unit-tests-on-uml-extensions/ Alan Wills has created these new samples that help you work with UML more easily in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and has posted them up on the Code Samples Gallery:

  • How to create UML elements quickly by typing text
  • How to run unit tests on UML extensions
]]> Samples that extend UML diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/vsarch/samples-that-extend-uml-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:13:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/vsarch/2011/04/14/samples-that-extend-uml-diagrams-in-visual-studio-2010-ultimate/ Alan Wills has created several samples that let you extend UML diagrams in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate in the following ways:

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