Support for Windows7 Apache Cordova Tool Update

Source text: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/08/04/apache-cordova-tooling-update-with-support-for-windows-7.aspx

This week, we released the CTP 2.0 for the development of multi-device hybrid applications, enabling developers to build ios,android and Windows-based applications through Apache cordova™. This is the third release within three months of the preview, offering several features including support for more operating systems and commissioning of Android devices under version 4.4, which are required by various channels such as UserVoice, Twitter, StackOverflow and email.

the Windows7 , 8 Support According to our statistics, nearly 15% of the developers who installed the Cordova extension are using WINDOWS7 or 8. Until then, they can only be updated to windows8.1--this is always inconvenient or only possible in the enterprise environment. Therefore, starting with CTP2.0, running the Windows7 version above (including Windows Server2012 R2) can install and use only the Toolsets that were previously available on the Windows8.1.

running a multi-device hybrid application development platform Windows 7 Equipment

Quick Start and run a set up integration environment the developers who tried to build the Cordova project with other tools told us several times that it would take a few days to build a set-up integration environment. Many different dependencies and hundreds of possible combinations of versions-not to mention environment settings-are difficult to know what settings to work on. Using Ctp2.0,visual Studio directs developers to get up and running quickly by downloading, installing, setting, and so on. When a developer opens a project, Visual Studio performs a system diagnostic to ensure that the integration environment is valid and, if not, Visual Studio provides a recommendation to resolve the issue.

Access or configuration of third-party tools supported by the installer

Visual Studio runs system diagnostics to ensure that the development environment is sound and effective

more platforms to debug your Android system. about 82% of Android devices on the market do not support version 4.4, which means that the limited devices and emulators below the 4.4 release have a huge need for precise debugging. However, the majority of tools used by debug protocol 4.4 are not valid. Fortunately there is another option for--ctp2.0,visual studio to support it. With Jshybugger's relatively inexpensive license, developers can immediately use Visual Studio's debugging tools to connect with limited devices and emulators running Android version 2.3 to 4.4.

Run multi-device hybrid applications on limited Android devices

more than 300 bug fixes. In the first two releases, CTP 1.0 and 1.1 provided a great experience. But what's not to avoid is that these are also developer previews and slightly coarser. Thanks to the sending StackOverflow, Twitter, and blogs customers, we identified and solved over 300 bugs to improve product reliability, performance and performance. In addition, developers can find error messages to improve, better third-party dependent installation logic, and faster build scenarios.

MSDN documentation. The developer's feedback on the first release of the document is very helpful, and our supplemental documentation will be more complete. We have changed and supplemented the 80-page PDF document in MDSN so that developers can receive updated documents through a Web browser.

Give it a try.

Today Visual Studio 2013 customers can download and install CTP 2.0 for multi-device hybrid application extensions, and we are happy to listen to your feedback. You can contact our product team directly via UserVoice, Twitter, StackOverflow and email tools.