The first testing release of Visual Studio 11 came in mid-September 2011

Oct 13, 2011 12:07 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has introduced a range of enhancements in the next generation of Visual Studio, which early adopters can test by downloading the Developer Preview of VS2010’s successor.

One aspect of Visual Studio 11’s evolution is related to the work the software giant did in order to make it easier for developers to find specific elements in their projects.

Devs can already test the search improvements in Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview, which has been available for download for approximately a month now.

"Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview aims at increasing productivity by reducing the amount of time it takes to traverse through these lists by adding search to a number of common windows,” revealed Radhika Tadinada, program manager (Visual Studio Platform).

Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview is available for download here. Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 Milestone 3 (M3) is available for download here.