A shared design surface between Blend for Visual Studio 2012 and the standard IDE for consistent UI rendering. Installation & Usage Notes
A redesigned, cleaner interface with reduced clutter and "all-caps" menus (later made optional). visual-studio-2012-ultimate-iso
Advanced code clone detection to find redundant code and "Code Metrics" to measure maintainability. General 2012 Improvements (All Editions) A shared design surface between Blend for Visual
Includes IntelliTrace for "historical debugging" (recording the execution history to find bugs faster), as well as Continuous Stress-Testing and Lab Management. visual-studio-2012-ultimate-iso
First-class tools for building "Windows Store" apps and integrating with the WinRT platform.
Projects and key IDE components load asynchronously, allowing you to start coding before the entire solution is fully loaded.