Microsoft’s new Dev Home app gets its first-ever update
Dev Home is a new app from Microsoft designed to help developers.
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What you need to know
Microsoft announcedDev Homeearlier this year at Build 2023. Dev Home is an application that is aimed to streamline the workflow of developers. It can install apps and packages in a centralized location, connect to GitHub, and has a library of widgets to show information at a glance. This week, Microsoft shipped the second release of Dev Home.
The bump to version 0.2 is the first-ever update for the new app. It’s only in preview at the moment and is in its infancy of public-facing development.
Since Dev Home is so new, here’s a quick rundown of what it can do, asexplained by Microsoft:
Here’s what’s new in Dev Home version 0.2:
Miscellaneous improvements
Bug fixes
Dev Home (preview) | Free
Dev Home is a new app from Microsoft that can be used to streamline the workflow of developers. It can configure or execute WinGet configurations and download developer tools automatically.
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