Visual Studio 2012 build 50214

Visual Studio 2012 build 50214 is the official Beta build of Visual Studio 2012, released alongside Windows 8 Consumer Preview on 29 February 2012. This build makes LightSwitch application development available, and also introduces PowerPoint Storyboarding and language improvements.
==New features and changes==
===Languages===
====C#====
*Introduced the async and await keywords, which helps mitigate responsiveness issues
*Introduced caller info attributes, which let methods accept implicit optional parameters to receive a line number, a file path or a member name
====Visual Basic====
*Like C#, introduced the Async and Await keywords
*Like C#, introduced caller info attributes
*Introduced iterators, which make walking through collections such as arrays and lists easier, and iterator lambdas
*Introduced optional parameters in overloaded methods
*Simplified code spit, which no longer inserts ByVal and fully-qualified names for types
====C++====
*Introduced new core language features, like range-based for loops
*Introduced new standard library headers, like <atomic>, or <filesystem>
*Implemented emplacement methods
*Simulated variadic templates now accept a maximum of 5 arguments by default
*Optimized per-container and per-element memory consumption
====F#====
*Support for portable libraries has been added, which allow for applications to work on more than one .NET platform, without recompilation
*Improved New Item templates for type providers
*Context-sensitive filtering has been enhanced for IntelliSense
*Introduced an AnyCPU version of F# Interactive
===PowerPoint Storyboarding===
This build introduces PowerPoint Storyboarding, a way to easily create UI mock-ups.
===Tailored Simulator===
This build enhances the location simulation controls for the tailored simulator, now requiring the developer to enable location services and to allow the simulator access to such services.
==Gallery==
=== Setup ===
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 Setup Splash.png|Splash screen
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 Setup InstallationLocation.png|Installation location
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 Setup InstallationLocation EULAAgreed.png|Ditto, with check box checked
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 Setup Progress.png|Installation progress
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 Setup Finish.png|Installation finished
=== IDE ===
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 IDE SplashScreen.png|Splash screen
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 DefEnvSettings.png|Default environment settings
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 IDE StartPage DarkMode.png|Dark mode
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 IDE NewProject.png|New project
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 IDE FormDesigner.png|WinForms form designer
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 IDE MSStore DevLicense.png|Developer license
=== Help Viewer ===
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 HelpViewer SplashScreen.png|Splash screen
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 HelpViewer LightMode.png|Content management
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 HelpViewer DarkMode.png|Ditto, in dark mode
=== Tailored Simulator ===
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 TailoredSimulator LocationRequirements.png|Location controls requirements
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 TailoredSimulator EnableLocationServices.png|Enable Location Services
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 TailoredSimulator LocationControls.png|Location controls
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 TailoredSimulator Minimized.png|Simulator minimized
File:Dev11 11.0.50214.1 TailoredSimulator Closing.png|Simulator closing
==External links==
*Welcome to the Beta of Visual Studio 11 and .NET Framework 4.5 - Jason Zander's WebLog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
*Visual Studio 11 Beta Is Here! - C# Frequently Asked Questions - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
*Visual Basic 11 Beta Available for Download! - The Visual Basic Team - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
*What's New in Visual Studio 11 Beta for C++ Developers - Visual C++ Team Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
*Introducing Visual F# 3.0 Beta! - Visual Studio F# Team Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs