Visual Studio Gets Achievements, Badges, Leaderboards bi13752403 bonch writes "Microsoft has introduced a gamification plugin for Studio that lets users win achievements and badges as they compete on leaderboards by writing code. The full list of achievements includes gems like 'Go To Hell' for using goto, and 'Potty Mouth' for using five different curses one file. This another example of Gamification, one of the latest trends to hit social media ..

Microsoft keeps old-school a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studi bi13752403 Microsoft has jumped onto the free-to-play bandwagon latest game, a text-driven adventure called Studio 2010 . The innovative new game marries the traditional interactive fiction text adventure arcane commands and exploration the free-form, open-ended gaming pioneered by the likes of SimCity. There are two major modes to the game, a textual spell-casting game, and a ..

Microsoft adds Achievements to Visual Studio software bi13752403 Get ready your "slow news day?" comments, because Microsoft has introduced an Achievement system to Studio programming environment and indeed a news story highlighting that fact. Achievements were originally introduced Xbox 360, but quickly popped up all sorts of other applications from other outfits. From iOS Game Center and PlayStation 3 Trophies to World of ..

Visual Studio gets achievements bi13752403 Gamification for coding has hit the big time as Microsoft's Channel 9 releases Studio Achievements Beta

Microsoft gamifies Visual Studio achievements bi13752403 Microsoft has added gamification elements to Studio development tools, enabling developers to unlock achievements and compete on leaderboards to see who writes the most sophisticated code. The Studio Achievements plug-in, has launched as an open beta, awards users badges based on the code that they write, and the features of Studio that are used. Microsoft ..

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Coders, Motivate Yourself With Achievements bi13752403 Gamification . The word sends shivers of revulsion down my spine. Yet, as I stare at the list of claimable accolades for Studio Achievements, a ?motivational? extension for Studio 2010 that allows coders to garner points by completing certain excessive programming tasks, I can?t help but wish I owned a copy of Microsoft?s latest IDE. If you ..

Microsoft put games your code so you can game you code games bi13752403 Microsoft has turned coding an online competitive game Studio Achievements , a plug-in that offers badges, leaderboards and the ability to share programming progress on Twitter and Facebook. Studio Achievements open beta right now and offers 32 achievements six categories: Customizing Studio, Don't Try This At Home, Good Housekeeping, Just For Fun, Power ..

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