Microsoft has announced the launch of Dev Home which streamlines your workflow experience with features such as WinGet configuration. Microsoft Dev Home is currently available in preview mode. Microsoft also launched Dev Drive which provides enhanced file system performance. A new customizable dashboard is available to track all the workflows and tasks under one single umbrella.
With the help of Microsoft Dev Home, you can establish connectivity with GitHub and configure machine to code for the repos. You can quickly install the tools and packages that you need to work with. The interesting fact is that the Dev Home is also capable of configuring coding environments in the cloud with the help of Microsoft Dev Box and GitHub Codespaces. The Dev Home provides ultimate productivity to enable developers to write code. You can download a preview version of Dev Home directly from Microsoft Store.
With the help of Dev Home, you can configure Dev Drive effortlessly because of its ability to host project source code and package caches. Microsoft has announced that the Dev Drive will be available in preview mode by the end of this week. Dev Home enables developers to manage Windows, Cloud, Web, Mobile, and AI projects. A customizable dashboard provides all the relevant information.
The Dev Home experience can be enhanced by adding GitHub widgets to track all coding tasks. The Windows 11 product team is gearing up to collaborate with Team Xbox to offer GDK to Dev Home. This will facilitate developers to create games easily. Dev Home is open source and you can contribute and engage at the GitHub repository.
Microsoft also unveiled Dev Drive, which is a new type of tailor-made storage volume for developers. The Dev Drive is a file system that delivers both performance and security. The Dev Drive is created on top of the Resilent File System that combines a new performance mode capability in Microsoft Defender for Antivirus. The system provides 30% build times file system enhancement for specific file I/O scenarios. The new performance mode is more secure when compared with the folder or process exclusions. It provides an ultimate solution to balance security with performance.
