As promised in February, Microsoft embraced the wildly popular React JavaScript library in Visual Studio 2015 by providing built-in support for its JSX syntax. So I took it for a spin. It works.

Company supports React Native even though it might be seen as a competitor to its Xamarin technology and built-in Apache Cordova projects in Visual Studio.

In another Microsoft embrace of competitive technologies, the Visual Studio Mobile Center -- serving as 'mission control' for mobile apps -- now supports code signing of React Native apps via its new ...

In another Microsoft embrace of competitive technologies, the Visual Studio Mobile Center -- serving as 'mission control' for mobile apps -- now supports code signing of React Native apps via its new ...

Facebook is also helping Microsoft improve the remote development experience in Visual Studio Code.

With 14 million users, Microsoft's open source cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code is one of its key tools for keeping developers engaged with its future in the cloud.