[wix-users] Visual Studio "15" installer?

[John Zajac]

I also see evidence of Burn (v3.7), in the new "Visual Studio "15" Preview
with new installer". When I saw the demo at their last Build event, they
kept saying how fast it was, so I originally thought they were going to use
the 'Click-to-Run' technology (like the new Office installers) where the
user can immediately start working with the application and as they user a
feature those bits would be downloaded as first priority.

 this article
<http://t.sidekickopen51.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs8r4Px6W3LyXBW4WrMg4N3J2C4j166gNf7lS-kF03?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fheres-whats-inside-microsofts-private-preview-of-visual-studio-next%2F&si=5758464741081088&pi=2ef32f32-2ca0-4094-dd95-b840e459d826>
claims
that 'the new installer is a Node app'. Maybe they use some Node along with
their telemetry/application insights. I'm not sure I understand that
comment in the article. Not even sure how much I trust it either.

Maybe that new 'minimal' UI you mention is populated dynamically through
some kind of feed over the internet?

Might be a good Quora question for some Microsoft employee to expand on.



On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:21 AM, Nick Ball <Nick.Ball at grantadesign.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've just downloaded the preview of Visual Studio "15" and they have a
> 'new' installer. Does anyone know what this uses? Having a poke around it
> doesn't seem to be burn, but I might be wrong. It seems a lot more in your
> face, showing the minimal UI for each package separate from the main
> installer. Thoughts?
>
> -N
>
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-John