A new MSBuild editing experience
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by Mikayla Hutchinson
19h ago
MSBuild is a fundamental part of the .NET development experience, but it can be challenging to new and experienced developers alike. To help developers better understand their project files and access advanced functionality that requires editing the project file directly, we’re releasing an experimental MSBuild editor that has a much richer understanding of MSBuild files than the current XML schema allows. Based on feedback, we hope to make it available by default to all .NET developers. If you work with MSBuild files at all, please try it and let us know how it goes. Who is this for? Alt ..read more
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See Your Pull Request Comments with the Latest Preview
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by Jessie Houghton
3d ago
We’ve just shipped preview support for viewing your GitHub and Azure DevOps pull request comments directly in your working file in Visual Studio in 17.10 Preview 2. As one of the most highly requested Git tooling feature suggestions on Developer Community, we need your help to make sure we’re on the right track! Download the Latest Visual Studio Preview and let us know what you think!  Get Started with Pull Request Comments Make sure you’re on version 17.10 Preview 2 or later and have logged in with your GitHub or Azure DevOps account in Visual Studio. You may need to enable the feature ..read more
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Announcing SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for ARM64 Architecture in Visual Studio 17.10 Preview 2
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by Subhojit Basak
1w ago
We are thrilled to announce the launch of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual Studio in ARM64. This enhancement comes with the exciting release version 17.10 Preview 2. Release of SSDT for Visual Studio on arm64 adds SQL development to the capabilities of Visual Studio on arm64. This latest development brings a host of features tailored to enhance your database development experience on ARM64 devices.  Download Visual Studio Preview Key Features:  SQL Projects (Open, Build, Publish): Dive into your SQL projects seamlessly with the ability to open an existing project, and build ..read more
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Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot at GDC 2024
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by David Li
1w ago
Join us on Wednesday, March 20th, 2024, at this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco for a special session on using Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot. In this session, you will learn how to leverage these tools to increase your productivity and modernize your game development workflow.   David Li, Visual Studio Game Developer Product Manager, and Greg Denton, Principal Product Manager at Xbox, will showcase the latest features made for game dev, including Unreal Engine integrations to see Blueprint references, tools to help you optimize build times, and useful design ti ..read more
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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio: A Recap of 2023
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by Amy Nguyen
2w ago
In the rapidly evolving world of software development, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. The introduction of AI in Visual Studio, particularly GitHub Copilot, has revolutionized the way developers code. With Copilot integrated into Visual Studio, you can leverage AI to streamline your workflows, manage large codebases, analyze exceptions, and even generate commit messages. It’s like having a knowledgeable pair programmer right beside you, helping you to be more productive, iterate quicker, and make your applications more reliable. Here are a few GitHub Copilot innovations in Visual Studio ..read more
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Introducing Visual Studio 17.10 – Preview 2 is Here!
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by Mark Downie
2w ago
We hope you all enjoyed the new and updated features that came with our first preview of Visual Studio 17.10, and now we have even more to share! This release brings additional tools to help you improve your code reviews with Copilot, diagnostics improvements, as well as additional Extensibility and WinForms enhancements. Download Visual Studio 17.10 Preview 2 Browse this list of updates and let us know which of these enhancements is your favorite: Area Features Productivity  Improve Your Code Reviews with Generated Pull Request Descriptions Unravel Your Commit History with GitHub ..read more
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Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.9: A Comprehensive Update for C++ Developers
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by Mryam Girmay
3w ago
Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 introduces a host of new features and improvements for C++ developers. Now, you can use the Memory Layout feature to visualize the memory layout of your classes, structs, and unions directly in the editor. Additionally, the #include Diagnostics feature provides insights into the frequency of element usage from an included file, as well as the impact of each #include directive on the build time of the file you’re currently editing. This information is conveniently displayed within your editor for easy reference.   For Unreal Engine developers, the consistenc ..read more
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Visual Studio Subscriptions – A Product Manager’s Journey
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by Jacqueline Widdis
3w ago
I stared at my Visual Studio Subscriptions portal with a somewhat blank distance in my eyes as a feeling of inadequacy spread like the misty rains I’ve experienced in the Pacific Northwest. If you haven’t been here, they are the kind that slowly permeate clothes with the intent of educating one on the difference between waterproof and water resistant. In this moment, I slowly understood I was portal resistant. Benefit tiles available to subscribers on my.visualstudio.com I was new to the Visual Studio Subscriptions team, so I was going to have to become very familiar with the headings and tile ..read more
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Code coverage features in Visual Studio Enterprise
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by Faisal Hafeez
3w ago
By using code coverage, you can find out where your testing needs improvement and make your software more robust and dependable. In this post, we will introduce the new features that we introduced to the Code Coverage Results window in Visual Studio Enterprise 2022. These features are:  Support of additional report formats  Enhanced report merging  Performance enhancements  Code coverage views  These features are not available in Professional or Community editions of Visual Studio.  Support of additional report formats  We now support additional formats for ..read more
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WinForms Designer Selection for 32-bit .NET Framework Projects 
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by Shyam Gupta
3w ago
Visual Studio 2022’s transition to a 64-bit architecture, driven by customer feedback across the full range of Visual Studio developers, marked a pivotal step towards enhancing the development experience. As Klaus Loffelmann describes in his blog post, this transition enhances overall performance and responsiveness, particularly when working with resource-intensive tasks and large codebases. However, this evolution brings with it a notable challenge for some .NET Framework projects using the Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio 2022. The challenge lies in the inability to design Forms in ..read more
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