{"id":20686,"date":"2018-12-13T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/?p=20645"},"modified":"2019-02-19T19:55:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T02:55:51","slug":"visual-studio-2019-net-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/visual-studio-2019-net-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2019 Preview .NET Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you hopefully heard, the first preview of Visual Studio 2019<\/a> is now available. In this post I\u2019ll cover some of the productivity improvements for .NET developers we\u2019re most excited about. For a complete list, check out the release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regex Language Support<\/h3>\n

Any regular expressions<\/a><\/span> in your C# or Visual Basic files now have syntax highlighting, compiler diagnostics, and code fixes! This parsing support can recognize strings passed to the regex constructor<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and strings immediately preceded with a comment containing the string `language=regex`<\/span>. The <\/span>language features currently included in this release are<\/span> classification<\/span>, <\/span>brace matching<\/span>, <\/span>highlight references<\/span>, and compiler diagnostics<\/span>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/2019Blog-Regex.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n

Export editor settings to Editorconfig<\/h3>\n

You can now export editor settings to an Editorconfig<\/a><\/span> file through Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Code Style<\/strong> with the button \u201cGenerate .editorconfig file from settings\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Generate your code style settings to a .editorconfig file.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Code Fixes and Refactorings<\/h3>\n

We added several of the top-requested code fixes and refactorings in Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1. Many were implemented by the community so hats off to our awesome contributors! Refactorings and quick actions are available using (Ctrl + .) or (Alt + Enter).<\/p>\n

Foreach loop to LINQ query<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foreach loops to LINQ queries or LINQ methods now join the other loop refactoring options including converting LINQ to Foreach, For loop to Foreach, and Foreach to For loop.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/2019Blog-ToLinqQuery.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n

Add “Using” Statement on copy\/paste<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Blog2019-AddMissingUsings.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n

Convert anonymous type to class<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/Blog2019-AnonToClass.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n

Convert local function to method<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/2019Blog-LocalFuncToMethod.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n

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More new code fixes and refactorings:<\/p>\n