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[Guest Post] Better refactoring for Unity projects using .NET analyzers

John MillerFebruary 10, 2021Feb 10, 202102/10/21

In this guest post, Visual Studio Tools for Unity intern Shreya Pandit shows how she created custom analyzers for Unity, and how you can get involved with the open source project as well.

Working with large .NET 5 solutions in Visual Studio 2019 16.8

Paul VickFebruary 4, 2021Feb 4, 202102/4/21

With the release of .NET 5, migration of solutions from .NET Framework has increased. In particular, we have started to see very large solutions being moved. To ensure this experience is as good as possible, we have been working on optimizing Visual Studio to handle solutions that contain large numbers of .NET 5 and .NET Core projects. Many of...

New experience for sending us your feedback

Mads KristensenJanuary 25, 2021Jan 25, 202101/25/21

We’ve been working to improve the Developer Community for providing feedback about Visual Studio. Last summer, we updated to a more flexible browser-based mechanism for sending feedback. Now we’re upgrading the rest of the Developer Community website. We’ve listened to your feedback and addressed almost half of all feature requests for ...

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 is Available Today

Jacqueline WiddisJanuary 20, 2021Jan 20, 202101/20/21

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 releases today. Highlights of this release include additional functionality in C++, .NET Productivity, XAML Tools, and Accessibility. Check out the new features today!

A more integrated terminal experience

Ruben RiosJanuary 14, 2021Jan 14, 202101/14/21

As part of the new additions of the Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 release, and thanks to your feedback, we have added a couple new tricks to the integrated terminal! It now allows you to open a new terminal to a location based on your Solution Explorer selection and provides customizable commands for copy and paste. Solution Explorer...

[Guest Post] Visual Studio for Mac Helps You Write Tests

bendayJanuary 13, 2021Jan 13, 202101/13/21

You’re writing tests for your code, right? No? Just say ‘yes’. It’ll make this blog post go a lot easier. So anyway, I’m happy to hear that you’re writing tests for all your code. Whether you’re following the “test first” / Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach or whether you’re just writing some unit tests or integration ...

[Guest post] Our Head First C# Contest Got Some Truly Creative Entries

Jon GallowayDecember 16, 2020Dec 16, 202012/16/20

We just completed our Head First C# book contest! This blog post shows off some of the more creative solutions to the code challenge, and tells you how you can still get the first four chapters of the book for free.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2 and New Year Wishes Coming to You!

Jacqueline WiddisDecember 8, 2020Dec 8, 202012/8/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2! Our C++, .NET, and Xamarin Forms teams have been hard at work to deliver some great new functionality. This includes improvements in IntelliSense, binding properties, and using directives. Check out this latest release to give our features a try.

[Guest post] Learn C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, and Unity (and win a free book!)

Jon GallowayNovember 25, 2020Nov 25, 202011/25/20

In this guest post, Andrew Stellman explains his approach to teaching C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac by emphasizing exploration, fun, and games. We're announcing a fun coding challenge for beginners, with a chance to win a copy of the new edition of Head First C# book.

GitHub accounts are now integrated into Visual Studio 2019

Ruben RiosNovember 19, 2020Nov 19, 202011/19/20

We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2019 now offers a fully integrated GitHub account experience. Starting with version 16.8, you’ll be able to add both GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Server accounts directly from Visual Studio. The new functionality allows you to add and leverage them just as you do with Microsoft accounts, which ...