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Live Share now included with Visual Studio 2019

Jon ChuApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

Today we’re excited to announce Visual Studio Live Share for generally availability and included with Visual Studio 2019! This is the culmination of over a year of hearing your feedback and building a product that enhances the many diverse ways you and your team collaborate. Regardless of whether your team is fully remote, partially distributed, or entirely co-located, we want to make your collaboration experiences more enjoyable and productive with Live Share.

Become a Visual Studio for Mac super user with this Tips and Tricks Video Series

Cody BeyerJanuary 30, 2019Jan 30, 201901/30/19

Visual Studio for Mac comes packed with powerful, yet hidden features. In this video series, we put together a number of tips and tricks to help you become more productive and efficient with writing code with Visual Studio for Mac. Whether you're creating a new game with Unity or a new web application with .NET Core, these short, roughly 5-minute, videos will help you do it better and faster. Check out the new series now!

Save with the Unity Pro and Visual Studio Professional Bundle

Jb EvainAugust 16, 2018Aug 16, 201808/16/18

The combination of Visual Studio and Unity provides a top-notch experience for game development across a variety of platforms and devices. While we offer no cost software for those just starting out, as your team’s size and success grows, so does the need for professional tools.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John MontgomeryAugust 14, 2018Aug 14, 201808/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in.

New Updates for Azure Development in Visual Studio

Cristy GonzalezMay 30, 2018May 30, 201805/30/18

With Microsoft Build 2018 in the books, we just released a series of updates to Visual Studio for Azure Development. This improves productivity and security for developers building and diagnosing web applications, containers and microservices. To help you make the most of these new advancements for developing in the Azure cloud,

Visual Studio and Unity 2018.1, even better together

Jb EvainMay 10, 2018May 10, 201805/10/18

The Visual Studio team is excited about the Unity 2018.1 release: It’s the start of a new release cycle packed with great new features like the Scriptable Render Pipeline and the C# Job System. You can read the full blog post by Unity for all the details on what’s new in the 2018.1 release.

Hyper-V Android emulator support

Visual Studio BlogMay 8, 2018May 8, 201805/8/18

Today, at Build 2018, we announced a preview of the Google Android emulator that’s compatible with Hyper-V, available on the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. This enables developers with Hyper-V enabled on their machines to use a hardware accelerated Android emulator,

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 and beyond

Visual Studio BlogMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever since, and we’re excited to announce the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5.

Visual Studio IntelliCode expands AI-assisted coding to Python in Visual Studio Code

Dan TaylorJuly 24, 2018Jul 24, 201807/24/18

Today at the EuroPython conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, we are introducing support for Python in the IntelliCode extension for Visual Studio Code, as well as new improvements in editing for Python developers in Visual Studio Code.
AI-assisted IntelliSense for Python
At Microsoft Build 2018,

Getting Started with Microsoft’s Python Developer Tools

Dan TaylorJune 14, 2018Jun 14, 201806/14/18

Microsoft’s teams have been working over the last few years to bring Python developer tools to the Azure cloud and our most popular developer tools: Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio. Python is one of the fastest growing languages, with both beginner and expert developers taking to it.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.7 Preview 1

Christine RuanaMarch 13, 2018Mar 13, 201803/13/18

The top highlights of this Preview include productivity enhancements, better diagnostics, additional C++ development improvements, better management of Android and iOS environments, updated tooling for Universal Windows Platform and .NET Core projects, and an improved update experience.  Please note that this is the first set of version 15.7 features; more goodness awaits in the next Preview.

Connect(); 2017: SmartHotel360 Demo Apps and Architecture

Visual Studio BlogDecember 13, 2017Dec 13, 201712/13/17

Last month we hosted Microsoft Connect(); in New York City. Connect(); is a three-day, in-person and online developer event. If you missed it, no worries! You can watch our keynotes, sessions, and on-demand videos on Channel 9.
For the past five months our keynote demo team worked on a new set of reference apps.

Post-Connect(); 2017 Visual Studio Partner Webinar Series

Visual Studio BlogDecember 7, 2017Dec 7, 201712/7/17

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Keep Your Skills Up to Date: New Training and Azure Resources

Shawn NandiNovember 15, 2017Nov 15, 201711/15/17

Finding better ways to upskill is a consistent topic that comes up when we talk to you about what’s top of mind. It’s no wonder when the one constant in our industry is change with new techniques, frameworks, tools, and languages emerging all the time.

The Latest in Developer Productivity and App Experiences

Nat FriedmanNovember 15, 2017Nov 15, 201711/15/17

Whatever the language or platform, developers want the same thing – to create app experiences that are high-quality, intelligent and personalized. Experiences that delight users and keep them engaged. To do that, we need tools that increase our productivity, so that we spend more time on what matters most to our app’s success.

Run book Run! From physical paper to executable online books

Visual Studio BlogOctober 26, 2017Oct 26, 201710/26/17

Have you ever wanted to run the code samples while reading a book? Without having to first download the sample code, its runtime, and configure your environment so that everything is setup the way you need it? What if you could be reading a book,

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.5 Preview

Christine RuanaOctober 11, 2017Oct 11, 201710/11/17

Today we are releasing the first preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5. You can either download it, or if you already have Preview installed, you’ll receive a notification that the update is available. This latest preview contains new features, improvements to key fundamentals such as performance and productivity, and other enhancements to address customer feedback. Read the feature highlight summary below, and check out the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview

Windows Desktop Developer Twitch Workshop (March 14, 2019)

Dmitry LyalinMarch 7, 2019Mar 7, 201903/7/19

Today we’d like to announce an upcoming free live streaming workshop on March 14th, 2019 focused on Windows Desktop development for .NET applications using frameworks such as WPF, WinForms and UWP.

Enhanced in Visual Studio 2019: Search for Objects and Properties in the Watch, Autos, and Locals Windows

Leslie RichardsonJanuary 28, 2019Jan 28, 201901/28/19

Are you inspecting many variables at once in the Locals window? Tired of constantly scrolling through the Watch window to locate the object you are currently interested in? New to Visual Studio 2019, you can now find your variables and their properties faster using the new search feature found in the Watch, Autos, and Locals windows!

Visual Studio Code Updates for Java Developers: Rename, Logpoints, TestNG and More

Xiaokai HeDecember 14, 2018Dec 14, 201812/14/18

We're proud to announce an update to the Java Extension Pack, including new Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat, Debugger for Java, Maven, Java Test Runner and Java Dependency Viewer.

Snapshots on Exceptions while debugging with IntelliTrace

Deborah ChenMay 24, 2018May 24, 201805/24/18

Have you ever encountered an exception in your application while debugging, and wanted to know exactly what the state of the app was at that point in time? With a new feature in IntelliTrace, you can! Learn how to use IntelliTrace's new snapshots on exceptions feature, which enables you to go back to a previous exception event and see the state of the application at the time the exception was thrown.

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Mobilizing Existing .NET Apps

Nish AnilApril 16, 2018Apr 16, 201804/16/18

Almost any .NET codebase, including Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, and Silverlight, has sharable code that can be ported to Mobile projects. In this blog post, You’ll learn how to port business logic from WPF and build a phone- and tablet-friendly mobile app for Android, iOS, and UWP. 

Visual Studio at GDC 2018

Visual Studio BlogMarch 14, 2018Mar 14, 201803/14/18

Next week, the world’s largest professional game industry event kicks off in San Francisco: Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018. We’re incredibly excited to engage with all developers at the event looking to join the growing community of more than half a million monthly active developers building great games with Visual Studio today.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.4 Released

John MontgomeryMarch 6, 2018Mar 6, 201803/6/18

Today, we released updates to both Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio for Mac. Start your download now while you browse the rest of this post: download Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 or Visual Studio for Mac. We’ll trigger the update notification flag in the tools in the coming days.

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.6 Preview 4

Christine RuanaFebruary 8, 2018Feb 8, 201802/8/18

Today, we are excited to share the final Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6 feature preview, which builds upon earlier previews of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.6. This preview contains new features, bug fixes, and other enhancements that address your feedback. The top highlights of this Preview are described in this blog post: an enhanced acquisition experience for updates, performance improvements, information about Visual Studio Live Share, better Build and Test Explorer tools, and various C++ improvements. 

Xamarin University Presents: Ship better apps with Visual Studio App Center

Visual Studio BlogJanuary 15, 2018Jan 15, 201801/15/18

At Microsoft Connect(); last November, we announced the general availability of Visual Studio App Center to help (Obj-C, Swift, Java, React Native, and Xamarin) developers quickly build, test, deploy, monitor, and improve their phone, tablet, desktop, and connected device apps with powerful,

Build Visual Studio templates with tags, for efficient user search and grouping

Soojin ChoiApril 19, 2019Apr 19, 201904/19/19

Search for your project templates or enable custom filters with language, platform, and project type tags. Starting in Visual Studio 16.1 Preview 2, you can add our built-in tags as well as custom tags to your project templates for increased discoverability in the New Project Dialog. In this walkthrough, you will learn how to build a Visual Studio project template, add tag(s) to it, and deploy it as a Visual Studio extension.

Live Share now included with Visual Studio 2019

Jon ChuApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

Today we’re excited to announce Visual Studio Live Share for generally availability and included with Visual Studio 2019! This is the culmination of over a year of hearing your feedback and building a product that enhances the many diverse ways you and your team collaborate. Regardless of whether your team is fully remote, partially distributed, or entirely co-located, we want to make your collaboration experiences more enjoyable and productive with Live Share.

Get to code: How we designed the new Visual Studio start window

Cathy SullivanDecember 13, 2018Dec 13, 201812/13/18

A month ago, we shared a sneak peek of the experienc, the blog post A preview of UX and UI changes, and mentioned the research and observation that we used as input into the design and development. This is the story about how we got there.

New Azure DevOps Work Item Experience in Visual Studio 2019

Dan HellemDecember 12, 2018Dec 12, 201812/12/18

In previous versions of Visual Studio, the work item experience was centered around queries, which need to be created and managed to find the right work items. In Visual Studio 2019, we have removed queries and added a new view for work items centered at the developer. This allows the developer to quickly find the work they need and associate them to their pending changes. Removing the need for queries.

Build Visual Studio templates with tags, for efficient user search and grouping

Soojin ChoiApril 19, 2019Apr 19, 201904/19/19

Search for your project templates or enable custom filters with language, platform, and project type tags. Starting in Visual Studio 16.1 Preview 2, you can add our built-in tags as well as custom tags to your project templates for increased discoverability in the New Project Dialog. In this walkthrough, you will learn how to build a Visual Studio project template, add tag(s) to it, and deploy it as a Visual Studio extension.

Use your favorite extensions with Visual Studio 2019

Mads KristensenFebruary 22, 2019Feb 22, 201902/22/19

Do you want to try the preview of Visual Studio 2019 but worry that your favorite extensions aren’t supported yet? A record number of extensions have already added support for Visual Studio 2019. So there is a good chance your favorite extensions are among them. In fact, more than 850 extensions are currently available, and more are being updated every day.

Build Visual Studio extensions using Visual Studio extensions

Mads KristensenDecember 20, 2018Dec 20, 201812/20/18

What if the community of extension authors banded together to add powerful features to Visual Studio that made it easier to create extensions? That’s the idea behind Extensibility Essentials – an extension pack that ships community-recommended extensions for extension authors.

New Preview label for Visual Studio extensions

Mads KristensenDecember 7, 2018Dec 7, 201812/7/18

Visual Studio extensions can now be marked with a Preview label which is shown very clearly on the Visual Studio Marketplace. This gives your customers clear expectations that this version could contain issues as you are actively developing new features. Learn how to enable the Preview label here.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6

Dominic NahousAugust 20, 2018Aug 20, 201808/20/18

For this release of Visual Studio for Mac, we’ve focused our energy on improving product reliability, creating a better code editing experience, and making the performance second to none. We’re also exited to announce full support for Azure functions – it’s now possible to create, edit, configure, and publish your Function from within the IDE.

Save with the Unity Pro and Visual Studio Professional Bundle

Jb EvainAugust 16, 2018Aug 16, 201808/16/18

The combination of Visual Studio and Unity provides a top-notch experience for game development across a variety of platforms and devices. While we offer no cost software for those just starting out, as your team’s size and success grows, so does the need for professional tools.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John MontgomeryAugust 14, 2018Aug 14, 201808/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in.

How to Convince Your Management to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017 for C# and C++ Developers

Kasey UhlenhuthJuly 31, 2018Jul 31, 201807/31/18

Visual Studio 2017 is our best IDE yet. To help you write great code, it’s packed with new Refactorings and Quick Actions, and offers unit testing, debugging, navigation, and code style improvements. It loads solutions faster than ever, and ships with C# 7.3 and the MSVC compiler toolset that conforms to the latest C++ standards.

Visual Studio and Unity 2018.1, even better together

Jb EvainMay 10, 2018May 10, 201805/10/18

The Visual Studio team is excited about the Unity 2018.1 release: It’s the start of a new release cycle packed with great new features like the Scriptable Render Pipeline and the C# Job System. You can read the full blog post by Unity for all the details on what’s new in the 2018.1 release.

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 and beyond

Visual Studio BlogMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever since, and we’re excited to announce the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5.

Supporting Jetty for Java in Visual Studio Code

Xiaokai HeMay 1, 2018May 1, 201805/1/18

Eclipse Jetty is a popular web server and servlet container in Java community. We’ve released a new Jetty extension for Visual Studio Code that makes it easy to run and deploy WAR packages (Web Application aRchive), operate your Jetty servers, and interact with your application from within the editor.

Visual Studio 2017 roadmap now available

John MontgomeryApril 24, 2018Apr 24, 201804/24/18

With the release of Visual Studio 2017, we moved to a release schedule that delivers new features and fixes to you faster. With this faster iteration, we heard you would like more visibility into what’s coming. So, we’ve now published the Visual Studio Roadmap.

Become a Visual Studio for Mac super user with this Tips and Tricks Video Series

Cody BeyerJanuary 30, 2019Jan 30, 201901/30/19

Visual Studio for Mac comes packed with powerful, yet hidden features. In this video series, we put together a number of tips and tricks to help you become more productive and efficient with writing code with Visual Studio for Mac. Whether you're creating a new game with Unity or a new web application with .NET Core, these short, roughly 5-minute, videos will help you do it better and faster. Check out the new series now!

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John MontgomeryAugust 14, 2018Aug 14, 201808/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in.

Hyper-V Android emulator support

Visual Studio BlogMay 8, 2018May 8, 201805/8/18

Today, at Build 2018, we announced a preview of the Google Android emulator that’s compatible with Hyper-V, available on the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. This enables developers with Hyper-V enabled on their machines to use a hardware accelerated Android emulator,

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 and beyond

Visual Studio BlogMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever since, and we’re excited to announce the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5.

Mobilizing Existing .NET Apps

Nish AnilApril 16, 2018Apr 16, 201804/16/18

Almost any .NET codebase, including Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, and Silverlight, has sharable code that can be ported to Mobile projects. In this blog post, You’ll learn how to port business logic from WPF and build a phone- and tablet-friendly mobile app for Android, iOS, and UWP. 

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 Preview 3

Christine RuanaApril 9, 2018Apr 9, 201804/9/18

Today we released the third preview of the next update: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. The top highlights of this Preview include - Updates to Universal Windows Platform development, C++ development improvements, significant updates in Xamarin and .NET Mobile Development, ability to configure installation locations, debugger support for authenticated Source Link, Live Unit Testing improvements, new tooling for migrating to NuGet PackageReference, connected Service improvements to deployment and Key Vault functionality.

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.7 Preview 2

Christine RuanaMarch 21, 2018Mar 21, 201803/21/18

Today we released the second preview of the next update: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. We hope that you will use this Preview and share your feedback with us. The top highlights of this Preview include - Improved intellisense for conditional XAML, additional C++ development improvements, streamlined configuration for updating UWP apps, inclusion of TypeScript 2.8, ability to debug JavaScript files using Microsoft Edge, tooling to prevent Web application permission problems, support for building additional project types on the build servers.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 Preview 1

Visual Studio BlogMarch 21, 2018Mar 21, 201803/21/18

Earlier this month, we released version 7.4 of Visual Studio for Mac, our IDE for developers on macOS who are building mobile, web, and cloud apps. Today, we’re announcing the first preview of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, which you can get by changing the updater channel in Visual Studio for Mac to use the Beta channel.

Dependency Autocompletion, Performance Improvements and More for Java on Visual Studio Code

Xiaokai HeFebruary 26, 2019Feb 26, 201902/26/19

Welcome to February update of Java on Visual Studio Code! We’d like to share a few new improvements to further enhance your productivity, including

Dependency auto-completion and more Maven updates
Performance improvements
Standalone file supports
Multiple source folders support
Easy launch for multi-main-class projects
Hide temporary files
Bulk generate getters and setters
Test configuration and report update
Including IntelliCode to Java Extension Pack

Try these new features by installing Java Extension Pack with Visual Studio Code.

Preview of Visual Studio Kubernetes Tools

Lisa GuthrieJune 8, 2018Jun 8, 201806/8/18

Kubernetes is an open source system that is quickly emerging as the preferred container orchestration system for applications of all shapes and sizes, simplifying the deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers. It runs in a variety of environments, including on premises as well as in cloud providers,

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Share UI Code in any iOS and Android App with .NET Embedding

James MontemagnoDecember 11, 2017Dec 11, 201712/11/17

One of the most exciting announcements during this year’s Connect(); event was the ability to embed .NET libraries into existing iOS (Objective-C/Swift) and Android (Java) applications with .NET Embedding. This is great because you can start to share code between your iOS and Android applications,

Post-Connect(); 2017 Visual Studio Partner Webinar Series

Visual Studio BlogDecember 7, 2017Dec 7, 201712/7/17

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Announcing JUnit Support for Visual Studio Code

Xiaokai HeDecember 1, 2017Dec 1, 201712/1/17

Today, we’re pleased to release a new extension to our Visual Studio Code Java extension family – Test Runner/Debugger for Java. It’s a lightweight test runner/debugger with below features we hope you will like.

Recognize JUnit4 tests
Run test
Debug test
View test status and run summary

Same as the Debugger for Java,

Managing Secrets Securely in the Cloud

Visual Studio BlogNovember 17, 2017Nov 17, 201711/17/17

You’ve probably heard some version of the story about a developer who mistakenly checked in his AWS S3 key to Github. He pulled the key within 5 minutes but still racked up a multi-thousand dollar bill from bots that crawl open source sites looking for secrets.

Test Experience Improvements

Visual Studio BlogNovember 16, 2017Nov 16, 201711/16/17

There have been several significant improvements to the test experience that range across Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team Services. These efforts involved frameworks and tooling for both .NET and C++, but all had a common goal: make testing with our developer tools a great experience.

Spend more time working on the interesting stuff

Visual Studio BlogNovember 16, 2017Nov 16, 201711/16/17

There’s a reason that each day thousands of developers take advantage of the rich set of extensions offered by our growing family of VS and VSTS Partners and the broader VS community. Collectively these offerings can save you and your team time in many different ways,

Build Visual Studio templates with tags, for efficient user search and grouping

Soojin ChoiApril 19, 2019Apr 19, 201904/19/19

Search for your project templates or enable custom filters with language, platform, and project type tags. Starting in Visual Studio 16.1 Preview 2, you can add our built-in tags as well as custom tags to your project templates for increased discoverability in the New Project Dialog. In this walkthrough, you will learn how to build a Visual Studio project template, add tag(s) to it, and deploy it as a Visual Studio extension.

New features for extension authors in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1

Mads KristensenApril 11, 2019Apr 11, 201904/11/19

Take advantage of new features for extension authors in Visual Studio 16.1 Preview 1. This includes support for referencing Shared Projects for a VSIX project, per-monitor awareness, a new SDK meta package, and more.

Little great things about Visual Studio 2019

Mads KristensenApril 4, 2019Apr 4, 201904/4/19

A few days ago, we announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2019. But I’ve been using Visual Studio 2019 exclusively since the first internal build – long before the release of Preview 1 in December of 2018. During this time, there has been a lot of little features that have put a smile on my face and made me more productive. I want to share a few of them with you.

Introducing Time Travel Debugging for Visual Studio Enterprise 2019

Mark DownieApril 3, 2019Apr 3, 201904/3/19

The Time Travel Debugging (TTD) preview in Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 provides the ability to record a Web app running on a Azure Virtual Machine (VM) and then accurately reconstruct and replay the execution path. TTD integrates with our Snapshot Debugger offering and allows you to rewind and replay each line of code however many times you want, helping you isolate and identify problems that might only occur in production environments.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac is now available

Unni RavindranathanApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac – the next major version of our .NET IDE on the Mac. This release is now available as an update in the Stable channel for existing Visual Studio for Mac users, and new users can download and install it today as well. Visual Studio 2019 for Mac focuses on improving the core of the IDE, setting a foundation for us to bring new capabilities to you more rapidly with future updates.

Live Share now included with Visual Studio 2019

Jon ChuApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

Today we’re excited to announce Visual Studio Live Share for generally availability and included with Visual Studio 2019! This is the culmination of over a year of hearing your feedback and building a product that enhances the many diverse ways you and your team collaborate. Regardless of whether your team is fully remote, partially distributed, or entirely co-located, we want to make your collaboration experiences more enjoyable and productive with Live Share.

Visual Studio 2019: Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future.

John MontgomeryApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

Visual Studio 2019 is now available for download at visualstudio.com/downloads. Try it today to experience our best release yet.

Visual Studio Extensibility Day at Build 2019

Mads KristensenMarch 29, 2019Mar 29, 201903/29/19

Please join us for a day full of Visual Studio extensibility deep dives, geek-outs, and networking on Friday, May 10th, 2019 at the Microsoft campus in Redmond. Our agenda is intended for existing and new Visual Studio IDE (not VSCode) extension authors and partners and will be highly technical in nature.

Using Newtonsoft.Json in a Visual Studio extension

Mads KristensenMarch 20, 2019Mar 20, 201903/20/19

Visual Studio ships with Newtonsoft.Json and extension authors can use it too. However, it can be confusing to understand what version to use, how binding redirects work and whether to ship Newtonsoft.Json in the extension itself. This post helps to clarify how it all works and hopefully eliminate any confusion about the correct use patterns for extension authors.

Visual Studio Subscriptions – everything you need for Azure development

Lan KaimMarch 19, 2019Mar 19, 201903/19/19

If you’re interested in cloud development, or simply want to learn more about new development tools, techniques, and frameworks, Visual Studio Subscription includes a wide range of benefits you can use. The level of benefits you have depends on your subscription type. Learn more in this post.

Introducing Time Travel Debugging for Visual Studio Enterprise 2019

Mark DownieApril 3, 2019Apr 3, 201904/3/19

The Time Travel Debugging (TTD) preview in Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 provides the ability to record a Web app running on a Azure Virtual Machine (VM) and then accurately reconstruct and replay the execution path. TTD integrates with our Snapshot Debugger offering and allows you to rewind and replay each line of code however many times you want, helping you isolate and identify problems that might only occur in production environments.

Live Share now included with Visual Studio 2019

Jon ChuApril 2, 2019Apr 2, 201904/2/19

Today we’re excited to announce Visual Studio Live Share for generally availability and included with Visual Studio 2019! This is the culmination of over a year of hearing your feedback and building a product that enhances the many diverse ways you and your team collaborate. Regardless of whether your team is fully remote, partially distributed, or entirely co-located, we want to make your collaboration experiences more enjoyable and productive with Live Share.

Debug your live apps running in Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Kubernetes

Mark DownieJanuary 29, 2019Jan 29, 201901/29/19

We are excited to announce that in Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 we are expanding Snapshot Debugger support beyond Azure App Services hosting ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET applications to also include Azure Virtual Machines (VM), Azure Virtual Machine scale sets (VMSS) and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John MontgomeryAugust 14, 2018Aug 14, 201808/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in.

Azure Service Fabric Mesh tools now available for Visual Studio 2017

Cristy GonzalezJuly 16, 2018Jul 16, 201807/16/18

Azure Service Fabric is a market-tested distributed systems platform for running scalable and reliable applications on microservices and containers. Up until now, Service Fabric required you to create and manage the clusters and their nodes using virtual machine scale sets. With today’s announcement of Azure Service Fabric Mesh,

Preview of Visual Studio Kubernetes Tools

Lisa GuthrieJune 8, 2018Jun 8, 201806/8/18

Kubernetes is an open source system that is quickly emerging as the preferred container orchestration system for applications of all shapes and sizes, simplifying the deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers. It runs in a variety of environments, including on premises as well as in cloud providers,

New Updates for Azure Development in Visual Studio

Cristy GonzalezMay 30, 2018May 30, 201805/30/18

With Microsoft Build 2018 in the books, we just released a series of updates to Visual Studio for Azure Development. This improves productivity and security for developers building and diagnosing web applications, containers and microservices. To help you make the most of these new advancements for developing in the Azure cloud,

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 and beyond

Visual Studio BlogMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever since, and we’re excited to announce the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5.