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The Future of Visual Studio Extensions

Leslie RichardsonOctober 28, 2020Oct 28, 202010/28/20

As we continue improving Visual Studio and expanding to the cloud, let's talk about our upcoming plans to improve the ways we write and use extensions.

Get more done with search in Visual Studio

Mads KristensenOctober 26, 2020Oct 26, 202010/26/20

Over the years, the Search feature in Visual Studio has gotten faster and more capable. You might have missed some of the things it can do to help you be more productive and get the most out of Visual Studio. So, let’s take a closer look at how you can use Search in your daily work. I hit Ctrl+Q to use Search every single day and have for...

Cross Platform Managed Memory Dump Debugging

Mark DownieOctober 8, 2020Oct 8, 202010/8/20

With the release of Visual Studio 16.8 Preview 3 you now have the ability to open and analyze managed dumps collected on Linux and use the best in class debugging tools available in Visual Studio.

Using GitHub Actions in Visual Studio is as easy as right-click and Publish

Angelos PetropoulosSeptember 22, 2020Sep 22, 202009/22/20

Download the latest preview version of Visual Studio and try out the new ability to setup CI/CD to Azure for projects that use GitHub to host your source repository. With VS 16.8 Preview 3.1, for this feature to show up in Publish dialog, you need to go to Tools-Options-Environment-Preview Features and check the “GitHub ...

New Features in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1

Jacqueline WiddisSeptember 22, 2020Sep 22, 202009/22/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1 gives you improvements in Git Integration, C++20 conformance, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and XAML . Plus, you can sign-up for our new Visual Studio Codespaces.

Bridge to Kubernetes GA

Nick GreenfieldSeptember 21, 2020Sep 21, 202009/21/20

We are super excited to announce General Availability of Bridge to Kubernetes. Formerly known as Local Process with Kubernetes, Bridge to Kubernetes is an iterative development tool offered in Visual Studio and VS Code that allows developers to write, test and debug microservice code on their development workstations while ...

Disassembly improvements for optimized managed debugging

Mark DownieSeptember 14, 2020Sep 14, 202009/14/20

If you are focused on squeezing out the last bits of performance for your .NET service or application, you might choose to take advantage of JIT compiler optimizations. However, debugging optimized code can be a challenge. In this blog I’ll show you how the Disassembly Window can help you debug optimized code.

Visual Studio Codespaces is consolidating into GitHub Codespaces

Allison Buchholtz-AuSeptember 4, 2020Sep 4, 202009/4/20

Visual Studio Codespaces is consolidating into GitHub Codespaces. Learn about our timeline, transition plan for current users, and motivation behind this update.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 2 Releases New Features Today!

Jacqueline WiddisAugust 25, 2020Aug 25, 202008/25/20

New features in Git Integration, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and Xamarin are releasing in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 2. Each of our teams continue to work hard to delight our developers. For this reason, Preview releases are some of the most exciting for us as we wait to hear how our newest features impact your work.

Overhauling the Visual Studio feedback system

Mads KristensenAugust 25, 2020Aug 25, 202008/25/20

During the summer, we refreshed the experience for sending feedback on Visual Studio. It marks the first in a long row of changes coming to the Visual Studio feedback system. The result will be a more engaging experience that is also faster and more user friendly. The feedback tool helps us fix more than five hundred customer-reported ...