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My Summer Experience as a SWE Intern at Microsoft

August 9, 2024 Aug 9, 2024 08/9/24
Serena Akpoyibo
Hi everyone! I’m Serena, a rising 4th year at Rochester Institute of Technology with a major in Computer Science and a minor in Psychology. This summer I was a returning intern at Microsoft as a software engineering intern with the JavaScript and TypeScript Tooling team. In this blog post, I will be covering what it was like to work on ...

Introducing the revamped Attach to Process experience

August 6, 2024 Aug 6, 2024 08/6/24
Carlos Guerra Vazquez
One of the most powerful and frequently used features of Visual Studio is the Attach to Process dialog, which enables you to debug processes running on your machine or on a remote machine. For anything you could develop using Visual Studio, the Attach to Process dialog allows you to quickly attach the debugger to the processes you want to ...

Visual Studio tip: Using Ctrl-L to delete a line with and without Clipboard backup

July 24, 2024 Jul 24, 2024 07/24/24
Laurent Bugnion
Here is one Visual Studio tip from my colleague Gwyn Peña-Siguenza which I didn't know about! Yes, even after 26 years using this fantastic tool, I am still discovering new features. So thanks to Gwyn for this!! This is all about deleting lines, and using the Windows Clipboard for support. You can see the short video on our YouTube channel...

Making Visual Studio a bit more visual

July 16, 2024 Jul 16, 2024 07/16/24
Mads Kristensen
Any web, desktop, or mobile developer works with images often. You reference them from C#, HTML, XAML, CSS, C++, VB, TypeScript, and even in code comments. Some images are local, and some exist online or on network shares, while others only exist as base64 encoded strings. We refer to them in numerous ways in code, but always as string values ...

Get Hands-On with Visual Studio and Azure: Live at Microsoft HQ this August!

July 15, 2024 Jul 15, 2024 07/15/24
Jim Harrer
Visual Studio LIVE! Microsoft HQ 2024 August 5-9 | Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, WA There’s still time to register, join us, get your questions answered, and bring back a wealth of knowledge and excitement to your teams! We’re close to selling out for next month’s conference, which will be packed with valuable sessions and ...

Demystify history with GitHub Copilot commit explanations

July 8, 2024 Jul 8, 2024 07/8/24
Jessie Houghton
Have you ever struggled to understand what a commit was doing or why it was made? Do you wish you had more clarity and context when reviewing or collaborating on code changes? If you answered yes, then you'll love what GitHub Copilot can do for you: generate commit explanations. GitHub Copilot can analyze your code differences and produce ...

Dive into native Windows development with new WinUI workload and template improvements

July 2, 2024 Jul 2, 2024 07/2/24
Duncan MacMichael
At //Build 2024, the WinUI team announced a renewed focus on WinUI as one of the premier app development frameworks we recommend for native Windows app development. To make it as seamless and easy as possible to get into coding, we created a new Windows Dev Center page, streamlined our Getting Started with WinUI documentation, and partnered ...

Let GitHub Copilot draft your pull request description

July 1, 2024 Jul 1, 2024 07/1/24
Jessie Houghton
Writing good pull request descriptions is essential for effective code reviews and collaboration. But it’s time-consuming and tedious, especially when you have multiple commits or complex changes. That's why we’re highlighting a feature that will make your life better with the help of GitHub Copilot: generated pull request descriptions. ...