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June 2018 - Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 3

June 26, 2018 Jun 26, 2018 06/26/18
Christine Ruana
We're happy to share the highlights of the latest Visual Studio 2017 preview, which is now available for download, including - Productivity and Performance improvements, updated JavaScript and TypeScript tooling, right-click context menu productivity improvements, more C++ productivity improvements in IntelliSense, Code Analysis, and Just My Code debugging, Azure Development improvements, more Library Manager features, and Mobile Development improvements such as faster Android incremental builds and inclusion of Xamarin.Essentials to facilitate building native apps.

Preview of Visual Studio Kubernetes Tools

June 8, 2018 Jun 8, 2018 06/8/18
Lisa Guthrie
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, such as Microsoft’s ...

What’s Next for Visual Studio

June 6, 2018 Jun 6, 2018 06/6/18
John Montgomery
Since we launched Visual Studio 2017 in March of that year, it has become our most popular Visual Studio release ever. Your feedback has helped our team publish seven updates since our initial GA, which have improved solution load performance, build performance, and unit test discovery performance. We’ve also made Visual Studio 2017 our most...