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Improved Git Experience in Visual Studio 2019

March 30, 2020 Mar 30, 2020 03/30/20

Pratik Nadagouda

We just released the first iteration of a revamped Git experience in Visual Studio 2019 to enhance your productivity when working with code on GitHub, Azure Repos, and other hosting services.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 Brings New Features Your Way

March 26, 2020 Mar 26, 2020 03/26/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 releases today with several new features to help developer productivity. Check out our improved Git integration, .NET Productivity features, plus so much more!

Visual Studio Subscriptions resources for remote learning and productivity

March 26, 2020 Mar 26, 2020 03/26/20

Caity Buschlen

The Visual Studio Subscriptions team wants to do everything we can to support you, wherever you’re at during this tough time. We’ve got some suggestions for staying productive at home, and ways that you can take advantage of benefits in your Visual Studio subscription to maximize this time of great uncertainty.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is now available

March 23, 2020 Mar 23, 2020 03/23/20

Dominic Nahous

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is available today and includes ASP.NET Core authentication templates, support for Azure Functions 3.0, and improvements to the overall experience for those using assistive technologies.

Visual Studio for Mac: Become a Productivity Pro

March 18, 2020 Mar 18, 2020 03/18/20

Cody Beyer

Despite continued advancement and innovation in the IDE space, the bottom line is that IDEs are a productivity tool. As a software developer, the value of an IDE is directly related to how much using the tool increases your productivity. Subsequently, when we make decisions about how to improve Visual Studio for Mac, your productivity is ...

Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); event recap

March 17, 2020 Mar 17, 2020 03/17/20

Jon Galloway

We had a great time at the Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); event on February 24th! All the videos, slides, and links to demo code are available for you to watch, use for your own virtual events, blog posts, etc. in this repo. In case you couldn’t watch it then, here’s a session recap and links to the on-demand videos: Keynote: A ...

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 is now available

March 16, 2020 Mar 16, 2020 03/16/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 and 16.6 Preview 1 are available today. Included in this release are updates in .NET Productivity, .NET Mobile development, C++, and debugging.

Visual Studio Code Docker extension 1.0 – Better than Ever!

March 16, 2020 Mar 16, 2020 03/16/20

Mike Morton

We recently released the 1.0 version of our Visual Studio Code Docker extension, which is the first general availability (GA) release. The Docker extension makes it easier to build apps that leverage Docker containers.

The Spring 2020 Roadmap for Visual Studio published

March 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020 03/2/20

Mads Kristensen

The Visual Studio roadmap has been updated to provide a peek into the work planned for Visual Studio through June 2020. It captures significant capabilities that we plan to add, but it's not a comprehensive feature list.

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