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July 2024 - Visual Studio Blog

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 of 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. ...