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Student Spotlight: Outside the Fox thinking outside of the box

Abdullah HamedMay 4, 2020May 4, 202005/4/20

By Noel Painter In 2018 two roommates began a Computer Graphics and Game Development degree at Charles University in Prague with no prior game development experience. They dove headfirst into the world of game development because their first assignment was to create a game, end-to-end, in only 6 months. As a part of this assignment the ...

Catch up with Visual Studio Tools for Unity on Mac

Abdullah HamedFebruary 17, 2020Feb 17, 202002/17/20

Whats new in Visual Studio Tools for Unity since we launched Visual Studio for Mac.

Making our Unity Analyzers Open-Source

Jb EvainFebruary 11, 2020Feb 11, 202002/11/20

Making our Unity Analyzers in visual studio Open-Source

What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 for C++, Xamarin, and Azure Tooling Experiences

Ulzii Luvsanbat [MSFT]January 30, 2020Jan 30, 202001/30/20

Last week, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 was released, bringing many new features and improvements for developers in Visual Studio to help you build better software faster. Please read some highlights of new features and improved developer experiences in this page.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.3 Preview 3, now available

Jordan MatthiesenSeptember 4, 2019Sep 4, 201909/4/19

Visual Studio for Mac 2019 v8.3 Preview 3 is now available, with new web editors, solution-level NuGet package management, and multi-targeting support.

Make games with Visual Studio for Mac and Unity

John MillerAugust 21, 2019Aug 21, 201908/21/19

Making games can be rewarding and a lot of fun. If you’d like to learn more about game development follow along by making your first game using Visual Studio for Mac, Unity, and C#.

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6

Dominic NahousAugust 20, 2018Aug 20, 201808/20/18

For this release of Visual Studio for Mac, we’ve focused our energy on improving product reliability, creating a better code editing experience, and making the performance second to none. We’re also exited to announce full support for Azure functions – it’s now possible to create, edit, configure, and publish your Function from within the IDE.

Save with the Unity Pro and Visual Studio Professional Bundle

Jb EvainAugust 16, 2018Aug 16, 201808/16/18

The combination of Visual Studio and Unity provides a top-notch experience for game development across a variety of platforms and devices. While we offer no cost software for those just starting out, as your team’s size and success grows, so does the need for professional tools. We’re happy to announce in partnership with Unity ...

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John MontgomeryAugust 14, 2018Aug 14, 201808/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in. For the complete list of all the updates in today’s release, check out the ...

How to Convince Your Management to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017 for C# and C++ Developers

Kasey UhlenhuthJuly 31, 2018Jul 31, 201807/31/18

Visual Studio 2017 is our best IDE yet. To help you write great code, it’s packed with new Refactorings and Quick Actions, and offers unit testing, debugging, navigation, and code style improvements. It loads solutions faster than ever, and ships with C# 7.3 and the MSVC compiler toolset that conforms to the latest C++ standards.

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