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Visual Studio 2022 now available

November 8, 2021 Nov 8, 2021 11/8/21

Amanda Silver

I am really excited to announce that we've reached general availability for Visual Studio 2022. Watch the keynote on YouTube.

Gain +10 Debugging for Unity with Visual Studio

June 28, 2021 Jun 28, 2021 06/28/21

John Miller

If you’re like me, you’ve probably searched through Debug.Log messages in the Unity console to find or fix a bug. Have you also asked if there was a better way? Follow along with our new video series and by the end we think you’ll be surprised at how a few simple debugging tools in Visual Studio can transform your workflow with Unity.

[Guest Post] Better refactoring for Unity projects using .NET analyzers

February 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 02/10/21

John Miller

In this guest post, Visual Studio Tools for Unity intern Shreya Pandit shows how she created custom analyzers for Unity, and how you can get involved with the open source project as well.

Student Spotlight: Outside the Fox thinking outside of the box

May 4, 2020 May 4, 2020 05/4/20

Abdullah Hamed

By Noel Painter (image) 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 ...

Catch up with Visual Studio Tools for Unity on Mac

February 17, 2020 Feb 17, 2020 02/17/20

Abdullah Hamed

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

Making our Unity Analyzers Open-Source

February 11, 2020 Feb 11, 2020 02/11/20

Jb Evain

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

January 30, 2020 Jan 30, 2020 01/30/20

Ulzii Luvsanbat [MSFT]

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

September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19

Jordan Matthiesen

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

August 21, 2019 Aug 21, 2019 08/21/19

John Miller

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

August 20, 2018 Aug 20, 2018 08/20/18

Dominic Nahous

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.

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