Category:Open Source from The Visual Studio Blog

Dependency Autocompletion, Performance Improvements and More for Java on Visual Studio Code

Xiaokai HeFebruary 26, 2019Feb 26, 201902/26/19

Welcome to February update of Java on Visual Studio Code! We’d like to share a few new improvements to further enhance your productivity, including

Dependency auto-completion and more Maven updates
Performance improvements
Standalone file supports
Multiple source folders support
Easy launch for multi-main-class projects
Hide temporary files
Bulk generate getters and setters
Test configuration and report update
Including IntelliCode to Java Extension Pack

Try these new features by installing Java Extension Pack with Visual Studio Code.

Preview of Visual Studio Kubernetes Tools

Lisa GuthrieJune 8, 2018Jun 8, 201806/8/18

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,

Microsoft Build 2018: New releases for Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms

Julia LiusonMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

At Microsoft Build this year we have many exciting announcements - .NET Core 2.1 RC, Future of Windows Desktop Development, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7, Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5, Xamarin Forms 3.0 General Availability, Visual Studio Live Share Public Preview, and we introduce Visual Studio IntelliCode.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and version 15.8 Preview 1

John MontgomeryMay 7, 2018May 7, 201805/7/18

Today at Build, we announced the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 and the first preview of the next update, Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 1. If you would rather try these without installing them, check out the Visual Studio images in Azure that will be available soon.

Share UI Code in any iOS and Android App with .NET Embedding

James MontemagnoDecember 11, 2017Dec 11, 201712/11/17

One of the most exciting announcements during this year’s Connect(); event was the ability to embed .NET libraries into existing iOS (Objective-C/Swift) and Android (Java) applications with .NET Embedding. This is great because you can start to share code between your iOS and Android applications,

Post-Connect(); 2017 Visual Studio Partner Webinar Series

Visual Studio BlogDecember 7, 2017Dec 7, 201712/7/17

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Announcing JUnit Support for Visual Studio Code

Xiaokai HeDecember 1, 2017Dec 1, 201712/1/17

Today, we’re pleased to release a new extension to our Visual Studio Code Java extension family – Test Runner/Debugger for Java. It’s a lightweight test runner/debugger with below features we hope you will like.

Recognize JUnit4 tests
Run test
Debug test
View test status and run summary

Same as the Debugger for Java,

Managing Secrets Securely in the Cloud

Visual Studio BlogNovember 17, 2017Nov 17, 201711/17/17

You’ve probably heard some version of the story about a developer who mistakenly checked in his AWS S3 key to Github. He pulled the key within 5 minutes but still racked up a multi-thousand dollar bill from bots that crawl open source sites looking for secrets.

Test Experience Improvements

Visual Studio BlogNovember 16, 2017Nov 16, 201711/16/17

There have been several significant improvements to the test experience that range across Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team Services. These efforts involved frameworks and tooling for both .NET and C++, but all had a common goal: make testing with our developer tools a great experience.

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