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Working with large .NET 5 solutions in Visual Studio 2019 16.8

Paul Vick February 4, 2021 Feb 4, 2021 02/4/21

With the release of .NET 5, migration of solutions from .NET Framework has increased. In particular, we have started to see very large solutions being moved. To ensure this experience is as good as possible, we have been working on optimizing Visual Studio to handle solutions that contain large numbers of .NET 5 and .NET Core projects. Many of...

New experience for sending us your feedback

Mads Kristensen January 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021 01/25/21

We’ve been working to improve the Developer Community for providing feedback about Visual Studio. Last summer, we updated to a more flexible browser-based mechanism for sending feedback. Now we’re upgrading the rest of the Developer Community website. We’ve listened to your feedback and addressed almost half of all feature requests for ...

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 is Available Today

Jacqueline Widdis January 20, 2021 Jan 20, 2021 01/20/21

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 releases today. Highlights of this release include additional functionality in C++, .NET Productivity, XAML Tools, and Accessibility. Check out the new features today!

A more integrated terminal experience

Ruben Rios January 14, 2021 Jan 14, 2021 01/14/21

As part of the new additions of the Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 release, and thanks to your feedback, we have added a couple new tricks to the integrated terminal! It now allows you to open a new terminal to a location based on your Solution Explorer selection and provides customizable commands for copy and paste. Solution Explorer...

[Guest Post] Visual Studio for Mac Helps You Write Tests

benday January 13, 2021 Jan 13, 2021 01/13/21

You’re writing tests for your code, right? No? Just say ‘yes’. It’ll make this blog post go a lot easier. So anyway, I’m happy to hear that you’re writing tests for all your code. Whether you’re following the “test first” / Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach or whether you’re just writing some unit tests or integration ...

[Guest post] Our Head First C# Contest Got Some Truly Creative Entries

Jon Galloway December 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 12/16/20

We just completed our Head First C# book contest! This blog post shows off some of the more creative solutions to the code challenge, and tells you how you can still get the first four chapters of the book for free.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2 and New Year Wishes Coming to You!

Jacqueline Widdis December 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020 12/8/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2! Our C++, .NET, and Xamarin Forms teams have been hard at work to deliver some great new functionality. This includes improvements in IntelliSense, binding properties, and using directives. Check out this latest release to give our features a try.

[Guest post] Learn C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, and Unity (and win a free book!)

Jon Galloway November 25, 2020 Nov 25, 2020 11/25/20

In this guest post, Andrew Stellman explains his approach to teaching C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac by emphasizing exploration, fun, and games. We're announcing a fun coding challenge for beginners, with a chance to win a copy of the new edition of Head First C# book.

GitHub accounts are now integrated into Visual Studio 2019

Ruben Rios November 19, 2020 Nov 19, 2020 11/19/20

We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2019 now offers a fully integrated GitHub account experience. Starting with version 16.8, you’ll be able to add both GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Server accounts directly from Visual Studio. The new functionality allows you to add and leverage them just as you do with Microsoft accounts, which ...

Announcing the Release of the Git Experience in Visual Studio

Pratik Nadagouda November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

We’re excited to announce that our new Git tooling is now the default source control experience in Visual Studio 2019, beginning with version 16.8. We've been working on this experience over the last year, iterating based on your feedback to build out key features, enhance performance, and fine tune quality. Above all, we’ve focused on ...