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Debugging Async Code: Parallel Stacks for Tasks

Leslie RichardsonJune 15, 2020Jun 15, 202006/15/20

Want a visual depiction of how your async code is executing in Visual Studio? Check out the newly updated Parallel Stacks for Tasks window!

How Do I Debug Async Code in Visual Studio?

Leslie RichardsonJune 11, 2020Jun 11, 202006/11/20

Debugging async code is challenging. Let's explore some Visual Studio tools that can help you debug your async programs easier!

How Do I Think About Async Code?!

Leslie RichardsonJune 10, 2020Jun 10, 202006/10/20

What's asynchronous code? When and why should you use it? Check out this introduction to asynchronous code and how you can apply it to your future programs!

Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 Preview 2 Available Today!

Jacqueline WiddisJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20

Today we are releasing 16.7 Preview 2 with new features in C++ Connection Manager, .NET Productivity, Git Productivity, and Local Process with Kubernetes. Give them a try and let us hear your feedback!

Introducing Local Process with Kubernetes for Visual Studio 2019

Nick GreenfieldJune 2, 2020Jun 2, 202006/2/20

Local Process with Kubernetes allows you to write, test and debug your .NET microservice code on your development workstation while connected to your Kubernetes cluster with the rest of your application or services.  

Visual Studio Subscriptions administrator feature updates

Caity BuschlenJune 1, 2020Jun 1, 202006/1/20

We’ve heard your feedback about wanting an improved Visual Studio subscriptions administration experience and are sharing details about a few big changes we hope you’ll like!

Learn with Visual Studio Remote Office Hours

Mads KristensenMay 27, 2020May 27, 202005/27/20

A new live broadcast directly from the Visual Studio team (my garage to be exact) is now streaming near you every Thursday morning. It's about everything Visual Studio and you get rare insights into the inner workings of features, processes, and the people that make it all happen. This is like being in the machine room and you get to see and ...

Keep your IntelliCode completions fresh with our GitHub Action for Team Completions

Caty CaldwellMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

Introducing the Visual Studio IntelliCode GitHub Action for Team Completions, teams can share and automate code completions easily!

Visual Studio IntelliCode automates training a Team Completions model as part of your CI workflow to provide in-line completion suggestions based on your own types in C# and C++.

Improvements to XAML tooling in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 Preview 1

Dmitry LyalinMay 20, 2020May 20, 202005/20/20

In this blog post we'd like to catch you up on what's new in Visual Studio tooling for XAML developers building WPF, UWP and Xamarin.Forms applications. In this post we'll cover new features shipped in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5, 16.6 and the most recent release 16.7 Preview 1.

Expanding Visual Studio 2019 support for Visual Studio Codespaces

Anthony CangialosiMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Now more than ever, developers are juggling multiple projects at work and at home. New features, bug fixes, PR reviews, & prototypes all compete for time and attention on limited resources. Visual Studio Codespaces provides hosted development environments that allow you to develop entirely in the cloud.