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What’s new in .NET Productivity with Visual Studio 2022

December 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 12/15/21

Mika D

With the release of Visual Studio 2022 the Roslyn team continues to enhance your .NET developer productivity with the latest tooling improvements. In this post I’ll cover the following .NET productivity enhancements: Navigation and code exploration Navigating and exploring code is an integral part of ...

Become a master at Git and Open Source 

December 13, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 12/13/21

Jason C

Have you ever wondered how to manage your code better but never had the time to learn about Git and version control? Maybe you are the only one working on your code and thought that Git is only good for collaboration? Are you someone who has been working on proprietary code and has not had a chance to learn from or contribute to open source...

VS 2022 Launch Recap: Extensibility

December 8, 2021 Dec 8, 2021 12/8/21

Leslie R

The recent Visual Studio 2022 Launch event was jam-packed with content, and that included updates on extensibility! Check out the VS 2022 Launch videos on extensibility that you may have missed!

How Can We Improve Extensibility in Visual Studio?

December 7, 2021 Dec 7, 2021 12/7/21

Leslie R

We are working on exciting, major updates to how extensions are written and used in Visual Studio, but it’s a long road to completing them.  In the meantime, we’d love your ideas on what we can do in the more immediate future to improve how you use or write extensions.

Introducing the new Razor editor in Visual Studio 2022

December 1, 2021 Dec 1, 2021 12/1/21

Mika D

With the release of Visual Studio 2022 you can now use the new Razor editor for local ASP.NET Core development with MVC, Razor Pages, and Blazor. Download Visual Studio 2022 and make sure to update to 17.0.2 to get the latest Razor updates. Benefits of moving to a Razor Language Server Protocol We have been working for some time on a new...

Writing extensions just got easier

November 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 11/16/21

Mads K

In collaboration with the open source community, we’re introducing a new toolkit for writing Visual Studio extensions. Extensions used to be difficult to write, but the new toolkit makes it easier than ever. The toolkit consists of brand-new tooling inside Visual Studio as well as new APIs to code against. It’s all included in the free ...

Where Are My Favorite Extensions in Visual Studio 2022?

November 15, 2021 Nov 15, 2021 11/15/21

Leslie R

Want to continue using your favorite extensions in VS 2022 but aren’t sure where they are? Check out this post to learn how to find them in the Marketplace, outside the Marketplace, or as integrated VS features!

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 3, and Upcoming Native M1 Processor Support

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

Jordan M

This is an exciting post for us today with several announcements – First, Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Preview 3 is now available with support for the general availability release of .NET 6. Second, our team has been working on native support for the Apple M1 processor, and it will be available soon in a future preview. This post contains ...

Visual Studio 2022 now available

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

Amanda S

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

More flexible and inclusive ways to manage your documents

November 3, 2021 Nov 3, 2021 11/3/21

Grace T

One of Visual Studio 2022’s key investments is in helping you personalize Visual Studio so that you can code the way you want. We’ve added new capabilities for added flexibility and inclusivity for working with your documents! Flexible workspace We’ve introduced a way for you to color file tabs by project, so that you don’t have ...