Visual Studio Blog

Code more, scroll less with Visual Studio IntelliCode

March 14, 2019 Mar 14, 2019 03/14/19

Mark Wilson-Thomas

Learn how to get Visual Studio IntelliCode to make recommendations based on patterns it finds in your own code in 3 simple steps.

Argument completion made easy with Visual Studio IntelliCode

March 12, 2019 Mar 12, 2019 03/12/19

Mark Wilson-Thomas

IntelliCode now makes recommendations for arguments in your C# code. Just install the latest version of the IntelliCode extension for Visual Studio and start editing C# code faster with in-line suggestions.  It's as simple as that!

Visual Studio extensions and version ranges demystified

March 8, 2019 Mar 8, 2019 03/8/19

Mads Kristensen

Explains how Visual Studio versioning works, how extenders should think about it, why there is no Visual Studio version 13.0, and why the year 2213 is the closest we’ll ever get to an alignment again.

Windows Desktop Developer Twitch Workshop (March 14, 2019)

March 7, 2019 Mar 7, 2019 03/7/19

Dmitry Lyalin

Today we’d like to announce an upcoming free live streaming workshop on March 14th, 2019 focused on Windows Desktop development for .NET applications using frameworks such as WPF, WinForms and UWP.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview 3

March 5, 2019 Mar 5, 2019 03/5/19

Jordan Matthiesen

This blog post is all about the cool new features, bug fixes and performance improvements we've added to the latest release (Preview 3) of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Some of the highlights include but are not limited to the following: launching multiple IDE instances, faster Xamarin Android developer tools, and a new C# editor. Read on to learn more.

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) now available

February 27, 2019 Feb 27, 2019 02/27/19

John Montgomery

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) and Preview 4 are now available for download. Learn more about the new product channels in Visual Studio 2019 and how you can choose your path forward with the latest downloads.

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

February 26, 2019 Feb 26, 2019 02/26/19

Xiaokai He

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 Try these new features by installing Java Extension Pack with Visual Studio Code. See below for more details! Managing your Maven Dependencies Easily ...

Use your favorite extensions with Visual Studio 2019

February 22, 2019 Feb 22, 2019 02/22/19

Mads Kristensen

Do you want to try the preview of Visual Studio 2019 but worry that your favorite extensions aren’t supported yet? A record number of extensions have already added support for Visual Studio 2019. So there is a good chance your favorite extensions are among them. In fact, more than 850 extensions are currently available, and more are being updated every day.

Reflecting your feedback in Visual Studio 2019

February 21, 2019 Feb 21, 2019 02/21/19

Jamie Young

Over the last few months, we’ve seen lots of thoughtful and passionate discussion throughout the community, on the blog, in Developer Community, and a bunch of social media sites. There were a few popular themes in the feedback that we wanted to acknowledge and talk a bit about the changes we’ve already made based on your feedback.

Join us April 2nd for the Launch of Visual Studio 2019!

February 14, 2019 Feb 14, 2019 02/14/19

Amanda Silver

I’m excited to announce the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2019 on April 2, 2019 at the Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event. Join us online starting at 9 AM Pacific Time for demos and conversations centered around development with Visual Studio 2019, Azure DevOps, and GitHub.