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GitHub accounts are now integrated into Visual Studio 2019
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 means that you’ll have an easier time accessing your GitHub resources across Visual Studio. Adding GitHub accounts You have a couple options when it comes to adding your GitHub account. You can add it from the Account Settings dialog (File > Account Settings…) and use it ...
Announcing the Release of the Git Experience in Visual Studio
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 improving discoverability for your common workflows and simplifying navigation to reduce context-switching. Regardless of whether you are part of a large team or working on a personal project, whether you are an experienced developer or just starting out, we strongly believe the ne...
Make your repeated edits faster and more accurate with IntelliCode suggestions
IntelliCode Suggestions now provides better tailored repeated edit suggestions and adds the ability to review and apply multiple suggestions at once.
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 is now available
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 is available today! We’ve added support for developing applications with .NET 5 and debugging Blazor WebAssembly applications and included several improvements for Xamarin developers, including Xamarin.Forms 5.0 Preview support.
Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 and v16.9 Preview 1 Release Today
There are many features landing in this version of Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 and v16.9 Preview 1. Check out our new Git Integration Features, .NET productivity enhancements, C++20 Library Options, and XAML Data Binding. Try it today!
A more secure GitHub Experience
As the next step in the journey towards a more secure GitHub experience, beginning November 13th, GitHub and Visual Studio will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating with the REST API and will instead require using token-based authentication (e.g., personal access or OAuth), for all authenticated operations for GitHub.com. As a result of the change, Git credential helpers such as the Git Credential Manager (GCM) that authenticate via account passwords won’t be able to create new access tokens or authenticate you for GitHub.com operations with your username and password. What does that mean fo...
The Future of Visual Studio Extensions
As we continue improving Visual Studio and expanding to the cloud, let's talk about our upcoming plans to improve the ways we write and use extensions.
Get more done with search in Visual Studio
Over the years, the Search feature in Visual Studio has gotten faster and more capable. You might have missed some of the things it can do to help you be more productive and get the most out of Visual Studio. So, let’s take a closer look at how you can use Search in your daily work. I hit Ctrl+Q to use Search every single day and have for years. It’s useful, it’s fast, and it helps me get my job done. Usage data shows that I’m an outlier and that most Visual Studio users don’t use Search as much as me. So, I thought it write up some of the ways I use Search to be more productive and share it with you here on t...
Cross Platform Managed Memory Dump Debugging
With the release of Visual Studio 16.8 Preview 3 you now have the ability to open and analyze managed dumps collected on Linux and use the best in class debugging tools available in Visual Studio.