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Mar 12, 2025
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Make more sense of multithreaded debugging

Junyu Wang
Junyu Wang

Debugging complex programs often feels like navigating a labyrinth of threads and stack traces. The challenge of understanding thread behaviors and tracing issues can be daunting, leading to longer development times and increased frustration. But now, there's a solution that simplifies this process—introducing AI-powered thread summaries in Paralle...

Debugging and DiagnosticsGitHub Copilot
Mar 5, 2025
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New Debugging and Profiling Features in Visual Studio (v17.13)

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

The latest Visual Studio update (v17.13) brings a strong set of debugging and profiling features designed to speed up troubleshooting, making it more efficient. With AI-driven features in this release, variable analysis and data inspection are smarter and more intuitive, and problems are easier to identify and debug. Profiling tool improvements als...

Debugging and DiagnosticsGitHub CopilotProfiling
Feb 11, 2025
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Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 is Now Available!

Mads Kristensen
Mads Kristensen

We are excited to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2022 v17.13. This update focuses on stability and security, along with continuous improvements for all developers using Visual Studio. Based on your feature requests, several new tools and enhancements have been added to this release. This update includes improvements for developer...

Debugging and DiagnosticsAzureGitHub Copilot
Jan 7, 2025
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Benchmarking with Visual Studio Profiler

Nik Karpinsky
Nik Karpinsky

In Visual Studio 17.13 Preview we have released our updated BenchmarkDotNet diagnosers, allowing you to use more of the tools in the performance profiler to analyze benchmarks. With this change it is super quick to dig into CPU usage and allocations of benchmarks making the measure, change, measure cycle quick and efficient. Benchmarking a real pr...

Debugging and DiagnosticsDeveloper ProductivityVisual Studio Profiler
Jan 6, 2025
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Unlocking insights with Meter Histogram in the profiler

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Are you struggling with performance bottlenecks in your applications? Look no further! Visual Studio 2022 introduces the Meter Histogram feature in its performance profiling suite, providing you with the tools to analyze and visualize histogram data like never before. The Meter Histogram is a key enhancement to Visual Studio's performance pr...

Debugging and DiagnosticsPerformanceVisual Studio Profiler
Dec 4, 2024
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How Inline Return Values Simplify Debugging in Visual Studio 2022

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Have you ever found yourself creating temporary variables just to inspect return values from functions? It’s a small task that can quickly become tedious, breaking your rhythm and cluttering up your code. Visual Studio 2022 introduces a smarter way to handle this with "Inline Return Values," allowing you to stay focused on coding without the extra ...

Debugging and DiagnosticsGitHub CopilotDeveloper Productivity
Dec 2, 2024
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AI-Powered Insights: Streamlining Variable Analysis with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Tired of spending countless hours troubleshooting errors and unexpected values in your code? Visual Studio 2022 introduces GitHub Copilot Variable Analysis. This powerful tool makes inspecting and analyzing variables from Locals, Autos, watch windows and DataTips effortless, helping you solve issues faster and cutting down on time and frustration. ...

Debugging and DiagnosticsGitHub CopilotDeveloper Productivity
Nov 26, 2024
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Debugger and Diagnostics updates in Visual Studio 17.12

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

We are thrilled to announce a host of exciting new features in Visual Studio 17.12, designed to enhance your development experience and boost your productivity. Our team has been working diligently to address some of the most popular requests from our developer community, and we are confident that these updates will significantly improve your workf...

Debugging and DiagnosticsGitHub Copilot
Oct 7, 2024
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Accelerate C++ Debugging with Enhanced Conditional Breakpoints

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Are you tired of waiting for your conditional breakpoints to hit in C++? Do you wish there was a way to speed up the debugging process and get to the root of the problem faster? If so, you're in luck! We have some exciting news for you: Visual Studio 2022 has significantly improved the performance of conditional breakpoints in C++ through a rewo...

Debugging and DiagnosticsBreakpoints
Sep 25, 2024
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Organize Your Breakpoints like a pro

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Do you feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of breakpoints in your Visual Studio project? Wish you could categorize and toggle them on and off with ease? The new breakpoint group feature in Visual Studio 2022 is here to transform your debugging experience. Breakpoint groups allow you to create custom collections of breakpoints and apply vari...

Debugging and DiagnosticsDeveloper ProductivityBreakpoints