Debugging and Diagnostics

View .NET collections with the new IEnumerable Debugger Visualizer

April 21, 2022 Apr 21, 2022 04/21/22

Harshada Hole

While debugging .NET code, inspecting a large and complex collection object can be tedious and difficult. Hence, starting from Visual Studio 17.2. Preview 2, we are introducing a new Visualizer, which will help you view IEnumerable objects such as Arrays, List, etc. in a customized tabular view. The IEnumerable visualizer will display ...

New Improved Attach to Process Dialog Experience

September 7, 2021 Sep 7, 2021 09/7/21

Harshada Hole

With Visual Studio 2022, we promise to bring new tooling to improve the inner loop productivity and debugging experience. We have added command-line details, app pool details, parent/child process tree view, and the Select running window from the desktop option in the attach to process dialog.

Debugging External Sources with Visual Studio

August 16, 2021 Aug 16, 2021 08/16/21

Harshada Hole

Have you ever needed to debug and step into a code of dependent NuGet or .NET libraries that do not build as part of your solution? Today, debugging through them is not so easy as debugging your projects that are part of your solution. Starting with Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3, we are adding a new "External Sources" node in the Solution Explo

Debug code with force run to cursor

July 15, 2021 Jul 15, 2021 07/15/21

Harshada Hole

Starting Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2 you can use "Force Run To Cursor". It is like "Run To Cursor," but you can keep your breakpoints and the debugger will skip over them until it reaches the line of code with the cursor. It will also skip any of the first-chance exceptions break conditions that may occur.

Managed Memory Dump Analyzers

April 16, 2021 Apr 16, 2021 04/16/21

Mark Downie

With the release of Visual Studio 2019 16.9 you can try out our new managed memory dump analyzers to help you root cause the issues that plague your applications in production. We're excited for you to give it a try!

New Dynamic Instrumentation Profiling for .NET

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Sagar Shetty

With the release of version 16.9 of Visual Studio, instrumentation profiling in Visual Studio just got better. Introducing our new dynamic instrumentation tool. This tool shows the exact number of times your functions are called and is faster than our previous static instrumentation tool. It also supports .NET Core instrumentation without...

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 is Available Today

January 20, 2021 Jan 20, 2021 01/20/21

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 releases today. Highlights of this release include additional functionality in C++, .NET Productivity, XAML Tools, and Accessibility. Check out the new features today!

New Features in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1

September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1 gives you improvements in Git Integration, C++20 conformance, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and XAML . Plus, you can sign-up for our new Visual Studio Codespaces.

Viewing Managed COM Objects Through Native Pointers

July 15, 2020 Jul 15, 2020 07/15/20

Mark Downie

If you are a developer who is curating a successful .NET project using COM interop, then our latest preview of Visual Studio is for you (Download 16.7 Preview 3). This feature automatically decodes managed COM objects referenced by native pointers allowing you to fully inspect values in the Locals window.

Debugging Async Code: Parallel Stacks for Tasks

June 15, 2020 Jun 15, 2020 06/15/20

Leslie Richardson

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

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