Tag: Debugging and Diagnostics from The Visual Studio Blog

Break When Value Changes: Data Breakpoints for .NET Core in Visual Studio 2019

Leslie RichardsonFebruary 12, 2019Feb 12, 201902/12/19

“Why is this value changing unexpectedly and where or when is this occurring?!” This is a question many of us dread asking ourselves, knowing that we'll have to do some tedious trial-and-error debugging attempting to locate the source of this issue. For C++ developers, the exclusive solution to this problem has been the data breakpoint, a debugging tool that allows you to break when a specific object’s property changes. Fortunately, data breakpoints are no longer a C++ exclusive because they are now available for .NET Core (3.0 or higher) in Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2!

Debug your live apps running in Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Kubernetes

Mark DownieJanuary 29, 2019Jan 29, 201901/29/19

We are excited to announce that in Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 we are expanding Snapshot Debugger support beyond Azure App Services hosting ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET applications to also include Azure Virtual Machines (VM), Azure Virtual Machine scale sets (VMSS) and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).

Enhanced in Visual Studio 2019: Search for Objects and Properties in the Watch, Autos, and Locals Windows

Leslie RichardsonJanuary 28, 2019Jan 28, 201901/28/19

Are you inspecting many variables at once in the Locals window? Tired of constantly scrolling through the Watch window to locate the object you are currently interested in? New to Visual Studio 2019, you can now find your variables and their properties faster using the new search feature found in the Watch, Autos, and Locals windows!

How can I pause my code in Visual Studio? Breakpoints FAQ

Leslie RichardsonSeptember 13, 2018Sep 13, 201809/13/18

Have you ever found a bug in your code and wanted to pause code execution to inspect the problem? This blog post showcases the various kinds of breakpoints that can be used to accomplish this task in Visual Studio 2017.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John MontgomeryAugust 14, 2018Aug 14, 201808/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in.

How to Convince Your Management to Upgrade to Visual Studio 2017 for C# and C++ Developers

Kasey UhlenhuthJuly 31, 2018Jul 31, 201807/31/18

Visual Studio 2017 is our best IDE yet. To help you write great code, it’s packed with new Refactorings and Quick Actions, and offers unit testing, debugging, navigation, and code style improvements. It loads solutions faster than ever, and ships with C# 7.3 and the MSVC compiler toolset that conforms to the latest C++ standards.

Azure Service Fabric Mesh tools now available for Visual Studio 2017

Cristy GonzalezJuly 16, 2018Jul 16, 201807/16/18

Azure Service Fabric is a market-tested distributed systems platform for running scalable and reliable applications on microservices and containers. Up until now, Service Fabric required you to create and manage the clusters and their nodes using virtual machine scale sets.

Announcing the public preview of Azure Dev Spaces

Balan SubramanianJuly 9, 2018Jul 9, 201807/9/18

Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Dev Spaces, a cloud-native development experience for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), where you can work on your applications while always staying connected with the cloud and your team.

Snapshots on Exceptions while debugging with IntelliTrace

Deborah ChenMay 24, 2018May 24, 201805/24/18

Have you ever encountered an exception in your application while debugging, and wanted to know exactly what the state of the app was at that point in time? With a new feature in IntelliTrace, you can! Learn how to use IntelliTrace's new snapshots on exceptions feature, which enables you to go back to a previous exception event and see the state of the application at the time the exception was thrown.

Visual Studio and Unity 2018.1, even better together

Jb EvainMay 10, 2018May 10, 201805/10/18

The Visual Studio team is excited about the Unity 2018.1 release: It’s the start of a new release cycle packed with great new features like the Scriptable Render Pipeline and the C# Job System. You can read the full blog post by Unity for all the details on what’s new in the 2018.1 release.