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Sep 15, 2022
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DataTable Visualizer Improvements

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Your favorite DataTable visualizer has now got a makeover with all new improvements coming in 17.4 Preview 2. The DataTable visualizers will now support sorting, filtering, exporting, and theming like IEnumerable visualizer.   The DataTable Visualizer allows you to view the contents of a DataTable, DataSet, DataView, or DataViewM...

Debugging and DiagnosticsVisual Studio 2022Productivity
Aug 11, 2022
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Choosing a .NET Memory Profiler in Visual Studio – part 1

Clément Habinshuti
Clément Habinshuti

Summary Visual Studio provides two great tools for analyzing and diagnosing memory issues in .NET applications: the Memory Usage profiler and .NET Object Allocation Tracking tool. While both tools are useful, it may not be obvious for new user to know which one to use when. This article aims to clarify what each tool is good for and how to use the...

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Jul 14, 2022
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IEnumerable Debugger Visualizer Improvements

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Harshada Hole

In Visual Studio 17.3 Preview 3, we added a few highly requested improvements in IEnumerable visualizer like Filtering, Theming, and CSV export to enhance the visualizer experience further. The .NET IEnumerable debugger visualizer is one of our most loved debugging features in recent times. This was a highly requested feature by developers like ...

Debugging and DiagnosticsVisual Studio 2022Productivity
Apr 21, 2022
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View .NET collections with the new IEnumerable Debugger Visualizer

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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 collectio...

Debugging and DiagnosticsVisual Studio 2022Developer Productivity
Sep 7, 2021
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New Improved Attach to Process Dialog Experience

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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.

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Aug 16, 2021
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Debugging External Sources with Visual Studio

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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

Debugging and DiagnosticsVisual Studio 2022Productivity
Jul 15, 2021
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Debug code with force run to cursor

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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.

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Apr 16, 2021
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Managed Memory Dump Analyzers

Mark Downie
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!

Debugging and DiagnosticsDebuggingDiagnostics
Mar 2, 2021
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New Dynamic Instrumentation Profiling for .NET

Sagar Shetty
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...

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Jan 20, 2021
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Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 is Available Today

Jacqueline Widdis
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!

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