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Gain +10 Debugging for Unity with Visual Studio

June 28, 2021 Jun 28, 2021 06/28/21
John Miller
If you’re like me, you’ve probably searched through Debug.Log messages in the Unity console to find or fix a bug. Have you also asked if there was a better way? Follow along with our new video series and by the end we think you’ll be surprised at how a few simple debugging tools in Visual Studio can transform your workflow with Unity.

Disassembly improvements for optimized managed debugging

September 14, 2020 Sep 14, 2020 09/14/20
Mark Downie
If you are focused on squeezing out the last bits of performance for your .NET service or application, you might choose to take advantage of JIT compiler optimizations. However, debugging optimized code can be a challenge. In this blog I’ll show you how the Disassembly Window can help you debug optimized code.

Java on Visual Studio Code October Update

October 18, 2019 Oct 18, 2019 10/18/19
Xiaokai He
Welcome to the October update of Java on Visual Studio Code! This month, we're bringing some new features for code navigation, code actions and refactoring, code snippet along with Java 13 support. There's also improvements in debugger, maven, checkstyle and Test Runner.

Find solutions faster by analyzing crash dumps in Visual Studio

August 19, 2019 Aug 19, 2019 08/19/19
Mark Downie
When unexpected crashes occur in your managed application you are often left with little evidence of the issue; capturing and analyzing memory dumps may be your last best option. Thankfully Visual Studio is a great tool for analyzing your apps memory dumps! In this post we show you how easy it can be to resolve the issue using Visual Studio.

Java on Visual Studio Code June Update

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19
Xiaokai He
Welcome to the June update of Java on Visual Studio Code! Earlier this month, we shared our new Java Installer for Visual Studio Code, which aims to help new Java developers to get their environment ready and start coding in just a few clicks. In this update, we’d like to share a couple new features and enhancements delivered during last ...

Java on Visual Studio Code April Update

May 1, 2019 May 1, 2019 05/1/19
Xiaokai He
Welcome to April update! Java 12 is now officially supported with Visual Studio Code. We'd also like to show you some new and helpful code actions now available, along with new features from Debugger, Maven and CheckStyle. Try these new features by installing Java Extension Pack with Visual Studio Code. See below for more details! Java 12 ...