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Working with images just got easier in Visual Studio

August 28, 2023 Aug 28, 2023 08/28/23

Mads Kristensen

Any web, desktop, or mobile developer works with images often. You reference them from C#, HTML, XAML, CSS, C++, TypeScript, and even in code comments. Some images are local, and some exist online or on network shares, while others only exist as base64 encoded strings. We refer to them in numerous ways in code, but always as string values that...

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.

Visual Studio 2022 Preview 1 now available!

June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 06/17/21

Justin Johnson

We're excited to announce that the first preview release of Visual Studio 2022 is ready to install! This is the first release of a 64-bit Visual Studio and we’d love for you to download it, try it out, and join us in shaping the next major release of Visual Studio with your feedback.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4 Preview 4 is now available

December 11, 2019 Dec 11, 2019 12/11/19

Dominic Nahous

Today, we released Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4 Preview 4. This preview version of Visual Studio for Mac brings support for the latest stable version of .NET Core, Scaffolding support for ASP.NET Core projects, and additional improvements to overall product accessibility. Developers using Xamarin Pair to Mac should also look at the ...

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.1 is now available (and a Preview for 8.2)

June 13, 2019 Jun 13, 2019 06/13/19

Cody Beyer

Visual Studio for Mac 2019 v8.1 is available today along with a new Preview for v8.2. Both releases bring exciting new features, performance improvements and additional capabilities to help you be code better, faster.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 Preview 2

June 11, 2019 Jun 11, 2019 06/11/19

Jacqueline Widdis

Check out what's new in the new Preview 2 release of Visual Studio 2019 16.2. Find out how to debug your ASP.NET (Core) web apps in the new Microsoft Edge Insider build, how to be more productive when you work with code in the IDE and how we make sure your Visual Studio installation makes the best out of your disk space

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) now available

February 27, 2019 Feb 27, 2019 02/27/19

John Montgomery

Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) and Preview 4 are now available for download. Learn more about the new product channels in Visual Studio 2019 and how you can choose your path forward with the latest downloads.

Join us April 2nd for the Launch of Visual Studio 2019!

February 14, 2019 Feb 14, 2019 02/14/19

Amanda Silver

I’m excited to announce the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2019 on April 2, 2019 at the Visual Studio 2019 Launch Event. Join us online starting at 9 AM Pacific Time for demos and conversations centered around development with Visual Studio 2019, Azure DevOps, and GitHub.

A better multi-monitor experience with Visual Studio 2019

February 7, 2019 Feb 7, 2019 02/7/19

Ruben Rios

Visual Studio 2019 now supports per-monitor DPI awareness (PMA) across the IDE. PMA support means the IDE and more importantly, the code you work on appears crisp in any monitor display scale factor and DPI configuration, including across multiple monitors.

New Preview label for Visual Studio extensions

December 7, 2018 Dec 7, 2018 12/7/18

Mads Kristensen

Visual Studio extensions can now be marked with a Preview label which is shown very clearly on the Visual Studio Marketplace. This gives your customers clear expectations that this version could contain issues as you are actively developing new features. Learn how to enable the Preview label here.

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