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Jul 18, 2024
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Three New Premium Visual Studio Subscriber Benefits Announced

Jim Harrer
Jim Harrer

A Visual Studio Subscription, whether Professional or Enterprise, delivers far more than just software usage rights; it's a comprehensive toolkit designed to significantly boost your development capabilities and career growth. These subscriptions can save you thousands each year, offering everything from monthly Azure credits for cloud ...

.NETVisual StudioProductivity
Jun 3, 2024
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Introducing the Revamped Visual Studio Resource Explorer

McKenna Barlow
McKenna Barlow

With the recent revamp of Visual Studio’s Resource Explorer, developers are in for a treat! We’re thrilled to unveil the reimagined Visual Studio Resource Explorer, and trust us, it’s a game-changer. Developers who manage resources in Visual Studio will be delighted to learn that we have finally updated our out-of-the-box resource ...

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May 21, 2024
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Maximizing joy and minimizing toil with great developer experiences

Amanda Silver
Amanda Silver

The future always starts with developers. They determine the speed of innovation, and never has that been more true than today, in the era of Generative AI. We’re already seeing GenAI have a profound impact on the way that we build applications and collaborate with our colleagues. More developers will be empowered to create with technology by ...

.NETVisual StudioExtensions
Dec 15, 2023
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Unlocking the Secrets of Managed Memory: Dive into Event Handler Leak Insights!

Massimo Giusti
Massimo Giusti

Event handler leaks have been around for a long time, and they are one of the peskiest issues WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) developers regularly deal with. You might be thinking: What makes event handler leaks so important? Event handler leaks are easy to cause, all it takes is to forget to unsubscribe to an event. Additionally, they are ...

Debugging and DiagnosticsVisual Studio 2022Productivity
Aug 21, 2023
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New in Visual Studio: Compare Files with Solution Explorer

Dalia Abo Sheasha
Dalia Abo Sheasha

Comparing code in different files is a common need for developers, yet it often disrupts the flow of your work. We've heard your feedback and are excited to introduce a new compare feature in Visual Studio. This feature enables you to compare code files directly within the Solution Explorer, eliminating the need for external tools and keeping you ...

Visual Studio 2022ProductivityEditor
May 18, 2023
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Sticky Scroll: Stay in the Right Context

Leah Tran
Leah Tran

When coding in a long file, it’s easy to lose track of the method or block you’re writing in. Or when scrolling through an unfamiliar codebase, it can become disorienting where you are in the code. Sticky Scroll can help you stay in the right context by sticking helpful scopes, including namespaces, classes, methods, loop initialization ...

ProductivityEditor
Mar 15, 2023
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Improving the Spell Checker

Dante Gagne
Dante Gagne

Welcome to our latest blog post about the spell checker feature in Visual Studio 17.6 preview 2! We're excited to share with you the latest improvements we've made to this feature, which was first introduced in the Visual Studio 17.5 preview releases for C#, C++, and markdown files. We've received an overwhelming amount of valuable feedback from ...

Visual Studio 2022ProductivityTips and Tricks
Feb 21, 2023
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Visual Studio 2022 – 17.5 Released

Anthony Cangialosi
Anthony Cangialosi

We’re excited to announce that Visual Studio 17.5 is now generally available. This release is full of updates that take friction out of your daily workflows making it easier for you stay in the zone while you code. Features like all-in-one search and intent-based suggestions help you move faster, while improved build and debug speeds ensure your ...

.NETVisual StudioDebugging and Diagnostics
Feb 13, 2023
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Visual Studio AI-Assistance: A Developer’s Best Friend

Peter Groenewegen
Peter Groenewegen

The Visual Studio family leverages AI to help you stay focused on the creative tasks that get the core logic of your application built.   For Visual Studio and VS Code, IntelliCode is free and assists with writing, editing and understanding code in popular languages. With IntelliCode, models run locally, meaning that none of your code leaves ...

C#ProductivityIntelliCode
Jan 19, 2023
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Visual Studio Spell Checker Preview Now Available

Dante Gagne
Dante Gagne

We know developers like you take pride in your code! Many of the features in Visual Studio are designed to help you write the code you want. Visual Studio helps you ensure your code compiles and can even help with code styling. Now it can even make sure your spelling is accurate. Visual Studio 17.5 preview 3 introduces the first preview of the ...

Visual StudioC#Visual Studio 2022

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