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Modernizing Find in Files

December 12, 2019 Dec 12, 2019 12/12/19
Dante Gagne
Find in Files is one of the most commonly used features in Visual Studio, and in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 preview 1, we've given it the first round of improvements to make it faster and look more in line with the overall Visual Studio look and feel. This post will walk through the improvements and help developers get the most out of it.

Re-imagining collaboration for Visual Studio with Live Share app casting and contacts

November 6, 2019 Nov 6, 2019 11/6/19
Filisha Shah
The power of Visual Studio for desktop and mobile development is unmatched in the industry, and we wanted to ensure that the best in class also had the best collaboration story. Live Share is reimagining this collaboration story by reducing the barriers to collaboration, increasing the fidelity of the collaboration experience while building ...

Say hello to the new Visual Studio terminal!

September 9, 2019 Sep 9, 2019 09/9/19
Ruben Rios
  Building on the momentum from the recently announced Developer PowerShell, we are excited to share the first preview of the new Visual Studio terminal. This new preview experience is part of Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 3.   Rather than build everything from scratch, the Visual Studio terminal shares most of its ...

The PowerShell you know and love now with a side of Visual Studio

August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019 08/20/19
Ruben Rios
While we know that many of you enjoy, and rely on the Visual Studio Command Prompt, some of you told us that you would prefer to have a PowerShell version of the tool. We are happy to share that in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2, we added a new Developer PowerShell! Using the new Developer PowerShell We also added two new menu entries, ...

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 Released!

August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19
Jacqueline Widdis
Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 2 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.3 Preview 2 are available. Because many of the features in this release are a response to Developer Community feedback, we are excited to share our changes. First of all, the latest Preview versions both PC and Mac are available to download from VisualStudio.com. You can ...