Tag : Visual Studio 2017

Going all in on ‘Suggest a Feature’ in Visual Studio Developer Community

Sean June 4, 2019 Jun 4, 2019 06/4/19

In October 2018, we shared the plan to migrate from UserVoice forum to Developer Community. Since then, we have received and responded to over 2500 new feature suggestions on Developer Community with hundreds of those shipped in Visual Studio. Thank you for making the move and continuing to help us improve the functionality in Visual Studio!

New Preview label for Visual Studio extensions

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

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.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 now available

Angel Zhou November 19, 2018 Nov 19, 2018 11/19/18

Visual Studio version 15.9 is now out. This release comes with improvements for C++ debugging, .NET tooling, UWP performance, and more. Click to learn more!

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 Preview 3

Angel Zhou October 4, 2018 Oct 4, 2018 10/4/18

Today, we are releasing the third preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9. You can download it here and share your feedback with our engineering teams. This release includes ARM64 support in UWP apps as well as improvements to Xamarin and TypeScript. Continue reading below for an overview the fixes and new features. If you’d like to see ...

Getting started writing Visual Studio extensions

Mads Kristensen September 26, 2018 Sep 26, 2018 09/26/18

I’m often asked how to best learn to build Visual Studio extensions, so here is what I wished someone told me before I got started. Don’t skip the introduction It’s easy to create a new extensibility project in Visual Studio, but unless you understand the basics of how the extensibility system works, then you are setting yourself up ...

How can I pause my code in Visual Studio? Breakpoints FAQ

Leslie Richardson September 13, 2018 Sep 13, 2018 09/13/18

Have you ever found a bug in your code and wanted to pause code execution to inspect the problem? This blog post showcases the various kinds of breakpoints that can be used to accomplish this task in Visual Studio 2017.

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 Preview 2

Angel Zhou September 11, 2018 Sep 11, 2018 09/11/18

Today, we are releasing the second preview of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9, and it can be downloaded here. This latest preview contains new features and improvements to Universal Windows Platform development, C++ debugging, and export installation settings. Read more in the feature highlight summary below and check out the Visual Studio ...

Improving your productivity in the Visual Studio Editor

Allison Buchholtz-Au August 30, 2018 Aug 30, 2018 08/30/18

Over the last few updates to Visual Studio 2017, we’ve been hard at work adding new features to boost your productivity while you’re writing code. Many of these are the result of your direct feedback coming from the UserVoice requests, Developer Community tickets, and direct feedback we’ve encountered while talking to developers like you...

Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6

Dominic Nahous August 20, 2018 Aug 20, 2018 08/20/18

For this release of Visual Studio for Mac, we’ve focused our energy on improving product reliability, creating a better code editing experience, and making the performance second to none. We’re also exited to announce full support for Azure functions – it’s now possible to create, edit, configure, and publish your Function from within the IDE.

Save with the Unity Pro and Visual Studio Professional Bundle

Jb Evain August 16, 2018 Aug 16, 2018 08/16/18

The combination of Visual Studio and Unity provides a top-notch experience for game development across a variety of platforms and devices. While we offer no cost software for those just starting out, as your team’s size and success grows, so does the need for professional tools. We’re happy to announce in partnership with Unity ...

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