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New Features in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1

Jacqueline Widdis September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1 gives you improvements in Git Integration, C++20 conformance, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and XAML . Plus, you can sign-up for our new Visual Studio Codespaces.

Visual Studio for Mac: Become a Productivity Pro

Cody Beyer March 18, 2020 Mar 18, 2020 03/18/20

Despite continued advancement and innovation in the IDE space, the bottom line is that IDEs are a productivity tool. As a software developer, the value of an IDE is directly related to how much using the tool increases your productivity. Subsequently, when we make decisions about how to improve Visual Studio for Mac, your productivity is ...

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 is now available

Jacqueline Widdis March 16, 2020 Mar 16, 2020 03/16/20

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 and 16.6 Preview 1 are available today. Included in this release are updates in .NET Productivity, .NET Mobile development, C++, and debugging.

What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 for C++, Xamarin, and Azure Tooling Experiences

Ulzii Luvsanbat [MSFT] January 30, 2020 Jan 30, 2020 01/30/20

Last week, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 was released, bringing many new features and improvements for developers in Visual Studio to help you build better software faster. Please read some highlights of new features and improved developer experiences in this page.

‘Tis the Season for the Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 Release

Jacqueline Widdis December 3, 2019 Dec 3, 2019 12/3/19

Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 is available today. Highlights of the release include: better GitHub integration, Vertical Tabs, Container Tools, Xamarin Hot Reload, C++ Tooling, .NET Productivity, Pinnable Property Tabs, and much more.

Visual Studio for Mac: Top Features of the New Editor

Cody Beyer October 1, 2019 Oct 1, 2019 10/1/19

Over the past year, the Visual Studio for Mac team updated the editors within the IDE to be faster, more fluent and more productive. We did this by building a macOS-native editor interface on top of the same editor backend as Visual Studio on Windows. In version 8.1 we introduced the new C# editor. This was followed by the new XAML editor in 8...

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

Jacqueline Widdis August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19

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 ...

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview 3

Jordan Matthiesen March 5, 2019 Mar 5, 2019 03/5/19

This blog post is all about the cool new features, bug fixes and performance improvements we've added to the latest release (Preview 3) of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Some of the highlights include but are not limited to the following: launching multiple IDE instances, faster Xamarin Android developer tools, and a new C# editor. Read on to learn more.

What’s Next for Visual Studio for Mac

Unni Ravindranathan October 16, 2018 Oct 16, 2018 10/16/18

Since it was released a little more than a year ago, Visual Studio 2017 for Mac has grown from being an IDE primarily focused on mobile application development using Xamarin to one that includes support for all major .NET cross-platform workloads including Xamarin, Unity, and .NET Core. Our aspiration with Visual Studio for Mac is to bring the...

Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8

John Montgomery August 14, 2018 Aug 14, 2018 08/14/18

Today we are releasing Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. In this version we have focused on productivity, performance and bug fixes. There are many new features you‘ll find useful, but in this post, I’ll underscore the highlights you may be most interested in. For the complete list of all the updates in today’s release, check out the ...

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