Thank you, Visual Studio docs contributors

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the docs in March of 2020! You are helping make the Visual Studio docs clearer, more complete, and more understandable for everyone. We love that our community takes the time to get involved and share their knowledge.

Pull requests

Here are the awesome folks who contributed pull requests to the docs in March:

@alireza-rezaee: Update VS build numbers and release dates (PR #4980)
@bergano65: Update ide-overview.md (PR #4897)
@evangelink:
- Update doc for CA1721 to mention exclusion of obsolete members (PR #5019)
- Update doc for CA1010 to mention new configurability (PR #5018)
- Update doc for CA1801 to mention exclusion of serialization methods (PR #5017)
- Update doc for CA1305 to mention excluded types (PR #5016)
- Update doc for CA1506 to mention exclusion of generated types (PR #5015)
- Update doc for CA2227 to mention exclusion of immutable and readonly collections (PR #5014)
- Update doc for CA1304 to mention excluded symbols (PR #5013)
- Update doc for CA1720 to stop mentioning obj (PR #5011)
- Update doc for CA1501 to mention configurability of the inheritance check (PR #5010)
- Update doc for CA1716 to mention configurability of symbol kinds (PR #5009)
- Update doc for CA1303 to mention new configurability (PR #5008)
- Update doc for CA2000 to mention exclusion for System.IO.StringReader (PR #5007)
- Update doc for CA1021 to mention api surface configurability (PR #5006)
- Update doc for CA1034 to mention builder pattern (PR #5005)
@Forgind:
- We don’t GAC MSBuild assemblies (PR #5040)
- String comparison is case insensitive (PR #5024)
- Explain need for Locator API call (PR #4935)
@HankiDesign: Typo fix (PR #5003)
@KindDragon: [debugger] Added links to intrinsic functions (PR #4883)
@KinsonDigital: Update walkthrough-creating-an-msbuild-project-file-from-scratch.md (PR #4905)
@mallibone: Update xmlpoke-task.md (PR #4891)
@mycalingram: Updated menu-element.md Example (PR #4933)
@remona-minett: Typo Fix in Mac OS Installation Guide (PR #4971)
@rodolphocastro: Adds information about launchSettings to Container Quickstart (PR #4909)

Issues

In addition to contributing directly to the docs, some community members have left feedback in the form of GitHub issues on our visualstudio-docs repo. Thank you to all of you for the feedback, questions, and doc suggestions.

In March, docs GitHub issues were created by:

@adnannrajaa: Create a multi-container app with Docker Compose and configure with same base URL in dot net core 3.0 (Issue #4889)
@Afsah-k:
- Need CodedUI test log in text format intead HMTL (Issue #4882)
- CodedUI test logs in text format. (Issue #4881)
@Bartolomeus-649:
- Solution level management of analysers for a team? (Issue #4973)
- No toolbars (Issue #4972)
- Only break when unhandled? (Issue #4907)
@bbregman: upgrade msdn developer tenant from “office365 e3 developer” to “microsoft 365 e5 developer” already possible? (Issue #4876)
@BicycleMark: Vs 2019 Seems to have broken the Drag of Tables on to the Data Set Designer (Issue #4949)
@binte: Missing options in the Code Analysis tab in the project properties (Issue #4975)
@bravadomizzou: Code Analysis Settings are deprecated (Issue #4920)
@brdmllr: ModulePaths Include doesn’t work as described here (Issue #4954)
@bucmic: Subscription assignment notification (Issue #4918)
@Camios: Cosmos DB (Issue #4942)
@CeciAc:
- ${repeated} does’nt work (Issue #5000)
- doc is wrong (Issue #4924)
@d4e666: yet anoterh DUMD rule (Issue #4970)
@Danghor: Rename to “Abstract types should not have public constructors” (Issue #4952)
@djmarcus1: Visual Studio Visualizer 32-bit 64-bit or ANY? (Issue #5002)
@Duikmeester: Missing space after refactoring. (Issue #4964)
@eriawan: VS 2019 link to release notes 16.4 is not available anymore (Issue #4943)
@euyuil: Undocumented csharp_new_line_before_while (Issue #4899)
@Evangelink:
- Update doc for CA1806 to mention support for linq methods (Issue #5038)
- Update doc for CA1711 to mention new cases (Issue #5037)
- Update doc for CA1806 to mention new case (Issue #5036)
- Update doc for CA1005 to mention configurability (Issue #5035)
- CA1047 update doc to mention configurability (Issue #5034)
- CA1045 update documentation to mention configurability (Issue #5033)
- CA3009 – shall you mention sanitizers? (Issue #4996)
- CA1720 – rule no longer reports on `obj` identifier (Issue #4995)
- CA1034 – Allow builder pattern (Issue #4994)
- CA2000 – StringReader is excluded (Issue #4993)
- CA1304 – configurability section – excluded symbol names (Issue #4992)
- CA1721 no longer report on obsolete members (Issue #4991)
- CA2227 – 3 more types are now excluded from analysis (Issue #4990)
- CA1010 – New configurability section (Issue #4989)
- CA1506 – Generated types are no longer counting as coupled (Issue #4988)
- CA1801 – Serialization methods are now excluded (Issue #4987)
- CA1305 -`ToString` call ignored for `bool`, `char` and `guid`. (Issue #4986)
- CA1024 – Rule no longer report on interface implementation (Issue #4985)
- CA1501 – Add configurability section for user specific exclusion (Issue #4984)
- CA1716 – Add a new configurability section (Issue #4982)
- CA1303 – Add a new configurability section for the naming heuristic (Issue #4981)
- Update documentation to mention API surface configurability (Issue #4615)
- Update documentation table to indicate IReadOnlyDictionary => Dictionary (Issue #4593)
- Update CA1712: Add configuration for the number of values to trigger the rule (Issue #4381)
- Update CA2002 to detect usage of lock (this) and SyncLock Me (Issue #4062)
@feliperobledo: Unity + Visual Studio for Mac (community): Running and Debugging Unit Tests (Issue #4870)
@fhack2: How many alternative accounts can a subscription have? (Issue #4911)
@fomrat: Typo in “Sett Bookmarks in Code” (Issue #4959)
@franji1: Missing help on “Show file health indicator” (Issue #5021)
@GauthamBanasandra: Unable to find “Neutral language” or “Assembly neutral language” in the drop-down list (Issue #4884)
@GodofGurus: BuildTools2019 Does not install in container (Issue #4915)
@gusarov: Also (Issue #4944)
@hkmamun: It works for me (Issue #4967)
@ihorbond: Icon Label visibility (Issue #4896)
@ronSean: Convert option not available (Issue #4917_
@itaibh: How do I use complex condition? (Issue #4869)
@JamesSkemp: utf-8-bom usage (Issue #4901)
@JayD2019: Page is totally confusing (Issue #4914)
@jerardk: Clarification for: “the user is granted all your permissions on the computer..” (Issue #4950)
@jgedri: Get Current Date (Issue #4956)
@jhv2017kam: What are the valid target name format (Issue #5012)
@jim-software: This page is half-baked. Maybe finish it and include the TF31002 error that happen when trying to connect to an older TFS server. (Issue #4997)
@jjhayworth: CA1021 has been ported (Issue #4902)
@L4ZZA:
- where is the .runsettings documentation for GoogleTestAdapter and BoostTestsAdapter? (Issue #4912)
- Boost docs inconsistent (Issue #4906)
- NuGet instructions are missing (Issue #4890)
@LdsDannyStaten: Pretty out of date(Issue #4953)
@leniel: Install error on Visual Studio 2019 – Found setup instance but not in launchable state (Issue #4894)
@liangdaxian: Slow step over for remote debugging (Issue #4941)
@logical-intent: “Source link specification” link is dead (Issue #5027)
@Maheenmathew: How to debug an SLN solution in VS (Issue #4932)
@maloscat: ok (Issue #4976)
@martinandersen3d: Backup of Custom (drag’n’drop) Html custom items in Toolbox?(Issue #4977)
@MechanoRealist: Missing “Convert between Auto property and Full property” (Issue #4945)
@MedVenturian: DemoCalculator(Issue #4969)
@mk-16: missing information (Issue #4886)
@morbius1st: Not Coordinated (Issue #5028)
@MrTrillian: MSBuild conditions documentation should clarify case-sensitivity (Issue #5023)
@naji-makhoul: “Debug this application with the selected permission set” is missing in visual studio 2019 version 16.5.1(Issue #5029)
@obohaciak:
- csharp_preferred_modifier_order included in the wrong section (Issue #4958)
- dotnet_style_prefer_is_null_check_over_reference_equality_method not included in .NET code style settings(Issue #4957)
@PawcioCNCProfi: Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging (fuzzy message)(Issue #4871)
@pjsoftcoUser: Mono mismatch Issue #4961)
@ProgrammerAI: Corrupted File (Issue #4929)
@RaoulSteffen: What is the use of Task List Shortcuts (Issue #4885)
@ravensorb: Update steps for current release? (Issue #4948)
@rezanid: The rule CA3147 doest not work correctly with AcceptVerbsAttribute attribute (Issue #4999)
@rgwood: Development certificate does not work on latest Windows+VS+Excel (Issue #4926)
@rodolphocastro: Add information about fixing the container’s ports when debugging (Issue #4908)
@sabuncu:
- Factory interface URLs are all displayed with identical text, not distinguishing the specific Office tools to which they point (Issue #4893)
- Incorrect heading: “Initialize the Globals class” (Issue #4892)
@SidShetye: How do we express other Docker arguments? (Issue #4974)
@sig9: Best practice for a developer to use AzureServiceTokenProvider() parameter-less in a container.(Issue #4910)
@sulu99: Isn’t Lab Manager via Test Manager obsolete? (Issue #4927)
@Sunburst275: Text in comments distorted.(Issue #5030)
@tamlin-mike: vsinstr.md, questionable argument formatting (Issue #5020)
@ThomasRapidis: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Visual Studio 2019 16.5.1 could actually create a runsettings file rather than a testsettings file…(Issue #5022)
@tommai78101:Unity MonoBehaviour Scripting Wizard is currently broken in VSTU for 2019.2 and up (Issue #4904)
@Tonymens31: The version of visual studio is not compatible with your version of windows (Issue #4931)
@user2150:
- Text repeated (Issue #5032)
- Text repeated (Issue #5031)
@vhavard: Miss an explanation about resolution (Issue #4923)
@v-kydela: How do I get the error list to remember my scoping filter? (Issue #4878)
@wrkettlitz: How do I change override preference? (Issue #4979)
@xmen824: Nunit test sample is wrong (Issue #4887)
@yunfeng2003:
- why not indicate the version of visual studio used in this page?? (Issue #4966)
- why not indicate the version of visual studio used in this page??(Issue #4965)
@zrhpwr: Package name not always correct (Issue #4922)