{"id":235897,"date":"2021-12-21T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=235897"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T23:34:13","slug":"your-visual-studio-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/your-visual-studio-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Visual Studio Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

I keep thinking about a tweet that said you should tackle challenging problems and do everything you can to maximize time well spent, so your ecosystem doesn\u2019t have to.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because once you\u2019re distracted, it can be challenging to get back into the flow of writing code. Developers juggle a massive cognitive overload of different software, links, tools, bookmarks, tickets, pull requests, search engines, and online forums each day.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But that tweet also reminded me of the last several months. For 3 months, I read every comment in <\/span>Developer Community<\/span><\/a> tickets from the last four years that I could find related to Visual Studio setup and the installer. In the end, the results were a combination of customizing Visual Studio and improving productivity. Your tickets gave ideas for minimizing distractions and putting your coding workflow together in one spot, like a dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n

You were brutally honest, and it was incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n

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VS Workflow dashboard early mock-up<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Customizable dashboard<\/span><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m working on an experience that helps you stay on top of what\u2019s important to your code by aggregating personalized content from all your tools and resources. The dashboard aggregates everything you care about into an immediately glanceable and actionable canvas. You get what you need with fewer clicks so that you can be more productive.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a dashboard composed of <\/span><\/span>customizable<\/span><\/span> widgets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Vote here<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n

Here are a couple of examples:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n