Faster .NET Upgrades Powered by GitHub Copilot
Introducing GitHub Copilot app modernization – Upgrade for .NET You probably don’t look forward to the process of modernizing your applications. It can be time consuming, risky, and full of manual toil. Today we’re changing that. We’re thrilled...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #281
Hashtag Jakarta EE #281 Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week, I a was in Cologne for JCON Europe 2025 where we among other things celebrated 30 Years of Java. Check out my write-up from the event to learn...
How to Watch Microsoft Build 2025 Online
Microsoft Build 2025 Is Almost Here — Here’s How to Make the Most of It Virtually It’s that time again—Microsoft Build is just around the corner! Microsoft Build 2025 kicks off next week (May 19–22)—and now’s the perfect time to get your ...
JCON Europe 2025
JCON Europe 2025 JCON Europe 2025 was great! Period! It is such a flawlessly organized conference with an ever present community spirit. This year was maybe even more special than usual because of the 30 Years of Java celebrations. Eclipse Foundation h...
Agent mode has arrived in preview for Visual Studio
Plan, build, test, and fix — all from one prompt. Agent mode is now available in public preview for all users in Visual Studio 17.14. Agent mode in Visual Studio allows you to define tasks using natural language, with Copilot autonomously planning, e...
🎉 Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 is now generally available!
We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14! This release continues our mission to empower developers with faster, smarter, and more productive tools across all workloads. There is so much for developers to...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #280
Hashtag Jakarta EE #280 Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This Monday I hosted Javaforum Malmö where we got an interesting presentation by Artur Skowroński about AI in the context of the JVM as he was passing by M...
Javaforum Malmø – May 2025
Javaforum Malmø – May 2025 The second event of Javaforum Malmø took place this Monday. We were fortunate enough to have Artur Skowroński visit us and talk about JVM in the Age of AI. Those present experienced a fast-paced presentation that gave a ...
When “Open” Isn’t Open Enough: Rethinking Trust in Dev Tools
When “Open” Isn’t Open Enough: Rethinking Trust in Dev Tools The rise of AI is redefining the development tools landscape, fast. It’s no longer just better code navigation or debuggers. Today, IDEs are becoming intelligent assistants, with AI a...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #279
Hashtag Jakarta EE #279 Welcome to issue number two hundred and seventy-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The service outage is more than just your regular neighborhood outage. It seems to be a massive breakdown of a storage cluster that is a central piece ...
Set the default file encoding
Have you ever encountered unexpected issues due to file encoding when working in cross-platform environments? These frustrating problems can disrupt your workflow and consume valuable time. Visual Studio addresses these concerns with a new feature – ...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #278
Hashtag Jakarta EE #278 Welcome to issue number two hundred and seventy-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Last week, I was in Bangalore speaking at GIDS. Read all about it in my write-up from the event. I now have a couple of weeks at home before my confer...
GIDS 2025
GIDS 2025 This was my sixth time speaking at GIDS! My first time was in 2016, so I have only missed out on a few editions during the last 10 years. It is a great conference, with a very engaged audience, so I am happy to be a regular speaker there. The...
Effortless adjustments with an adaptive paste
Find yourself needing to adjust pasted code to actually work in your project? Visual Studio 2022 introduces the capability to adapt your pasted code with Copilot to reduce the time you spend on making tedious changes. Streamline manual code modificatio...
