Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 with .NET 9
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences for working with .NET 9 projects and new AI productivity features, along with continuous imp...
Better GitHub Copilot completions for C#
We’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to GitHub Copilot that elevates your C# coding experience. Introducing the new update: GitHub Copilot code completions now provide more accurate and relevant autocomplete suggestions by incorporatin...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #254
Hashtag Jakarta EE #254 Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am in the middle of a trip across Europe that started at DevCon in in Bucharest, Rumania and continued to SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy. Right now, I am on ...
SFSCON 2024
SFSCON 2024 This was the 24th edition of the South Tyrol Free Software Conference (SFSCON) in Bolzano. I is a free event that attracts visitors mostly from Northern Italy, Austria and Switzerland. This year, there were about 1000 registered attendees....
DevCon 2024
DevCon 2024 I have been to Bucharest several times speaking at various conferences. Devcon was a new experience, even if it is organized by the same team as some of the other ones I have spoken at. It is a two day conference with multiple tracks, or st...
JCP EC Elections 2024
JCP EC Elections 2024 The election for the JCP Executive Committee started today! All JCP Members eligible to vote have received an e-mail with voting instructions. Don’t wait – cast your vote today! The ballot will close at 11:59 PM PST on Novembe...
Eclipse Cloud DevTools Digest - Q3, 2024
Eclipse Cloud DevTools Digest - Q3, 2024 Theia IDE Adds AI Capability with Theia AI!In a prolific series of articles, Jonas, Maximilian, and Philip of EclipseSource, announced and documented Theia AI. Theia AI simplifies developing AI-powered tools and...
The making of Bring Back Plus/Minus
A lesson about the software forensics process involved in developing the Bring Back Plus/Minus extension, which brings back the plus/minus symbols to the editor outlining feature in Visual Studio 2022. While I did have the advantage of being able to ...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #253
Hashtag Jakarta EE #253 Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I had six days at home in October. November will give me thirteen days at home, and no long-haul flights planned. But there will still be quite a bit of...
Open Community Experience 2024 Recap
Open Community Experience 2024 Recap Setting the Stage for Open Source Collaboration Across IndustriesOn 22-24 October in Mainz, Germany, the Eclipse Foundation’s new flagship conference, Open Community Experience (OCX), gathered 430 open source ent...
Behind the Scenes of OCX: Crafting a Unified Visual Identity
Behind the Scenes of OCX: Crafting a Unified Visual Identity Behind the Scenes of OCX: Crafting a Unified Visual Identity Last week, the Eclipse Foundation community came together for the first ever Open Community Experience (OCX). This new flagship ...
New Feature in Open VSX: Deprecating Extensions
New Feature in Open VSX: Deprecating Extensions Open VSX, the only open source, vendor-neutral registry for VS Code extensions, now includes support for deprecating extensions—adding flexibility and transparency for both publishers and users. Previou...
Unreal Engine Toolbar in Visual Studio
In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11, we’ve added a new Unreal Engine toolbar to Visual Studio. The Unreal Engine toolbar is a new feature that provides quick access to common Unreal Engine tasks. You can find the toolbar at the top of your code windo...
