Visual Studio

What’s New in Visual Studio Build Insights 17.12
We are excited to announce the latest Visual Studio 2022 17.12 Build Insights features. These updates provide developers with greater control and accuracy when diagnosing and optimizing C++ builds directly within Visual Studio. Download Visual Studio 2...
2024-09-12 20:56
Android Asset Packs for .NET & .NET MAUI Android Apps
Introducing a new way to build and deploy Android Asset Packs using .NET for Android and .NET MAUI. If your app has allot of AndroidAsset items this feature will make your life easier. The post Android Asset Packs for .NET & .NET MAUI Android Apps ...
2024-09-12 17:05
Microsoft C++ Team at CppCon 2024
  As always our team will be at CppCon this year with a host of presentations. Many of us will also be present at our team’s booth in the main hall for the first four days of the conference. Come say hi and let us know if you have any questions ...
2024-09-12 17:03
Performance Improvements in .NET 9
Take an in-depth tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 9. The post Performance Improvements in .NET 9 appeared first on .NET Blog.
2024-09-12 10:50
VisualStudio.Extensibility 17.11: Settings and more Remote UI support
We continue to invest in the VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK to allow users like you to create extensions that run faster and smoother than ever before! VisualStudio.Extensibility helps you build extensions that run outside the main Visual Studio IDE pr...
2024-09-12 10:00
.NET 9 Release Candidate 1 is now available!
Try out the latest features in .NET 9 Release Candidate 1 across the .NET SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, SignalR, .NET MAUI, and more! The post .NET 9 Release Candidate 1 is now available! appeared first on .NET Blog.
2024-09-11 20:00
GitHub Models and .NET: Building Generative AI apps for engineers
In this post, you'll learn how to use AI models on GitHub. The post GitHub Models and .NET: Building Generative AI apps for engineers appeared first on .NET Blog.
2024-09-11 17:05
Fix C++ warnings and errors with Copilot: Introducing AI-Assisted Code Fixes in Visual Studio
Stuck on an unfamiliar build error? Want to resolve your code errors quickly? Copilot is now integrated into Visual Studio error workflows to assist you with understanding and resolving C++ errors and warnings. To access this new feature, you will need...
2024-09-11 10:00
Search scoping helps you find what you’re looking for
If you’re working on a large and complex solution, you might find yourself overwhelmed by the number of results when you use code search in Visual Studio. You might be looking for a specific class, method, or variable, but end up scrolling throug...
2024-09-11 10:00
Learn to Build Your First Blazor Hybrid App!
Learn all about the Blazor Hybrid workshop that you can follow yourself or teach to others! The post Learn to Build Your First Blazor Hybrid App! appeared first on .NET Blog.
2024-09-10 17:05
Break for Async User-Unhandled exceptions in the Visual Studio Debugger
Before .NET 9, the debugger was unable to track exceptions thrown from user-code async methods into non-user code framework methods, such as ASP.NET middleware. We are pleased to announce that you will now start seeing the debugger stop for these user-...
2024-09-10 10:00
Askia, an Ipsos company, achieved faster, reproducible builds with vcpkg
vcpkg is a free and open-source C/C++ package manager maintained by Microsoft and the C++ community that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Over the years we have heard from companies using vcpkg to manage dependencies at enterprise-scale. In this inte...
2024-09-09 19:09
Why is F# code so robust and reliable?
F# is not just for math and big data, it's a general purpose language that will greatly reduce the amount of bugs in your code. The post Why is F# code so robust and reliable? appeared first on .NET Blog.
2024-09-09 18:00
Supercharge C++ Debugging with AI-Generated breakpoint expressions
Have you ever spent hours debugging your C++ code, struggling to set up the right conditional breakpoint or tracepoint? Or wished for a smarter way to obtain detailed runtime information without manually crafting complex expressions? You’re in lu...
2024-09-09 13:39
What’s New in vcpkg (August 2024)
This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2024.08.23 release, 2024-08-01 tool release, as well as changes to vcpkg documentation throughout August. This month’s release includes several notable changes as well as b...
2024-09-05 22:06