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The top open item for Visual Studio on Microsoft's Developer Community feedback site asks for native Rust support, but the company has taken little action on the years-old request.
11/30/2023
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Add "submit Git commit" to the growing list of developer tasks in Visual Studio 2022 that are now being handled by AI.
11/29/2023
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Six months ago, Microsoft teased Visual Studio 2022 developers by announcing an upcoming UI refresh, which they can now finally get their eyes on in the new v17.9 preview 1.
11/16/2023
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In announcing Visual Studio 2022 17.8 today, Microsoft emphasized community-driven productivity gains among the new features and functionality.
11/14/2023
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GitHub announced its "Copilot Chat" offering will reach general availability next month as the company goes all in on AI.
11/09/2023
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Microsoft is now cranking out weekly previews of Visual Studio 2022 17.8, perhaps aiming for general availability next month with the debut of .NET 8 and associated dev tooling.
10/26/2023
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Microsoft focused on improving stability and reliability while also introducing a few new features in the just-released Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 3.
10/11/2023
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The goal of the miniseries is to provide an insider's snapshot look at some of the people who contribute to shaping the Visual Studio IDE every day.
09/29/2023
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Developers commenting on a Microsoft post about performance improvements in the upcoming .NET 8 demanded the company end Visual Studio 2022's dependency on the old .NET Framework.
09/22/2023
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GitHub Copilot Chat has taken another step toward general availability, as GitHub announced a beta offering previously accessible only by team/business customers is now available to individuals.
09/20/2023
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With at least 20 main enhancements explained in detail in the announcement post for Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 2, Microsoft's Mads Kristensen has boiled down his favorites.
09/14/2023
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Visual Studio Magazine readers for the 29th year have identified their favorite development tools used in the Microsoft-centric developer space in the 2023 Reader's Choice Awards.
09/07/2023
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After Microsoft this week angered developers by giving up on Visual Studio for Mac and recommending alternative replacements, many of those devs have overwhelmingly voiced support for something else: the Rider IDE from JetBrains.
09/01/2023
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The retirement announcement drew much developer ire among a whopping 96 comments, along with fears that Microsoft may give up on .NET MAUI and maybe even Visual Studio itself.
08/31/2023
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The IDE for years suffered from performance and reliability problems that the dev team just couldn't overcome.
08/30/2023
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"It would be nice if those image references could show us the images too."
08/28/2023
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Tabnine, known for its AI assistant Visual Studio Code extension, this month introduced a beta tool for the full-fledged Visual Studio 2022 IDE along with a new chat application, also in beta.
08/18/2023
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Microsoft is previewing new IntelliTest functionality in the upcoming Visual Studio 2022 v17.8, along with productivity features like creating pull requests more easily.
08/14/2023
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Web developers enjoy some attention in the new .NET 8 Preview 7, where the ASP.NET Core framework saw improvements on several fronts ranging from JavaScript to Blazor.
08/10/2023
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Microsoft shipped Visual Studio 2022 v17.7 with a raft of new functionality, fixes and features, including some that have been in the making for years.
08/09/2023
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"Imagine this: code explanations, debugging assistance, unit test suggestions, and more right in the IDE."
07/20/2023
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"We're updating the Extension Manager to make it easier for you to find great extensions from the Visual Studio Marketplace and to make managing and keeping your existing extensions up to date a more seamless experience."
07/17/2023
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As promised at Build 2023 in May, Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available, providing an Azure-based service that delivers virtual workstations specially configured for software development.
07/11/2023
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Some things never seem to change in the annual SO surveys, like JavaScript being named the top programming language while Microsoft rules in IDEs.
06/28/2023
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After a years-long problematic relationship, AI-powered coding assistant tools from Microsoft and GitHub are working together better.
06/22/2023