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C# 11 preview: generic math, required members, and more

August 22, 2022 Aug 22, 2022 08/22/22

Bill Wagner

Most of the C# 11 features are available for you to try. Learn about the latest updates shipping with Visual Studio 17.3, try them out, and give us feedback.

Visual Studio 2019 Preview .NET Productivity

December 13, 2018 Dec 13, 2018 12/13/18

KendraHavens

As you hopefully heard, the first preview of Visual Studio 2019 is now available. In this post I’ll cover some of the productivity improvements for .NET developers we’re most excited about. For a complete list, check out the release notes. Regex Language Support Any regular expressions in your C# or Visual Basic files now have syntax ...

Moving to real time test discovery in Test Explorer

October 30, 2017 Oct 30, 2017 10/30/17

KendraHavens

Real time test discovery is a new Visual Studio feature that uses a Roslyn analyzer to discover tests and populate the test explorer in real time without requiring you to build your project. This feature has been introduced in Visual Studio 2017 15.5 Preview 2 behind a feature flag. You can try it out by using the instructions in the next ...

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