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17.9 Preview 3 brings exciting changes to Code Search

January 17, 2024 Jan 17, 2024 01/17/24
Leah Tran
With the release of 17.9 Preview 3 dropping today, we are bringing some exciting enhancements to the Code Search (also known as All-In-One Search) experience. Since our last update with the search experience, we’ve been hard at work refining the experience and ideating ways to add to the experience. Now, you can search for any word or string...

Code, Connect & Learn at Visual Studio LIVE! in Las Vegas.

January 10, 2024 Jan 10, 2024 01/10/24
Jim Harrer
As an integral part of our Visual Studio community, we're thrilled to extend a special invitation to Visual Studio LIVE!, from March 3-8, 2024, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. This event is a hub for developers eager to explore the latest features in the IDE plus additional insights from experts in Visual Studio, Azure, and GitHub...

2023 – a year of community experiments

January 9, 2024 Jan 9, 2024 01/9/24
Mads Kristensen
As we enter a new year, we wanted to catch you up on several experiments your feedback and participation helped us fine tune over the course of 2023. A community experiment is when we identify features believed to increase user productivity and happiness, and then build and test it with the community of Visual Studio users. These are ...

Visual Studio Performance Highlights Delivered in 2023

January 8, 2024 Jan 8, 2024 01/8/24
Nayana Srikanth
As we step into 2024, we're taking a moment to look back at the significant performance improvements our team delivered in 2023. Your valuable feedback, active collaboration, and unwavering support have been crucial in enhancing Visual Studio. This past year has been focused on optimizing performance, and we're thrilled to showcase the key ...

Visual Studio 2013 Retirement: Support reminder for older versions of Visual Studio

January 2, 2024 Jan 2, 2024 01/2/24
Paul Chapman
It’s a New Year, and a good time for a reminder of upcoming dates in the Visual Studio support lifecycle. Support for Visual Studio 2013 will end on April 9 of this year. If you’re using an older version of Visual Studio, we want to keep you productive and secure when using Visual Studio, and strongly recommend you upgrade to Visual Studio...

A year of making you more productive using Git in Visual Studio

December 27, 2023 Dec 27, 2023 12/27/23
Jessie Houghton
As we reflect on the past year, it’s clear that the journey of enhancing our Git tooling has been exciting! Our team has been dedicated to increasing GitHub integration, boosting productivity, and addressing valuable feedback from Developer Community. Today, we’re thrilled to share the milestones we’ve achieved and the enhancements that ...

Size, Alignment, and Memory Layout Insights for C++ Classes, Structs, and Unions

December 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 12/19/23
Mryam Girmay
In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8, we introduced a feature that allows C++ developers to easily view the size and alignment of classes, structs, unions, base types, or Enums. Furthermore, in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Preview 1, we're taking it a step further by providing the capability to visualize the memory layout of your C++ classes...

Unlocking the Secrets of Managed Memory: Dive into Event Handler Leak Insights!

December 15, 2023 Dec 15, 2023 12/15/23
Massimo Giusti
Event handler leaks have been around for a long time, and they are one of the peskiest issues WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) developers regularly deal with. You might be thinking: What makes event handler leaks so important? Event handler leaks are easy to cause, all it takes is to forget to unsubscribe to an event. Additionally, they ...

Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 2 has arrived!

December 12, 2023 Dec 12, 2023 12/12/23
Maddy Montaquila
Welcome to the release of Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 2, which wraps up our development efforts for 2023. This update brings new features and enhancements, building on the solid foundation set by Preview 1 in November.  In this preview, we've made some improvements to the C++ and .NET MAUI development experiences. You'll find the...