Visual Studio Blog

Revamped Project Properties UI

McKenna Barlow August 18, 2021 Aug 18, 2021 08/18/21

In Visual Studio 2022 we are improving your experiences around navigating and modifying your project's properties. The world of .NET is in a very different place than it was a few years ago. With a growing diverse user-base and increasingly cross-platform projects, we decided that the Visual Studio project properties were due for a much-needed...

Flexible theming capabilities for Visual Studio 

Grace Taylor August 17, 2021 Aug 17, 2021 08/17/21

If you're like me, maybe you feel like customizing Visual Studio so that your workflow suits your habits in just the right way. Here are a few updates in Visual Studio 2022 that can help with that! We’ve introduced the ability to sync your Visual Studio theme with your Windows theme so that reading can become easier depending on the amount ...

Improving developer security with Visual Studio 2022

Ruben Rios August 17, 2021 Aug 17, 2021 08/17/21

Software developers are increasingly being targeted by malware. Recent incidents include Nobelium, Octopus Scanner, and ZINC. To reduce the risk of open-source library adoption in the face of such attacks, developers need a toolchain that assists them in evaluating untrusted content. In Visual Studio 2022 we've been focused on developer and...

Debugging External Sources with Visual Studio

Harshada Hole August 16, 2021 Aug 16, 2021 08/16/21

Have you ever needed to debug and step into a code of dependent NuGet or .NET libraries that do not build as part of your solution? Today, debugging through them is not so easy as debugging your projects that are part of your solution. Starting with Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3, we are adding a new "External Sources" node in the Solution Explo

The New JavaScript/TypeScript Experience in Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3

Gabrielle Crevecoeur August 12, 2021 Aug 12, 2021 08/12/21

Today we are excited to announce a new experience for JavaScript and TypeScript developers in Visual Studio. We are bringing new tooling to enhance the experience for SPA applications and front-end development. What’s New? With Visual Studio 2022, we really wanted to make our JavaScript & TypeScript experience shine. We spoke with ...

Multi-repo Support in Visual Studio

Taysser Gherfal August 11, 2021 Aug 11, 2021 08/11/21

Have you ever needed to work on a solution with projects hosted on different Git repositories? Previously, you had to either use multiple instances of Visual Studio or rely on external Git tools. Starting with Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3, you can enable the multi-repo support preview feature which will enable you to work with a single ...

Personalize Your Visual Studio 2022

Grace Taylor August 11, 2021 Aug 11, 2021 08/11/21

One of Visual Studio’s core goals is to increase your individual and team productivity. And, one of our key focus areas is to make Visual Studio more personalized and flexible, so that you can make the IDE your own. Below, we'll summarize some of the personalization features we’ve shipped in our preview channel or plan to ship soon...

Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3 now available!

Mads Kristensen August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21

We are excited to announce the third preview release of Visual Studio 2022! With Preview 3 there are more new capabilities on the themes of personal and team productivity, modern development, and constant innovation. In this blog we’re going to highlight a few of the new capabilities of Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3. We’d love for you to ...

Visual Studio 2019 v16.11 is Available Now!

Mads Kristensen August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21

We are excited to announce the release of Visual Studio 2019 v16.11 GA. This release improves upon the Git tooling experience in Visual Studio, enables Hot Reload for .NET applications, adds convenient links to the help menu, and upgrades LLVM tools to LLVM 12. For full details, see the Visual Studio 2019 release notes. Servicing ...

Load Only the Projects You Need with Solution Filters

Kira Weiss August 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 08/5/21

You, like many other developers, may work in very large codebases that contain hundreds or thousands of projects in a single Visual Studio solution. However, you may only work with a few of those projects and their dependencies. Our Visual Studio team has seen multiple approaches that developers use to only load and work in the projects that ...