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Join Us at Microsoft Ignite: Unlock GitHub Copilot’s New Potential in Visual Studio
Amy Nguyen
Get ready for an exciting Microsoft Ignite breakout session where we’re unveiling the latest advancements in GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio! Join Dalia Abo Sheasha, Jessie Houghton, and Scott Hanselman as they dive into how GitHub Copilot is evolving to help developers work smarter, collaborate better, and achieve more. Here’s a little preview of what we’ll be discussing: Enhanced AI-Powered Coding Experience We’ll be sharing some powerful new tools that make prompt crafting and code completion smoother than ever. Discover how GitHub Copilot’s conversational abilities are growing to bring even more ...
Fix Code with GitHub Copilot
Mika Dumont
Looking to resolve code issues quickly? The new GitHub Copilot feature integrated into the lightbulb and error list in Visual Studio 2022 offers a valuable solution for developers. Whether you're working in C# or C++, this feature will help you understand and address problems in your codebase more efficiently. The integration of GitHub Copilot into Visual Studio 2022 provides quick fixes and insightful explanations right at your fingertips. Say goodbye to sifting through documentation or conducting endless online searches to debug your code. The lightbulb and error list now offers direct access to GitHub Copil...
First preview of Visual Studio 2022 v17.13
Mads Kristensen
We’re excited to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 Preview 1 – the first preview of our next update to Visual Studio. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences across the board, with a focus on stability & security, and AI & productivity. Download the preview and see the full list of enhancements in the release notes. Quality & security Ensuring the highest standards of quality and security is paramount. Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 incorporates robust quality and security enhancements designed to provide a seamless and secure development environment. ...
Visual Studio 2022 v17.12 with .NET 9
Mads Kristensen
We are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. This update focuses on providing fantastic developer experiences for working with .NET 9 projects and new AI productivity features, along with continuous improvements for all developers. Thanks to your continuous feature requests, we've incorporated many of them in this release. There's something new for every developer. We have added several new tools and enhancements that simplify your workflow and improve productivity. Whether you're looking for advanced debugging capabilities, more efficient code management, ...
Better GitHub Copilot Completions for C#
Mika Dumont
We're excited to announce a significant enhancement to GitHub Copilot that elevates your C# coding experience. Introducing the new update: GitHub Copilot code completions now provide more accurate and relevant autocomplete suggestions by incorporating additional C# context. Previously, GitHub Copilot generated suggestions based on the content of your currently active file and any other open files in your editor. While this approach was helpful, we have discovered that including more relevant context can greatly improve the quality of these suggestions. With this latest update, GitHub Copilot now automatical...
Introducing a new, more conversational way to chat with GitHub Copilot
Rhea Patel
In the fast-evolving world of software development, intuitive AI-driven interactions are becoming essential to unlocking new levels of productivity. Today, we’re excited to share our latest innovation - a guided chat experience within GitHub Copilot that reshapes how developers interact with AI. This guided chat experience is available in Visual Studio 2022 17.12 Preview 3 and above. This guided way to chat was created with one clear goal in mind: to make interactions between developers and AI more natural, effective, and aligned with everyday workflows. It is our deep belief that conversational AI is the futu...
Learn how to create a Client-Server Application in under 45 Minutes in the new Season of AI
Pablo Lopes
What if you could create a robust, versatile client-server application in under 45 minutes? With Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot, this is not only possible but also efficient and enjoyable. This Season of AI, we show you how to use developer tools like GitHub Copilot to create apps from scratch. This season of AI occurs from October 1 through December 30, 2024, and the first 150 speakers with confirmed events will receive a special swag gift pack! You will experience firsthand how to: - Develop both server-side and client-side code using .NET, Blazor, and Minimal APIs. - Run and test your applicatio...
The making of Bring Back Plus/Minus
Marco Goertz
A lesson about the software forensics process involved in developing the Bring Back Plus/Minus extension, which brings back the plus/minus symbols to the editor outlining feature in Visual Studio 2022. While I did have the advantage of being able to look at the Visual Studio source code, I could have figured this out just as well without it, and that's the focus of this article. The investigation of how to bring back the plus/minus symbols started with this important clue from a comment on the Developer Community feedback ticket for this issue: However, Visual Studio has a very rich extensibility model, an...
Unreal Engine Toolbar in Visual Studio
Sy Brand
In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11, we’ve added a new Unreal Engine toolbar to Visual Studio. The Unreal Engine toolbar is a new feature that provides quick access to common Unreal Engine tasks. You can find the toolbar at the top of your code window when you have an Unreal Engine project loaded. The toolbar includes the following actions: Attach to Unreal Engine process: Lets you easily debug your game or editor by attaching to the running Unreal Engine process. You can choose which process to attach to from a drop-down menu. Rescan Blueprints Cache: Refreshes the cache of Blueprint symbols in Visu...