What's new in Visual Studio docs
Welcome to what's new in Visual Studio docs. The following sections provide details on the previous three months of new and updated content.
September 2024
Debugger
Updated articles
- View and change variable values with DataTips in the code editor - Add details to CPU Insights article and debug with Copilot
- Inspect an exception using the Exception Helper - Update Exception Helper article for debugging async exceptions
Extensibility
Updated articles
- Using VisualStudio.Extensibility SDK and VSSDK together - Update outdated VisualStudio.Extensibility in-proc docs
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Open a project from a repo - Updated images and text
- Tutorial: Extend C# console app and debug in Visual Studio (part 2 of 2) - Update article for user feedback
- Tutorial: Learn to use the code editor with Visual Basic - Review and update
IDE
Updated articles
- Options, Text Editor, C#, IntelliSense - Update for latest options in product
- Use regular expressions in Visual Studio - Regular expressions examples and clarifications
- AI assistance when you write code - Intellicode Tools, Options UI updates
- Manage project and solution properties - Add more info & screenshots on Solution properties context menu and dialog
- Get better answers by setting the context for GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio - Add more info on context used by chat
- Bookmark code in Visual Studio - Fix issue on bookmark discoverability
Install
Updated articles
- Install Visual Studio - Add sign-in info to install doc
Profiling
Updated articles
- Case study: Isolate a performance issue (C#, Visual Basic, F#)
- Add Copilot instructions for profiling case study articles
- Revise profiling article on isolating a performance issue to use a case study format
- Case Study: Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add Copilot instructions for profiling case study articles
- Analyze performance by using CPU profiling in the Performance Profiler (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Incorporate review feedback for CPU Usage article
Test
Updated articles
- Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console tool - Add usage details related to Microsoft.CodeCoverage.Console usage
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
- cmkaya - Cem Kaya
- Meir017 - Meir Blachman
- PhilKang0704 - Phil
- Rageking8 -
- sailro - Sebastien Lebreton
- Vincezhaoc - Vince Zhao
- vritme -
August 2024
Containers
Updated articles
- Deploy an ASP.NET container to a container registry using Visual Studio - Review and update
- Customize Docker containers in Visual Studio - Add table of stages
Data tools
Updated articles
- Add new data sources in ADO.NET applications (.NET Framework) - Review and update
- Insert new records into a database in .NET Framework applications - Review and update
Debugger
Updated articles
- Remote Debug ASP.NET Core on Azure App Service (Windows) - Review and update
- Debug in mixed mode (C#, C++, Visual Basic) - Review and update
- Disable the Just-In-Time Debugger - Review and update
- Use breakpoints in the Visual Studio debugger - Add content for creating breakpoint groups
- View data values in DataTips in the code editor - Review and update
Extensibility
New articles
- Query the project API (Visual Studio SDK)
- Other Remote UI concepts
- VisualStudio.Extensibility settings
Updated articles
- Image service and catalog - Add information to the imaging docs related to properly handling strongly named assemblies
- Manifest from Resources - Add information to the imaging docs related to properly handling strongly named assemblies
- Why Remote UI - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- Query the project API - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- Create Visual Studio tool windows - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- About VisualStudio.Extensibility (Preview) - Adding Project Query API, settings, remote UI documentation for Gladstone and Visual Studio SDK
- Sign CLI Reference for VSIX Packages - Adding extra details on EDCSA support, acquiring CSP/K values using certutil, and using a generic installer
- Consume a brokered service - Improve documentation around multiple version support
- Provide a brokered service - Improve documentation around multiple version support
Get started
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Create a matching game WinForms app - Review and update
IDE
Updated articles
- Learn about the Spell Checker - Update spell checker documentation
- Manage application resources - Add section for new Resources Explorer
- C++ EditorConfig formatting conventions - Review and update
- Define consistent coding styles with EditorConfig - Review and update
- Locate and organize project and item templates - Review and update
- Specify custom build events in Visual Studio - Review and update
- View, save, and configure build log files - Review and update
- View type and member definitions - Review and update
- Use the Task List - Review and update
- Customize window layouts and personalize tabs - Review and update
- Extend a trial version or update a license - Review and update
- Save and open files with encoding - Review and update
- Find, install, and manage extensions for Visual Studio - Review and update
- Display line numbers in the editor - Review and update
- Specify an application icon (Visual Basic, C#) - Review and update
- Create, work with, and delete Visual Studio projects and solutions - Review and update
- Customize build and debug tasks for Open Folder development - Review and update
- Quick Actions - Review and update
- What are solutions and projects in Visual Studio? - Review and update
- Get better answers by setting the context for GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio - Updates for 17.11 context features for GitHub Copilot Chat
- Admin controls for GitHub Copilot - Updates for content exclusions in GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
- What is GitHub Copilot Completions for Visual Studio? - Updates for content exclusions in GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
- Sign in to Visual Studio with accounts that require multifactor authentication (MFA)
- Update network troubleshooting
- Updates for WAM as default
Install
Updated articles
- Modify Visual Studio workloads, components, and language packs - Review and update
Profiling
Updated articles
- Analyze performance by using CPU profiling in the Performance Profiler (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Expand information for detailed views of the Instrumentation tool
- Instrument your .NET application in Visual Studio (C#, C++, Visual Basic, F#) - Expand information for detailed views of the Instrumentation tool
- Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Improvements to beginner's guide to profiling
XAML tools
Updated articles
Version control
Updated articles
- Stage lines of code in Visual Studio - Review and update
- Create a Git repository from Visual Studio - Version control local repo
- Create a pull request in Visual Studio - Add section for PR comments
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
July 2024
Azure
Updated articles
- Sign in with an Azure subscription - Add sign-in details and link
Containers
Updated articles
- Visual Studio Container Tools for Docker - Update Add Docker Support info
Debugger
Updated articles
- Tabular visualizers in Visual Studio - Update tabular visualizer article for expression editing support
- Debug .NET Core on Linux using SSH by attaching to a process - Attach to Process updates for Linux
Deployment
Updated articles
- Deploy your app to a folder, IIS, Azure, or another destination - Add Azure Container Apps and other updates
Designers
Updated articles
- Tutorial: Get started with Windows Forms Designer - Review and update
Extensibility
New articles
Updated articles
- Signing VSIX Packages - VSIX Signing update
IDE
Updated articles
- Rename a code symbol refactoring - Update IDE steps for rename when refactoring
Install
Updated articles
- Create an offline installation package of Visual Studio for local installation - Review and update
JavaScript
Updated articles
- Debug a JavaScript or TypeScript app in Visual Studio - Attach to process updates for JavaScript and TypeScript debugging
MSBuild
New articles
Updated articles
- ResolveAssemblyReference task - Add troubleshooting article for resolving assembly references in MSBuild
Profiling
New articles
Updated articles
- Measure application performance by analyzing CPU utilization (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add Just My Code settings to CPU Usage article, links
- First look at profiling tools (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Add user marks to profiling timeline
- Beginner's guide to optimizing code and reducing compute costs (C#, Visual Basic, C++, F#) - Edit beginner's guide to profiling to conform to a case study pattern
Version control
Updated articles
- About Git in Visual Studio - Improve search metadata and text
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Visual Studio docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
- ErikEJ - Erik Ejlskov Jensen