Microsoft's first preview of Visual Studio 2026: Deeper AI and a design refresh
New look for Visual Studio but the core still runs on the old .Net Framework
Software10 Sep 2025 | 15
Visual Studio
'Huge architectural change' to JetBrains ReSharper cuts Visual Studio freezes
Six years in the making, but some features do not work yet, and has the tool been overtaken by AI?
Software03 Sep 2025 | 4
Microsoft lets devs tell Copilot to STFU in Visual Studio
Update finally gives coders control over when – and if – AI butts in
AI + ML22 Aug 2025 | 19
Microsoft prepares Visual Studio 2013 for retirement
Tick-tock, developers: End of the road comes on April 9, 2024
Software03 Jan 2024 | 9
Calls for Visual Studio security tweak fall on deaf ears despite one-click RCE exploit
Two years on and Microsoft refuses to address the issue
Research13 Oct 2023 | 11
Microsoft App Center has been down for nearly a day, and no word on when it'll end
Updated Redmond claims service is (partially) restored, some users still stuck
Software04 Apr 2023 | 9
Nostalgic for VB? BASIC is anything but dead
Microsoft's attention has moved on, but flame still alive
Software28 Mar 2023 | 63
Microsoft rolls out tools and improvements to make its stuff more accessible
Inclusion is good business
Software10 Mar 2023 | 2
Visual Studio Code Server untethers developers from their workstations
Install here, write code there without getting bogged down with SSH or HTTPS
Software08 Jul 2022 | 16
Visual Studio adds ability to edit code in All-in-One Search
Just one more wafer-thin feature to pop in Microsoft's swelling dev suite
Devops28 Jun 2022 | 4
Trying and failing to update Visual Studio? You aren't alone
The progress bar of lies reborn as a cheery 'Checking' message
SaaS11 May 2022 | 13
Preview 9 of Visual Studio for Mac is out as GA approaches
Addresses 'top reported issues'.. apart from that whole C++ thing
Software13 Apr 2022 | 9
Microsoft Visual Studio: Cluttering up developer disks for 25 years
A quarter of a century can put a fair few inches on the waistline, am I right, devs?
Software18 Mar 2022 | 54
FYI: Support ends for older Visual Studio versions in April
Showers of work for admins
Devops11 Feb 2022 | 10
Microsoft's do-it-all IDE Visual Studio 2022 came out late last year. How good is it really?
Review Top request from devs? A Linux version
Devops25 Jan 2022 | 89
Microsoft previews Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, but why bother when VS Code runs just fine on Apple hardware?
.NET works in mysterious ways
Software09 Nov 2021 | 24
.NET 6 LTS and VS 2022: Major releases spoilt by continuing concern about Microsoft's commitment to open source
Both bring new features and better performance
Software08 Nov 2021 | 8
Developers offered browser-based fun in VSCode.dev and Java action in Visual Studio Code
Looking at code here, there and (almost) everywhere
Software21 Oct 2021 | 5
Microsoft revamps Visual Studio JavaScript projects in forthcoming version
New templates will use system install for frameworks like React and Vue
Software16 Aug 2021 | 3
Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2 adds C++ build and debugging in WSL2 distributions
Fancy a spot of weekend tinkering?
Software15 Jul 2021 | 8
Microsoft: Try to break our first preview of 64-bit Visual Studio – go on, we dare you
Plus: Updates to .NET 6, ASP.NET Core, and .NET MAUI
Software18 Jun 2021 | 11
What next for Visual Studio? Microsoft's monster IDE can't please everyone and 64-bit will not solve legacy problems
Redmond is in a pickle with loyal Windows devs on one side and cloud-based Linuxy future on the other
Software20 Apr 2021 | 24
Microsoft bows to the inevitable and takes Visual Studio 64-bit for 2022 version
When 4GB is just not quite enough
Software19 Apr 2021 | 22
It's official: Microsoft updates Visual Studio Code to run on Raspberry Pi OS
Also: Accessibility improvements and cosmetic tweaks included
Personal Tech01 Apr 2021 | 14
AWS acknowledges that deploying to its cloud is too hard for .NET developers – so here is a tool to automate it
Ugh, it's so opinionated, sometimes in an arbitrary way
Off-Prem18 Mar 2021 | 2
Visual Studio 16.9 Preview 3 brings Chromium WebView debugging, noisy tests for visually impaired, and more
Also: Survey shows IDE's dominance among .NET Core developers, despite cross-platform options
Software21 Jan 2021 | 6
Back of the .NET: Microsoft chooses Xbox day to unveil a slew of dev-luring products
.NET 5, new Visual Studio, F# updates and more
Software11 Nov 2020 | 1
Microsoft to rethink crash-prone Visual Studio extension model, shift towards cloud
Why not just use Visual Studio Code, which has 5 times as many extensions and is designed for cloud?
Software29 Oct 2020 | 21
There can be only one: Visual Studio Codespaces 'consolidating' into GitHub Codespaces
You have until 17 February 2021 to shift off - or it all gets deleted, says Microsoft
Software07 Sep 2020 | 9
Angular framework support brings Microsoft's Visual Studio into line with its way cooler little brother, VS Code
Keep up, old-timer
Software07 Aug 2020 | 5
Microsoft Visual Studio gets .NET Core debugging – on WSL2
Hands On 'Higher fidelity local debugging experience' than debugging on Windows and deploying to Linux
OSes13 Jul 2020 | 4
Microsoft Web Live Preview: Hot reload for ASP.NET web applications
New time-saving extension works only with old .NET Framework, for now
Software16 Jun 2020 | 2
Microsoft! Please, put down the rebrandogun. No one else needs to get hurt... But it's too late for Visual Studio Online
Now 'Visual Studio Codespaces': Prices sliced, but won't somebody think of the branded swag?
Software01 May 2020 | 19
XAML Hot Reload sounds like a gun you need for the 2050 zombie apocalypse – but it's a Visual Studio 2019 16.5 feature
We peek inside the latest official release of Microsoft's IDE
Software17 Mar 2020 | 3
Microsoft's coding for noobs hits 1.0, decompiling to C# in Visual Studio, and Windows 10X makes its debut... on Mac
Roundup Also: No HoloLens 2 at Barcelona
Software17 Feb 2020 | 7
Microsoft previews Visual Studio update with added Linux love, many new features
Develop on Windows, deploy to Linux: an increasingly common pattern
Software24 Jan 2020 | 31
Microsoft's cloud floats over to Qatar and Azure Functions flings doors open to .NET Core 3.1
Roundup Also: Office 365 goes Swiss and Visual Studio for Mac gains scaffolding
Software16 Dec 2019 | 2
What's that, Skippy? A sad-faced Microsoft engineer has arrived with an axe? Skippy?
Roundup Plus: New toys for Teams, a fresh Visual Studio Code, and more
Software11 Nov 2019 | 19
Remember Windows 8? Microsoft is still trying to reunify the API it split for the touchy OS's benefit
Old meets new in WinRT API Packs
Software01 Oct 2019 | 18
Visual Studio for Mac: A bunch of new features but Xcode and VS Code are tough competition
Hands On Making sense of Microsoft's dev tool family
Software27 Sep 2019 | 5
Better Bluetooth in Windows 10 and more local Azure toys via Docker containers
Roundup Also, a new font arrives and Microsoft struggles to keep Sets' coffin lid closed
Software23 Sep 2019 | 4
.NET Core 3.0 thought it was all ready for release. And it would have been too, if it weren't for those pesky Visual Studio kids
Hi, remember us? We share a toolset. And have another preview to do?
Software17 Sep 2019 | 5
D'aw! They still have hope! Interns make a song and dance of their summer at Microsoft
Roundup While browbeaten oldies try to focus on Windows 10, .NET Core, Visual Studio
Software09 Sep 2019 | 10
Microsoft slathers Visual Studio 2019 with extra Docker love, triggers Hot Reload in Preview 2
.NET Core 3.0 Preview 8 – ready for production if you're feeling lucky?
Software14 Aug 2019 | 2
Stones, meet glass house: Mind behind Windows 8 GUI disses Windows 10 over leak
Roundup Also: Your Phone sees double, Mac fans get Visual Studio love, and more
Software29 Jul 2019 | 44
El Reg sits down to code with .NET for Linux and MySQL, hitting some bumps along the way
Hands On Visual Studio, ASP.NET Core and Linux: Some tension
Software24 Jul 2019 | 64
Meet Microsoft's new Visual Studio Online... not the same as the old Visual Studio Online
Build Browser-based access to hosted code environments. Plus: .NET 5 and GitHub-Azure Active Directory sync
OSes06 May 2019 | 17
Rust never sleeps: C++-alike language tops Stack Overflow survey for fourth year in a row
Python still popular. Visual Basic for Applications liked about as much as meetings
Software09 Apr 2019 | 99
GA'day, mate: Open the plonk, turn up a banger, Visual Studio 2019 is officially here (don't get too excited, Mac devs)
Striding into its third decade, dev suite is now ready to Share
Software02 Apr 2019 | 21
.NET Core 3 Preview 3 takes a bow, but best not hold your breath for the final release
Faint hopes of a Visual Studio 2019 treat dashed on the rocks of 'late 2019'
Software07 Mar 2019 | 17
Band banned, Tarka arrives on Windows 10 and Visual Studio hits RC status
Roundup Just another week at Microsoft then
Software04 Mar 2019 | 22
Missed Valentine's Day? Take your beloved to a Visual Studio 2019 launch event instead
Romantic Redmondians pick 14 February to announce April go date for the code wrangler
Software15 Feb 2019 | 4
Visual Studio Code's Python extension goes to Jupyter
A preview of next year's .NET Framework also emitted
Software17 Dec 2018 | 4
Ooo shiny! First Visual Studio 2019 sneak peek here in time for Chrimbo
Faster Android builds, more space, but don't expect to find a Windows Phone emulator
Software06 Dec 2018 | 27
Microsoft's .NET Core 3 is almost here, which means time to move on from .NET Framework
Connect(); Plus: Visual Studio 2019 gets collaborative and IntelliCode gets smarter
Software04 Dec 2018 | 26
Fresh releases of TypeScript and Visual Studio 2017 for Mac round out November
BigInt and .NET Core 2.2 support? Oh Microsoft, you spoil us!
Software30 Nov 2018 | 5
Visual Studio 2017 15.9 is here! Fire up your Windows on Arm laptops. All four of you
Final update of beloved development adding ARM64
Software16 Nov 2018 | 13
Microsoft's elderly .NET Framework shakes stick at whippersnapper Core while Visual Studio drops another preview
ARM64 and iOS 12 for devs, slow shuffle for venerable framework
Software05 Oct 2018 | 27
Microsoft updates Visual Studio 2017 for devs chewing the CUDA
With Nvidia CUDA 10 comes great AI power and VS compatibility
Software02 Oct 2018 | 7
Why did Visual Studio Marketplace go down in the Great Azure TITSUP? Ask Azure DevOps
Failover is not an option
Software26 Sep 2018 | 9
C++ devs take a Step Back, let the UWP guy play with Visual Studio
Preview 2 of 15.9 promises speed, stability and new APIs
Software12 Sep 2018 | 11
Using Python in Visual Studio Code? Microsoft has new toys for you
You will use the new debugger and you will like it, OK?
Software06 Sep 2018 | 18
Biting the hand that feeds IT
