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[Guest post] Learn C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, and Unity (and win a free book!)

November 25, 2020 Nov 25, 2020 11/25/20

Jon Galloway

In this guest post, Andrew Stellman explains his approach to teaching C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac by emphasizing exploration, fun, and games. We're announcing a fun coding challenge for beginners, with a chance to win a copy of the new edition of Head First C# book.

GitHub accounts are now integrated into Visual Studio 2019

November 19, 2020 Nov 19, 2020 11/19/20

Ruben Rios

We are happy to announce that Visual Studio 2019 now offers a fully integrated GitHub account experience. Starting with version 16.8, you’ll be able to add both GitHub and GitHub Enterprise Server accounts directly from Visual Studio. The new functionality allows you to add and leverage them just as you do with Microsoft accounts, which ...

Announcing the Release of the Git Experience in Visual Studio

November 12, 2020 Nov 12, 2020 11/12/20

Pratik Nadagouda

We’re excited to announce that our new Git tooling is now the default source control experience in Visual Studio 2019, beginning with version 16.8. We've been working on this experience over the last year, iterating based on your feedback to build out key features, enhance performance, and fine tune quality. Above all, we’ve focused on ...

Make your repeated edits faster and more accurate with IntelliCode suggestions

November 11, 2020 Nov 11, 2020 11/11/20

Peter Groenewegen

IntelliCode Suggestions now provides better tailored repeated edit suggestions and adds the ability to review and apply multiple suggestions at once.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 is now available

November 10, 2020 Nov 10, 2020 11/10/20

Jon Galloway

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 is available today! We’ve added support for developing applications with .NET 5 and debugging Blazor WebAssembly applications and included several improvements for Xamarin developers, including Xamarin.Forms 5.0 Preview support.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 and v16.9 Preview 1 Release Today

November 10, 2020 Nov 10, 2020 11/10/20

Jacqueline Widdis

There are many features landing in this version of Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 and v16.9 Preview 1. Check out our new Git Integration Features, .NET productivity enhancements, C++20 Library Options, and XAML Data Binding. Try it today!

A more secure GitHub Experience

November 9, 2020 Nov 9, 2020 11/9/20