Visual Studio Pro is one of the most popular IDEs you can use, but subscriptions are expensive. If you want a cheaper alternative that still gives you the most recent upgrades, you can actually get ...

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Microsoft recently released the third preview build of Visual Studio 17.5 and one of the notable additions was a spell checker, which has been enabled for C#, C++, and Markdown files. Out of the box, ...

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Microsoft plans a major change to the C# extension for its Visual Studio Code editor, a switch to using the Language Server Protocol (LSP) to enable more advanced capabilities including closed-source ...

The use pattern matching refactoring introduces C# 9 pattern combinators Of course, helping developers learn about new things while actually working in Visual Studio 2019 was greatly enhanced with the ...

A new "What's new in C# 11" post explains new features available in preview with the latest tooling bits: NET 6.0.200 SDK or Visual Studio 2022 v17.1. First on tap is generic attributes support, or ...

Xamarin is making C# development one step easier for iOS developers, enabling them to build applications in C# using Visual Studio. On February 20, Xamarin announced immediate availability of Xamarin ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

Microsoft is previewing an extension for Visual Studio Code to improve C# developer productivity in Linux, MacOS, and Windows. The C# Dev Kit extension, unveiled June 6, brings an improved ...