Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++. The ...

Microsoft’s new C# Dev Kit extension for Visual Studio Code turns the programmer’s editor into a complete development environment for .NET. Microsoft’s Visual Studio is its primary development ...

If you’re starting to develop embedded software using Visual Studio Code (VS Code), a question at the top of your list is, “How do I debug my code?” In a vendor-supplied IDE using Eclipse, debugging ...

Two years ago, when I reviewed Visual Studio 2015, I came away thinking that Microsoft’s IDE had become the most complicated product ever, and Microsoft would have to simplify it in the future. I was ...

A new version of Microsoft’s integrated development environment (IDE) goes live today with the release of Visual Studio 2019 and its cousin Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Visual Studio is in a bit of a ...

Microsoft has rolled out Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2, which contains a ton of enhancements related to Git, C++, .NET, and macOS development. Color tabs are finally supported too. Visual Studio ...

The April update suppresses Copilot completions while IntelliSense is active, addressing a long-running editor conflict.

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 ...

Visual Studio has never really been the lightweight option. It's not the tool you open just to tweak a config file or write a ...

The low-cost single board computer and Microsoft’s free development tools work well together, for both hobbyists and professionals. Raspberry Pis are everywhere. From the tiny new Pico microcontroller ...