Visual Studio provides a rich set of tools for finding bugs, though most developers aren't aware or don't take advantage of all of them. Bugs occur at two stages in a code's life: during development ...

As is the custom, the code which works perfectly in your local environment rarely works as perfectly in your remote test environment. Some issues can only be reproduced on the different hardware ...

Android Studio offers a rich palette of built-in development tools, and an even more abundant plugin ecosystem. The first three articles in this series focused on installation and setup and coding and ...

Microsoft launches Xbox PC Remote Tools in public preview, simplifying game development, deployment, and debugging on remote ...

Visual Studio has always been a big product with a raft of features that grew with each release. Visual Studio 2015 extends that trend in ways I never expected to see from Microsoft. Cross-platform ...

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Visual Studio 2026 is no longer a preview or a promise, it is a shipping product that developers can install today. Microsoft is positioning this release as a generational reset for its flagship IDE, ...

Microsoft has published the roadmap for Visual Studio 2017. Upcoming features include faster startup, customized install locations, and the ability to use the IDE across monitors with different DPIs.

Exploiting Breakpoints Many developers aren't aware of all of the debugging features in Visual Studio, because debugging in Visual Studio "just works." For instance, while every Visual Studio ...