The new version has been named the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and will increase the productivity of programmers when developing applications and software. In this article we will discuss new functionality in Visual Studio 2019. We will show you why these features will have a positive impact on productivity and software development.
Before we can really get into the article, we have to clarify a few little things in advance.
Definitions.
IDE stands for Integrated Development Environment and it is used to create an environment for developers and provide comprehensive functionality for software development and testing. In general the IDE contains the source code editor, some automation tools and the debugger for testing. The main goal of the IDE is to increase developer productivity.
Visual Studio is one of the most popular IDEs that has been used in recent years. Microsoft has developed it. It is used to create a computer program, Web applications and EXE files, and so on. The first version of this type was released in 1997, and now the latest version available on the market is Visual Studio 2019.
Visual Studio 2019 was released on April 2019. There are so many advanced features that will be included in this release.
So let’s take a closer look at these new features:
New Startup Window with User Experience.
The new Startup Window in Visual Studio 2019 provides the following options:
- Look at the code.
- Open a project.
- Open a folder.
- Create a new project.
Visual Studio Live Share.
Live Share is a dev service in Visual Studio 2019 that allows you to share code context and debugging process directly with your teammates and get live access in Visual Studio as in Google Docs.
With Live Share, your teammates can naturally read, edit, debug, and navigate the evolving project. This service is installed by default in New Visual Studio 2019.
Improved refactoring.
Refactoring in any IDE is very helpful for developers. In Visual Studio 2019, these revisions will bring new advanced features that help you organize your code in a structured way.
These refactorings show suggestions in a light bulb icon and include actions such as moving the base class and member interface, changing namespaces according to folder structures, and so on. For example, convert foreach-loops to LINQ queries, etc.
Improved search experience.
One of the most useful features in Visual Studio 2019 is the updated search box. In an earlier version, it was known as Quick Launch. The new search feature in Visual Studio 2019 is faster and works effectively to get the best results. This is the enhanced feature in the current release of the IDEs compared to previous versions.
Now, search results show the suggestions as you type them into the search box and the results are displayed dynamically. You can also use keyboard shortcuts during the search, which helps you remember the search queries for future use and recall them when you create new web applications.
Search function during debugging.
You already knew that debugging is the process of identifying errors and fixing those errors in the software. The search for objects and suitable values during the debugging process is very helpful for developers.
In Visual Studio 2019, the search during debugging is supplemented by local, automatic, and monitoring windows that are used to locate the values and objects.
Visual Studio IntelliCode.
IntelliCode is an extension in Visual Studio 2019 that enhances web application and software development using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology. It provides suggestions and coding objects in the development process. Intellicode will increase its power through 2000 different open source projects in GitHub to enhance and improve your programming skills.
Code cleansing with one click.
In Visual Studio 2019, there is a new command to detect warnings and suggestions with a one-click button. This command helps format the code and makes the changes to the encoding format that is suggested in the .editorconfig files and settings.
It also allows you to save collections of fixers as a default profile. To understand this, let’s consider an example of how to apply a different dynamic set of fixers before a code syntax check involves configuring different profiles for different tasks.
Integrated code reviews in development.
Microsoft is developing a brand new extension called Managed Pulled Requests (Prs). This extension allows you to execute code and debug your team’s pull requests without leaving the Visual Studio application.
This feature is currently only available for Azure repos. GitHub will provide support in the coming weeks. If you want to use this extension for development, you need to download Visual Studio Marketplace.
Per Monitor Aware Rendering (PWA).
In previous versions of the IDE, if you have been working with monitors that have different types of display scaling factors installed and are remotely connected to a computer, you will see the different scaling factors that differ from the primary device. However, these results will be blurred or rendered with incorrect scaling factors.
But Visual Studio 2019 has developed a PMA (Per Monitor Aware) application. This will display the output correctly without rendering anything, regardless of the display scaling factors.
New deployment model for SQL Server Data Tools.
Visual Studio supports so many programming languages, including server-side languages. In addition, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is always used to build server-side applications. The new data delivery model is available in Visual Studio 2019 to create SQL-related projects such as server-side applications, Analysis Service projects, Reporting Service projects, and Integration Service projects, and so on.
This delivery model will be available in the form of extensions called Analysis Services and the extensions of the Ingration Services. However, in earlier versions, these capabilities will be directly accessible with the built-in workloads of Visual Studio 2019.
Conclusions.
These enhanced features in Visual Studio will improve programmer productivity and software development team collaboration compared to previous versions. The new user interface allows users to create applications very effectively and the advanced search bar provides accurate results for developers as they develop software.
Debugging is 50% faster than in previous versions. It also has a highly effective search bar in the Autos, Locals and Watch windows. These advanced features will greatly impact software and application development in Visual Studio.
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