Visual Studio 2019

Code faster. Work smarter. Create the future with the best-in-class IDE.

Develop with the entire toolset from initial design to final deployment

What’s new

Preview Visual Studio

Develop with the entire toolset from initial design to final deployment

Improved IntelliSense performance for C++ files
Local development with many common emulators
Simplified test access in Solution Explorer
First-class Git experience to create and clone repos, manage branches and resolve merge conflicts right inside Visual Studio
Kubernetes support now included in Microsoft Azure workload

What’s new

Preview Visual Studio

Cloud-connected

Get the most from Visual Studio 2019

Stay up to date & in the know
Code more efficiently with built-in and downloaded features
Collaborate seamlessly without leaving the editor

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Develop

Write code with fewer errors

Type variables quickly and accurately, using IntelliSense code suggestions if you get stuck. Maintain speed no matter the complexity as you navigate to any file, type, member, or symbol declaration you need. Make quick improvements to your code using light bulbs that suggest actions such as renaming a function or adding a parameter.

All develop features

GIF showing IntelliSense light bulb (screwdriver) code suggestions

Analyze

Learn more about your code

CodeLens helps you easily find important insight such as what changes have been made to your code, the impact of those changes, and whether your method has been unit tested. See references, authors, tests, commit history, and other essential information at a glance.

All analyze features

GIF showing a test passing with CodeLens insights

Debug

Quickly find and fix your bugs

Visual Studio lets you pause code execution the moment you want to inspect a bug, using the breakpoint and method you need. If you’ve taken one step too far or encountered an unexpected change, you can step back to any specific line of code–no need to restart your session or recreate your state.

All debug features

GIF showing Historical Debugging with C++ in Visual Studio

Test

Work efficiently

Easily navigate and organize your test suite so you can analyze how much code you’re testing and see results instantly. Immediately know the impact of every change you make, letting advanced features test code as you type. Fix errors as soon as they happen and see if new changes are covered by existing tests.

All test features

GIF showing if a test passed or not inline with hovering indicators

Version Control

Boost developer productivity with built-in Git and GitHub integration

Use Git as the default version control experience in Visual Studio 2019 or Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) for centralized version control right out of the box. From the new Git menu, you can clone, create, or open your own repositories. Use the integrated Git tool windows to commit and push changes to your code, manage branches, stay up to date with your remote repositories, and resolve merge conflicts.

All version control features

Collaborate

Share more than screens

Lead your team with quick and natural collaboration using Live Share to edit and debug together in real time, no matter the language or platform. Personalize your session with access controls and custom editor settings that enforce consistent coding styles for everyone.

All collaboration features

GIF showing how LiveShare works when more than one developer is writing code in the same file

Deploy

Build for the cloud

Get up and running quickly using templates for common application types and local Azure emulators–no need for an Azure account. You can also provision application dependencies such as Azure SQL databases and Azure Storage accounts without leaving Visual Studio. Quickly diagnose any issues using Visual Studio’s remote debugger, which attaches directly to your application.

All deployment features

GIF showing how to deploy a simple web app with remote debugging with Azure

Visual Studio workloads

Install only the tool and component bundles you need for development in Visual Studio

Modify Visual Studio

Web & cloud

ASP.NET & web development

Build web applications using ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET (.NET Framework), HTML/JavaScript, and Containers including Docker support

Description

Maximize your productivity developing .NET web applications using ASP.NET Core, standards-based technologies like HTML, and JavaScript.

Development applications

– Website using Razor Pages in ASP.NET Core
– Web API with ASP.NET Core MVC
– Real-time web apps with ASP.NET Core SignalR

Components

– .NET Framework 4.x development tools
– .NET Core 2.1 development tools
– ASP.NET and web development tools
– .NET profiling tools
– Container development tools
– Cloud tools for web development
– IntelliSense, code navigation, and refactoring for C#, Visual Basic, and F#

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Azure

Azure SDKs, tools, and projects for developing cloud apps, creating resources, and building Containers including Docker support

Description

Easily build, test, deploy, and manage scalable apps and services on the Microsoft cloud. Install to view resources in Cloud Explorer, create resources using Azure Manage tools, build applications for Azure Web and Cloud Services, and perform big data operations using Azure Datalake tools.

Development applications

– Publish an ASP.NET Core app to Azure in the IDE
– Test performance of a cloud service
– Debug a published Azure cloud service

Components

– Azure development prerequisites
– .NET Framework 4.x development tools
– .NET Core 2.1 development tools
– ASP.NET and web development tools
– Container development tools

Learn more about Azure

Python

Editing, debugging, interactive development, and source control for Python

Description

Support for building Python web applications using familiar frameworks including Django and Flask, and Data Science applications with built-in Conda and IPython support.

Development applications

– Python applications
– Django web apps
– Flask web apps

Components

– Support for CPython, virtualenv, venv, and conda environments
– Rich editing, IntelliSense, and code comprehension
– Interactive (REPL) environment window
– Support for Python in open folder workspaces
– Project and item templates to simplify new project creating process
– Profiling and unit testing tools
– Manage Conda environments using Miniconda
– Live Share

Learn more about Python

Node.js development

Build fast and scalable applications using Node.js, a server-side JavaScript runtime environment

Description

Easily build Node.js applications using web frameworks like Express and front-end frameworks like React.

Development applications

– Node.js app with Express
– Node.js app with React
– Publish Node.js app to Azure cloud

Components

– Project templates
– IntelliCode
– npm integration
– Interactive (REPL) environment window
– Local and remote advanced debugging
– Profiling tools to track performance
– Unit testing support
– TypeScript integration

Learn more about Node.js

Desktop & Mobile

.NET desktop development

Build WPF, Windows Forms, and console applications using C#, Visual Basic, and F#

Description

Create Windows-based applications by using Windows Presentation Foundation or by using Windows Forms. Also create web applications using the .NET Framework, and client applications for computers or devices that you make available through the Microsoft Store.

Development applications

– Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
– Windows Forms

Components

– .NET desktop development tools
– .NET Framework 4.x development tools
– .NET profiling tools
– C# and Visual Basic language support
– Entity Framework 6 tools
– IntelliTrace
– Just-In-Time debugger
– Live Unit Testing
– Live Share

Learn more about .NET desktop development

Desktop development with C++

Build modern C++ apps for Windows using the tools of your choice, including MSVC, Clang, CMake, or MS Build

Description

C++ desktop apps run in a console or in a window. Take advantage of the powerful MSVC compiler and libraries toolset or bring your own build tools to do the job.

Development applications

– Traditional Windows Desktop applications using C++
– Windows console applications using C++

Components

– MSVC x64/x86 build tools
– Visual C++ core desktop features
– C++ profiling tools
– Windows 10 SDK
– C++ CMake tools for Windows
– Test adapter for Google Test
– Test adapter for Boost.Test
– IntelliTrace
– Just-In-Time debugger
– Live Share

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UWP development

Create applications for the Universal Windows Platform with C#, VB, or optionally C++

Description

Build applications that target Windows Desktop, Xbox, HoloLens, SurfaceHub, and even Windows 10 IoT.

Development applications

– Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

Components

– Blend for Visual Studio
– .NET Native and .NET Standard
– NuGet package manager
– Universal Windows Platform tools
– Windows 10 SDK

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Mobile development with .NET

Build cross-platform applications for iOS, Android, or Windows using Xamarin

Description

Build fully-native iOS, Android, and Universal Windows Platform apps using C# and XAML. Xamarin gives you full access to platform APIs and features using a single language and allows you to have a shared codebase with other .NET platforms.

Development applications

– Build cross-platform apps using Xamarin.Forms
– Access native features with the Xamarin.Essentials API

Components

– Xamarin
– .NET Framework4.x development tools
– C# and Visual Basic language support
– Android SDK setup

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Mobile development with C++

Build cross-platform C++ apps for iOS or Android

Development applications

– Android Native App
– Import an XCode Project
– OpenGL ES application on Android and iOS

Components

– Visual Studio C++ core features
– Android SDK setup
– Android NDK
– Apache Ant
– C++ Android development tools

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Gaming

Game development with Unity

Create 2D and 3D games with Unity, a powerful cross-platform development environment

Description

Create games and interactive content and publish to 21 platforms, including all mobile platforms, WebGL, Mac, PC and Linux desktop, web or consoles.

Development applications

Develop Unity games with a premium debugging experience

Components

– Visual Studio Tools for Unity
– C# and Visual Basic

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Game development with C++

Use the full power of C++ to build professional games powered by DirectX, Unreal, or Cocos2d

Description

Use the full power of C++ to build professional games for Windows, Xbox, and other consoles powered by DirectX, Unreal Engine, or Cocos2d.

Development applications

– Xbox live apps
– UWP apps on HoloLens
– Marble Maze

Components

– MSVC x64/x86 build tools
– Visual Studio C++ core features
– Windows Universal C Runtime
– C++ profiling tools
– Windows 10 SDK
– IntelliTrace

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Other toolsets

Data storage & processing

Connect, develop, and test data solutions using SQL Server, Azure Data Lake, Hadoop, or Azure ML

Description

The Data workload enables you to develop across a wide range of relational and big data assets. It provides you the tools to develop queries against databases, data warehouses and data lakes, whether on-premises or in Azure. It provides support for SQL, U-SQL, and Hive.

Development applications

– Use SQL Server Data Tools to design, deploy, and mantain databases
– Develop U-SQL scripts by using Azure Data Lake Tools
– Run Hive queries with Hadoop on Azure HDInsight

Components

– SQL Server Data Tools
– Azure Data Lake and Stream Analytics Tools
– .NET Framework 4.x development tools

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Data science & analytical applications

Languages and tooling for creating data science applications, including Python and F#

Description

Use R and Python for wide range of scenarios such as data acquisition, cleaning, model training, deployment, and plotting. Use F#, a powerful functional-first .NET language, for a wide variety of data processing tasks.

Development applications

– Create visual data plots with R
– Work with the R interactive (REPL) window
– Create machine learning models using R and Microsoft ML Server

Components

– R and Microsoft R Client language support & runtime distributions
– Python and Anaconda language support & runtime distributions
– F# with the .NET framework language support & runtime distributions

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Visual Studio extension development

Create add-ons and extensions for Visual Studio, including new commands, code analyzers, and tool windows

Description

Add the SDKs and tools you need to create new commands, code analyzers, tool windows, and language services using C#. Then, share your extension with the community in the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Development applications

– Extensions for Visual Studio IDE
– Software development kit development

Components

– Visual Studio SDK
– Visual Studio extension development prerequisites
– .NET profiling tools
– IntelliTrace

Learn more about Visual Studio extension development

Office/SharePoint

Create Office and SharePoint add-ins, SharePoint solutions, and VSTO add-ins using C#, VB, and JavaScript

Description

Take advantage of various project templates to extend Office and SharePoint. Easily build, debug, and publish your add-ins and solutions from Visual Studio.

Development applications

– Office add-ins
– VSTO add-ins
– SharePoint add-ins
– SharePoint solutions

Components

– Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio
– .NET Framework 4.5 targeting pack
– .NET Framework 4.x development tools
– Developer Analytics tools

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Linux development with C++

Create and debug applications running in a Linux environment or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Description

Build and run code on a remote machine or Windows Subsystem for Linux and browse, edit, and debug from within Visual Studio. Use CMake to target multiple platforms from the comfort of a single IDE.

Development applications

– Get Started

Components

– Visual Studio C++ core features
– Windows Universal C Runtime
– Visual C++ for Linux Development
– Visual C++ tools for CMake and Linux

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.NET Core cross-platform development

Build cross-platform applications using .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, HTML/JavaScript, and Containers including Docker support

Description

.NET Core is an open source, general-purpose development platform maintained by Microsoft and the .NET community on GitHub. It’s cross-platform (supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux), and can be used to build device, cloud, and IoT applications.

Development applications

– Complete .NET Core solution on Windows
– Docker images for .NET Core applications
– C# console application using .NET Core

Components

– .NET Core 2.x development tools
– .NET Framework 4.x development tools
– ASP.NET and web development tools prerequisites
– Cloud tools for web development
– .NET profiling tools
– IntelliTrace
– Live Unit Testing
– Live Share

Learn more about .NET Core cross-platform development