Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2022

So according to the set plan, Microsoft has just officially announced Visual Studio 2022. Accompanying it is the first public preview will be released this summer. As confirmed by Amanda Silver, who made the announcement on Microsoft's DevBlogs, the next official version of this top development kit is sure to be "faster, accessible and lighter".

First, it must be said that one of the most important innovations on Visual Studio 2022 is the move to a 64-bit application platform. Indeed, Microsoft is pushing 64-bit across the board, and now Visual Studio has joined this 'revolution' as well.

The main advantage of 64-bit applications is that they are not limited to 4GB RAM, so this new release will allow Visual Studio to have unlimited access to all RAM on your PC. friend. This will lead to much better overall performance, and out-of-memory issues will be thoroughly fixed.

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Besides, the new version of Visual Studio will also come with updated icons that are easier to recognize and understand. Along with that is the ability to support new Cascadia Code fonts that Microsoft introduced on Windows Terminal, new product themes, and in particular the ability to integrate with Accessibility Insights to help developers better deal with it. problems related to accessibility.

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In addition, on the new version, Microsoft is also trying to make it easier to customize the user experience with Visual Studio, with installation packages for the IDE and the ability to synchronize (or not) install. between devices.

As for application building capabilities, Visual Studio 2022 will be well-compatible with Azure, .NET 6, and C ++ 20 resources. This includes full support for unified frameworks in .NET 6 and others. things like Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) that can be used to create apps for Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS.

Other enhancements include better performance for the core debugger, support for text chat in Live Share sessions, more features for the IntelliCode engine, improved code search, and asynchronous collaboration preferably, with new logic regarding commit execution and looking at pull requests from platforms like GitHub.

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Microsoft also said it is "refreshing" Visual Studio for Mac, switching to the native macOS user interface for better performance and reliability. The app will also be integrated with macOS accessibility features, and Microsoft is updating the terminology on the IDE to bring greater consistency between Visual Studio Mac and Windows versions.

As mentioned above, the first preview of Visual Studio 2022 will be available this summer, and Microsoft will likely repeat it a couple of times before making a stable release.

Lesley Montoya

Update 21 April 2021