Community Picks·3yThe Best Alternatives to GitHub Copilot in 2023
GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered tool created by GitHub that helps developers write code faster and more efficiently. It uses machine learning to provide autocomplete-style suggestions and even complete code snippets to the developer as they work in their text editor. It can also suggest improvements to existing code and help with tasks like debugging and refactoring.
Visual Studio Blog·3yVisual Studio UI Refresh
The Microsoft Fluent design language provides a unified framework to create and deliver more productive, consistent, and accessible applications. The current visual language (which hasn’t been updated since Visual Studio 2012) has limitations for many customers. The new UI updates focus on three main pillars: cohesiveness, accessibility, and productivity.
GitHub Blog·3yGitHub Copilot Chat beta now available for all individuals
GitHub Copilot Chat now available for all individuals - The GitHub Blog Introducing auto-triage rules for Dependabot. Users can access the powerful AI assistant that major enterprises are leveraging to turbocharge developer productivity and happiness. Chat is supported in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code editors.
DEV·3yVSCode for PHP and Laravel
VSCode for PHP and Laravel development is a solid base configuration that can be expanded upon using additional workspace specific configurations. Intelephense is the most important extension to install for PHP support. Phpactor is a PHP Language Server with more features than you can shake a stick atphpactor.
Machine Learning News·3yTop Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools That Can Generate Code To Help Programmers
OpenAI Codex is powered by OpenAI Codex, a model based on GPT-3. It claims it can write code in at least 12 different languages, including BASH, JavaScript, Go, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Swift, and TypeScript.
Visual Studio Blog·3yVisual Studio AI-Assistance: A Developer’s Best Friend
Visual Studio leverages AI to assist developers in writing, editing, and understanding code. IntelliCode provides features such as intelligent code suggestions, pattern detection, API usage examples, and navigation assistance. Additional AI capabilities can be accessed through Copilot and Copilot for Business.
DevBlogs·3yAnnouncing C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code
The C# Dev Kit is designed to enhance your C# productivity when you’re working in VS Code. It works together with the C# extension, which has been updated to be powered by a new fully open-source Language Server Protocol (LSP) Host, also open source.
Community Picks·3yAwesome SQL Code Review Tools for Developers
SQL (Structured Query Language) is a fundamental tool for managing and manipulating data within relational databases. Writing good SQL code helps you better query the database. Code review is without a doubt one of the crucial parts of software development. It can help developers improve their SQL code quality by detecting potential problems.
Visual Studio Blog·3yThe Visual Studio UI Refresh Preview is here!
Visual Studio introduces a UI Refresh with the goals of improving productivity, inclusivity, and accessibility. Users can enable the UI Refresh in Visual Studio by checking the 'Experimental control styles' option in the 'Manage Preview Features' menu. The UI Refresh includes simplified color styles, new 'Tinted' themes inspired by Microsoft Edge, and the opportunity for users to provide feedback.
codeium·3yCodeium · Free AI Code Completion & Chat
Codeium Chat is now available in Visual Studio, allowing developers to have an integrated ChatGPT-like experience with codebase awareness. Users can update their Visual Studio plugin to access this feature and take advantage of Autocomplete and Chat for code exploration and acceleration.
Developer.com·3yVisual Studio Code Review 2023 | A Comprehensive Look
Visual Studio Code is a widely used open-source code editor made by Microsoft. It offers a user-friendly interface, intelligent code completion, debugging, Git integration, and a wide range of extensions. It is free to use and has advantages such as being open-source, fast, and lightweight. However, it also has disadvantages such as a learning curve, complex configuration, and unstable extensions. Alternatives to Visual Studio Code include IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and Visual Studio.
Discover .NET·3y5 Reasons To Not Use C# IDE For TypeScript Development
The article provides five reasons why using IDEs like Rider and Visual Studio for TypeScript development may not be ideal. It highlights issues such as slowness, limited IntelliSense support, confusion of concepts, temptation to bring in C# concepts to TypeScript, and the superiority of Visual Studio Code for frontend development. It encourages developers to consider using VS Code instead.
Visual Studio Blog·2yWrite Your Git Commits with GitHub Copilot
Use GitHub Copilot to generate descriptive and helpful Git commit messages, making it easier for teammates to review changes, track bug origins, and troubleshoot. Download the latest Visual Studio preview and update the GitHub Copilot Chat Extension for a step-by-step guide.
Community Picks·3y8 Best C++ IDEs to use in 2023
8 best C++ IDEs to use in 2023 today’s post is devoted to 8 popular C++ programming environments. Many of them also support other languages. Microsoft Visual Studio, an integrated C++ development environment, can create both console and graphical apps.
DevBlogs·3yAnnouncing ASP.NET Core in .NET 8
ASP.NET Core in .NET 8 brings new features and improvements, including enhanced performance, support for native AOT, full stack web UI capabilities with Blazor, and a JavaScript SDK and project system in Visual Studio. It also introduces metrics, named pipes transport, Redis-based output caching, route tooling improvements, debugging enhancements, and more. To upgrade an existing project, follow the migration guide. The release of .NET 8 is being celebrated at .NET Conf 2023, a virtual developer event.
Venture Beat·3yGitHub announces public beta of Copilot Chat IDE integration
GitHub announces public beta of Copilot Chat IDE integration. The company claims this will empower every development team member to build complete applications or debug codebases in minutes rather than days. GitHub claims the new offering will democratize software development, improving developer teams’ productivity and satisfaction.
Visual Studio Blog·3yIntroducing a powerful new Extension Manager
The Visual Studio Marketplace is filled with incredible extensions that let you customize your IDE, boost your productivity, and integrate with your other development tools. Starting with Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 3, you can now enable a preview of our modernized Extension Manager that highlights extension details and helps you more easily discover the extensions you'll love.
Visual Studio Blog·3yIntroducing Visual Studio 17.9
Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 1 introduces new features including generated Git commit messages, event handler leaks insights, non-modal debug visualizers, and more. It also improves the Blueprint experience and IntelliSense for Unreal Engine projects, and adds new features to .NET/C# and Extensibility. The UI gets a refresh with the Experimental control styles and Tinted themes.
Discover .NET·3yMicrosoft Kills Visual Studio for Mac -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft kills Visual Studio for Mac after a years-long effort to get the IDE up to par with the Windows version. Development problems caused VS 2022 for Mac to debut about six months after that Windows version last year. Support will officially end in one year, on Aug. 31, 2024.
