The main goal for this release is to add full support for the just-released .NET Core 3.0 for you to take advantage of. If you use top-notch technologies like the latest bits of .NET Core – install Rider 2019.2.3 and enjoy!
Integrated Terminal improvements - Find support, select/copy multiple pages.
Command Palette MRU list - Quickly find and run your recently used commands.
New Tasks menu - Top-level Tasks menu for running builds and configuring the task runner.
Automatic indentation - Auto indent while typing, moving, and pasting source code.
Emmet abbreviation enhancements - Add Emmet to any language. Multi-cursor support.
New Diff review pane - Navigate Diff editor changes quickly with F7, displayed in patch format.
Angular debugging recipe - Debug your Angular client in VS Code.
Better screen reader support - Aria properties to better present list and drop-down items.
Preview: 64 bit Windows build - Try out the Windows 64 bit version (Insiders build).
Preview: Multi-root workspaces - Open multiple projects in the same editor (Insiders build).
Rider EAP 20 fixes a number of bugs, improves .NET Core support, has better NuGet performance, supports Xamarin Android applications, comes with Node.js tooling from WebStorm (including SpyJS), can generate ResX files, executes T4 templates (needs Windows and Visual Studio SDK), adds support for scratch files, … Too much for one sentence, as you can see from the full list of fixes. We’ll highlight a few, read on!
GitHub Issues
The GitHub Issues integration allows you to search and reference your issues from the commit message box in VS, in response to this suggestion ticket. You can reference an issue or a pull request by typing # or clicking on the # button in the lower right side of the commit message text box. If you weren't already authenticated to access related issues, you will now be prompted to sign in to take advantage of this feature.
Line Unstaging
To continue improving our line-staging (aka interactive staging) feature, we've added unstage. You can now use the tool tip option to unstage changes, line by line, as requested here Unstage individual lines and hunks in a file - 4 votes
Arm64
We continue to build native support for Arm64 on Windows 11 for the most popular developer scenarios. We now support the .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) workload on Arm64 Visual Studio.
C++
- Available as a preview feature, you can now view Unreal Engine logs without leaving VS. To see the logs from the Unreal Engine Editor, click View > Other Windows > UE Log. To filter your logs, click on the "Categories" or "Verbosity" dropdowns. Since this is an experimental feature, feedback is greatly appreciated.
- You can now import STM32CubeIDE projects for embedded development within Visual Studio with File > Open > Import STM32CubeIDE project. This generates a CMake project with device flashing and debugging settings for STLink. You must have the STM32CubeIDE installed with the board support package for your device. More details available here.
- You can use the new CMake Debugger to debug your CMake scripts at build time. You can set breakpoints based on filenames, line numbers, and when CMake errors are triggered. Additionally, you can view call stacks of filenames and watch defined variables. Currently, this only works with bundled CMake, and projects targeting WSL or remote machines are not supported yet. We are actively working to add more support to the CMake debugger, and feedback is greatly appreciated.
The ReSharper 2020.2.2 and Rider 2020.2.2 Bug-fix Updates Are Here!
Microsoft would never say it, of course, but truly the best “alternative solution” is Jetbrains Rider. It's head and shoulders above VS for Mac in every way. I learn more C# features through its recommendations than even reading Microsoft's development docs.
SQL Server 2019 introduces support for the widely used UTF-8
character encoding. This has been a longtime requested feature and can
be set as a database-level or column-level default encoding for Unicode
string data.
Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6.0
- When New Git experience feature flag is enabled, a message will appear in Team Explorer guiding users to the new Git tool window.
- Fix for intermittent UI delay while closing VS when WinForms .NET Core designer is in open state.
- Fixed issues creating projects using type providers, throwing missing method exception at runtime.
- Fixed project creation for .NET framework projects.
- New find in files experience respects options in Tools-Options-Find and Replace pane.
- Fixed a bug where Git repository does not change when closing a Folder and opening a Solution.
- Fixed bug when building iOS app using full debug symbols.
- Added back browing of Mac Distribution provisioning profiles and certificates from Windows.
- Fixed a bug causing Visual Studio 2019 to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios.
- Added keyboard shortcut for "Copy with Headers" option in SQL Script Results Grid
- SSDT users will now be able to set and view sensitivity properties for all version above SQL Server 2008
- Improve Connection Properties dialog for accessibility users.
- Fixed occasional crashes when using Tested By Code Lens indicator.
- Ensure auto population of text in Find in files is as per legacy behavior.
- Ensure left arrow key behavior in find in files is correct.
- An issue blocking C++ users of the C++20 Ranges library from using algorithms.
ReSharper and Rider 2021.1.4 bugfix has arrived
