Summary of What's New in this Release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8.2

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This article will show you how to implement a reverse proxy in C# and .NET Core to overcome specific needs that you could hardly solve with an out-of-the-box software. You can find the code of the final project on this GitHub repository.

Zepto is a minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers with a largely jQuery-compatible API. If you use jQuery, you already know how to use Zepto.

While 100% jQuery coverage is not a design goal, the APIs provided match their jQuery counterparts. The goal is to have a ~5-10k modular library that downloads and executes fast, with a familiar and versatile API, so you can concentrate on getting stuff done. 

npm install zepto

Head over to vscode.dev to run Visual Studio Code for the Web (Preview). No installation necessary, and it works most anywhere (even on your tablet). Use extensions, access GitHub repositories, and work with notebooks. Get details and find out how to get started. 

An easy way to perform background job processing in your .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required. CPU and I/O intensive, long-running and short-running jobs are supported. Backed by Redis, SQL Server, SQL Azure and MSMQ. 

PM> Install-Package Hangfire

After installation, update your existing OWIN Startup file with the following lines of code. If you do not have this class in your project or don't know what is it, please read the Quick start guide to learn about how to install Hangfire.

public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
{
    GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.UseSqlServerStorage("<connection string or its name>");
    
    app.UseHangfireServer();
    app.UseHangfireDashboard();
}  

• WMI Provider MSI still failing to install in 16.6
• View History on context menu in Solution Explorer doesn't do anything
• Cannot generate shim for X509Certificate2 with Visual Studio 2019 16.6.0
• Add Controller and Add New Scaffolded Item dialogs are not showing all data contexts after upgrading Visual Studio Enterprise 16.5.6->16.6.0
• Cannot open new json file
• About Microsoft Visual Studio frozen.
• Visual Studio 2019 16.6.0 Microsoft Fakes Issue
• VSSDK IVsHierarchy Regression in VS 16.6.x
• Windows 10 SDK (10.0.19041.1)- ARM64 memcpy crashes when accessing unaligned uncached memory
• Add script to SQL Server Database project does not open User Scripts list
• Fakes generation with ref argument
• Frequent soft hang with Code Analysis callstack in Open Folder project
• Visual Studio Class Designer dark theme support
• Added support for Text Template Transformation Toolkit (T4) in .NET Core projects
• Separate IntelliCode team completions model acquisition from model production.
• Addressed an issue where users may have experienced critical update or installation failures due to the WMIProvider package that would block use of the IDE. Failures in this component no longer block use of the IDE.
• Fixed a problem causing the product to stop responding when working with Xamarin projects on certain scenarios.
• Fixed a bug where VS would crash when attempting to decrypt an invalid UWP code-signing certificate

Security Advisory Notice for 16.6.2

CVE-2020-1108 / CVE-2020-1108.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability

To comprehensively address CVE-2020-1108, Microsoft has released updates for .NET Core 2.1 and .NET Core 3.1. Customers who use any of these versions of .NET Core should install the latest version of .NET Core. See the Release Notes for the latest version numbers and instructions for updating .NET Core.

CVE-2020-1202 / CVE-2020-1203 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector or the Visual Studio Standard Collector fails to properly handle objects in memory.

CVE-2020-1293 / CVE-2020-1278 / CVE-2020-1257 Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service improperly handles file operations

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6.2

• Visual Studio 2019 16.60 hang at run or build when modified not saved in C++/CLI project
• An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualStudio.DesignTools.WpfTap.dll
• Recurring null reference when reopening documents
• "Create new project" dialog search does not find templates for third-party language providers
• IntelliSense shows that "tilde-slash" (~/) points to ASP .NET Core 3.1 project root instread of wwwroot subfolder after upgrading Visual Studio Enterprise 16.5.6->16.6.0
• Fixed a compiler error (error C2475: redefinition; 'constexpr' specifier mismatch) affecting std::atomic when compiled as C++/CX in C++17 mode.
• URL completion values and format was fixed in Razor views. App-relative URL format is now used again and the values in the URL completion list show files and folders rooted under app root, i.e. wwwroot.
• Fixed a crash when using snippets.
• Restore item templates that could be hidden by extensions.