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1. What’s New in Visual Studio 2019
Mike Douglas, Solution Consultant
mikedouglas@Deliveron.com
@mikedouglasdev

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ABOUT MIKE DOUGLAS
Solution Consultant for Deliveron Consulting Services
Microsoft MVP
DevOps / ALM Ranger
VSLive, HDC, KCDC, NCC, AllDayDevOps 2017
Omaha DevOps Meetup organizer
Blog – Deliveron.com/blog
Email – mikedouglas **at** deliveron.com
Twitter - @mikedouglasdev

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WHAT’S NEW IN VISUAL STUDIO 2019
• Keeping up with the Joneses
• IDE / Options Improvements
• Dev Window / Debugging
• Language / Platform Improvements
• DevOps / Git Improvements

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Keeping up with the Joneses

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DEMO - KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
• Installer
• VS 2019 and VS 2019 Preview
• Roadmap and Release Rhythm
• Release Notes
• Wait, slow down!

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VISUAL STUDIO INSTALLER

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RELEASE RHYTHM
• Preview Channel – What’s coming up in the next minor update in the
Release channel
• Release Channel
– Minor Update – 2 to 3 months, bug fixes, new features, adapt to platform
updates. Ex: 16.1, 16.2
– Servicing Updates – critical fixes. Ex: 16.0.10
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/release-rhythm

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RELEASE NOTES
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes

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WAIT, SLOW DOWN!
• Preview features – feature toggles

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In Memoriam… and on the chopping
block

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IN MEMORIAM…
• Team Explorer cleanup
– Queries, etc.
• Support for MS Project and PowerPoint in TFS Office Integration
plugins
– Storyboards is still there!
• VS 2019 is last version
– Code UI
– Web Performance and Load Testing

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IDE / Options Improvements

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DEMO – IDE / OPTIONS IMPROVEMENTS
• New Logos
• Start Dialog - Speed Improvements
• New Project Dialog
– New Project > Filter by language, platform, project type
• Removes language navigation menu
• New Look / Theme
– Shrunk top to 2 lines
• High DPI Support (Win 10 1803 + .net 4.8)
• Clean Load of Solutions and Better Large Solution support

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NEW LOGOS

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START DIALOG
• Start Dialog keeps from all of Visual Studio to launch

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• 2019 vs 2017 New Project Dialog
– Better Filtering
– Starts by default
NEW PROJECT DIALOG

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OPTIMIZED LOOK / THEME
• 2 rows instead of 3
• Per Monitor Awareness – Better High DPI Support
– Regardless of display configuration and/or scaling as long as min req are met
(.NET 4.8 and Windows April 2018 Update or newer)

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SOLUTION AND LARGE SOLUTION OPTIMIZATIONS
• Hide / Show Unloaded Projects
• Load Dependency Projects
• Save as a Solution Filter
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/filtered-solutions?view=vs-2019

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Dev Window / Debugging

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DEMO – DEV WINDOW / DEBUGGING
• Code Clean up and fixers
• Intellicode
• Clipboard History
• Live Sharing

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CODE CLEAN UP AND FIXERS
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/whats-new-visual-studio-2019?view=vs-2019#code-cleanup

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INTELLICODE
• ML Assisted Intellisense
• Preview Features
– Recommendations for your types
– Argument completion
– Inferring style and formatting conventions
– Focused code reviews
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/intellicode/

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CLIPBOARD HISTORY
• CTRL-SHFT-INS > CTRL-SHFT-P

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• Share your dev environment
LIVE SHARING
https://prod.liveshare.vsengsaas.visualstudio.com/join?50A6B1
90D2F230B5E768DAFF75CF43A3B823

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Language / Platform Improvements

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DEMO – LANGUAGE / PLATFORM IMPROVEMENTS
• .NET Framework 4.8
• Visual Studio Kubernetes Tools
• .NET Core 3 + Tools
• Blazor
• C#

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.NET FRAMEWORK 4.8
• Separate install
• Part of Windows 2019 Spring Update
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework/net48

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KUBERNETES TOOLS
• Install Azure Development workload
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/containers/overview?view=vs-2019

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.NET CORE 3 AND BLAZOR
• .NET Core 3 set to launch on 9/23
• Dev Tools / Framework included in 16.2 (currently in preview)
• Includes tools for server side Blazor project templates
• Client Side templates can be added by running dotnet cli
– https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/get-
started?view=aspnetcore-3.0&tabs=visual-studio

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C# 8.0
• Supported in .NET 3.0 Only
• Null Reference Types – not separate types like null value types
• Opt in to show as warnings
• Won’t break consumers, they can opt in when ready

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DevOps / Git Improvements

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DEMO – DEVOPS / GIT IMPROVEMENTS
• Git Pull Shortcut Key
– Tools > Options > Keyboard > Git.Pull
• Git Stash in UI
– Pending changes > Stash >
• Git Pull Request Extension
• Work Items Improvements
– Focus on relevant work items

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GIT PULL SHORTCUT KEY

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GIT STASH IN UI

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GIT PULL REQUEST EXTENSION

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WORK ITEMS STREAMLINED
• Going from Queries to Filtering the data you want

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But wait….there’s more

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EXTENSIONS
• Web Essentials 2019
– https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.WebEs
sentials2019
• VS Marketplace
– https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vs

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