
Visual Studio 2022 runs on a channel-based system of servicing.
Developers offered browser-based fun in v and Java action in Visual Studio Code. NET devs: Hot Reload feature pulled for sake of Visual Studio sales Microsoft under fire again from open-source. Microsoft previews Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, but why bother when VS Code runs just fine on Apple hardware?. Microsoft's do-it-all IDE Visual Studio 2022 came out late last year. Then again, things do move rather quickly these days, and for many the familiar moth-eaten blanket of Microsoft's development environment is a comfort even if it is now garbed in 64-bit clothes. There are some worthy alternatives out there, not least Microsoft's own Visual Studio Code. Or you could opt for an entirely new set of tools. Support for Visual Studio 2019 v16.7 ends on 12 April, necessitating a hop to v16.11 (which keeps mainstream support to April 2024) or going direct to Visual Studio 2022.
Mainstream support for Visual Studio 2017 ends on 12 April (although there will be another five years of security fixes for v15.9).
Microsoft has dropped a gentle reminder that the clock is ticking for older versions of Visual Studio.Īpril is set to be a busy month for VS admins.