Microsoft has released a new version of visual studio as Visual Studio 2019 Preview!!
Here is everything you need to know about VS 2019. Visual studio 2017 is already making all of us crazy.
In fact, we are yet to explore it fully and we have another version of our favorite IDE coming up soon.
We are going to see what’s new in the visual studio 2019 and how it is different from visual studio 2017. Also, we will see from where we can download it.
First let’s understand what is Visual Studio 2019 (Preview)
With Visual studio 2019 preview we are going to get the early access to newest features of visual studio which are yet to be released.
Now you may think if the features are yet to be released then why they (Microsoft) have given us the early access.
The reason behind it is, by trying Preview, you can take advantage of new builds and updates that ship frequently
Also, Microsoft has said in a special note:
“Please note that the preview version is continuously evolving and certain features may not work as expected. This version is also not licensed to build shipping applications.”
Now what’s new in the Visual Studio 2019?
There are lots of minor and major improvements in functionality as well as in the UI.
Let’s see what Microsoft has stated:
- Start window
- UI refresh
- Search improvements
- Document health & code cleanup
- Debugger search & stepping improvement
1. Start window
- Major difference in start window is, you can clone/checkout your code to/from your favorite version control platform from visual studio 2019 start window itself.
- Also, you can open recent files
- It also allows us to open existing solutions/projects as it was in previous version i.e Visual studio 2017
2. UI refresh
- UI refresh means, Microsoft has done optimized the UI and made promising space.
- It comes with updated modern UX
- Another feature in UI is, Microsoft has reduced the information density
- We also get significant updates in theme
These two differences are enough to recognize the version between VS 2017 and VS 2019.
However, there are other changes too.
3. Search improvements
- Search option appears in the line of menu bar
- You can use the search option just by clicking on it or by pressing the short cut key “Ctrl+Q”
- You will get the results as soon as you start typing in the search text box almost instantly. That is pretty much cool!!
- If you are not getting what you are looking for, there is a button below search result which will allow you to search your query online.
