In this episode, Robert is joined by Mikayla Hutchinson to talk about Visual Studio for Mac, a full-featured IDE built natively for the Mac. Visual Studio for Mac is now generally available and can be used to develop, debug and test mobile apps, Web apps and games.

In this episode, Robert is joined by Art Leonard, who explains how and why Visual Studio was rearchitected to support faster and more flexible installs. He discusses the Core Editor, breaking up the product into smaller parts, installing workloads, the ability to install multiple versions of Visual Studio (eg Pro and Enterprise) side-by-side, early access to new features with the Visual Studio Preview and more.

In this episode Dmitry is joined by Sean McBreen, who will show us what's new in Visual Studio Code, as new features ship monthly! Specifically in this video Sean will dive in and demo new capabilities such as: the interactive guide, UX themes extensibility, key binding and settings customization, enhancements to debugging experience, new code editor features such as drag-n-drop text, minimap, and an integrated terminal window. For more information and to download Visual Studio code visit: https://code.visualstudio.com

In this episode, Robert is joined by Phillip Carter, who shows F# 4.1 and the Visual F# Tools for Visual Studio 2017. Phillip shows that the F# Tools now use Roslyn and so you get the same IDE experience you enjoy in C# and VB. And he demonstrates scenarios that showcase the power and efficiency of writing code with F#.

In this episode, Robert is joined by Justin Clareburt, who shows off the Visual Studio 2017 version of the Productivity Power Tools, a collection of 15 extensions that provide additional features for the Visual Studio IDE. Justin covers: Productivity Power Tools installation[03:30]Align Assignments[12:00]: Aligns assignment statements by typing Ctrl+Alt+] Copy As Html[13:35]: Provides support for the HTML Clipboard format when cutting for copying code from the editorCtrl+Click GoTo Definition[15:40]: Enables clickable hyperlinks to symbols in source code in your code by holding down the Ctrl key when hovering with the mouseCustom Document Well[18:45]: Allows users to change the behavior of their document tabs Double-Click Maximize[22:00]: Maximize any docked window by double-clicking its title bar and restore/dock by double-clicking again Editor Guidelines[22:45]: Draws a vertical line in the code editor to remind developers that their full line of code or comments may not fit one a single screen Fix Mixed Tabs [25:25]: Helps to manage the whitespace inside your document and assists in keeping consistency in the use of tabs and spaces Match Margin[28:10]: Highlights all the textual matches of token at the caret location in the Editor Middle-Click Scroll[29:08]: Enables you to press down on your scroll wheel and move the mouse to quickly scroll through your document Peek Help[30:05]: Brings up the F1 Help content inline in the editor Power Commands for Visual Studio[31:40]: A set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio IDE, including Remove and Sort Usings, Copy Path and Open Command Prompt Quick Launch Tasks[34:40]: Provides easy access to commonly used options (EG: toggling line numbers) as well as popular functionality (EG: collapsing/expanding regions) Shrink Empty Lines[36:15]: Shrinks lines that contain neither letters nor numbers by 25% vertically, allowing more lines to be displayed in the editor Solution Error Visualizer[38:00]: Adds error,

This is the 200th episode of Visual Studio Toolbox and the perfect opportunity to celebrate the release of Visual Studio 2017, as well as the 20th birthday of Visual Studio and the 15th birthday of .NET. Robert shows some a number of new features in Visual Studio 2017, including: The new Install experience [02:10]The revised Start page [06:22]Lightweight Solution Load [09:40]IntelliSense improvements like IntelliSense filtering [12:30]New refactorings [15:45]Enforcing code styles and conventions [20:00]Improvements to code navigation [28:30]Debugging improvements like Click to Run and the new Exception Helper [33:30]Live Unit Testing [38:00]Learn more about Visual Studio 2017: Visual Studio 2017 LaunchVisual Studio blog.NET blog

In this episode, Robert is joined by Sam Basu and Ed Charbeneau, for an in-depth discussion about what it means to be a modern Web developer. They cover a lot of ground, including JavaScript frameworks, package managers, ASP.NET Core and how you build a Web solution that relies on a lot of moving parts. They also provide lots of good advice on how you should think about modern Web development, especially if you are new to it.

In this episode, Donovan Brown is joined by Adam Barlow, who shows how to use Espresso tests with Xamarin Test Cloud and Visual Studio Team Services. He shows how to leverage your existing Espresso tests with in your continuous integration build. For more information on the Xamarin Test Cloud, see the Test Cloud website.

In this episode, Donovan Brown is joined by Elliott Perry, who shows the new Delivery Plan extension in Visual Studio Team Services. He shows how to use the Delivery Plan and how we use it internally at Microsoft. For more information on the Delivery Plans, see the Delivery Plan extension.

In this episode, Robert is joined by Justin Clareburt, who shows us what users of extensions can expect in Visual Studio 2017. Justin first reviews the new setup experience, because that impacts extensions. Among the things he shows are lightweight solution loading [07:35], how you can monitor the performance of extensions and see whether they are slowing you down [09:00], how extension builders can specify what Visual Studio components are required to run the extension [18:50] and how to build an extension [24:45].