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Visual Studio for C# and .NET Articles, Tutorials & News

Visual Studio for C# and .NET articles, tutorials, and news from the DotNetNews archive.

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Visual Studio C# tips is the focus of this topic page. Visual Studio for C# and .NET is a recurring focus for C# and .NET developers working in the Microsoft ecosystem. Intermediate and senior .NET developers use this hub to scan practical writing without treating every link as an endorsement.

Recurring subtopics in recent issues include Visual Studio C# tips, Visual Studio .NET, VS debugging C#, and Visual Studio productivity. Those themes are drawn from titles and excerpts in the newest archive entries for this tag, not from a marketing outline.

Expect publisher tutorials, release notes, architecture write-ups, and field notes linked from DotNetNews issues. Start here is a short editorial shortlist for Visual Studio for C# and .NET; the archive list is chronological and larger. Secondary angles such as Visual Studio C# tips and Visual Studio .NET appear when the archive actually covered them. Nearby reading often overlaps with Visual Studio Code for C# and .NET and GitHub Copilot for C# and .NET.

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Editor picks for Visual Studio

  1. The Ultimate Guide: Getting Started with Cloud Code in Visual Studio and .NET

    miguelbarros1983.medium.com Issue #492

    Useful for developers trying to understand where Visual Studio's AI-assisted cloud tooling is heading.

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  2. Microsoft Extends Rust-Influenced Memory-Safety Push to C# - Visual Studio Magazine

    news.google.com Issue #479

    Flagging this one carefully since the source text is thin, but memory-safety work in C# is worth watching.

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  3. Why I Left Visual Studio for VS Code as a .NET Developer

    between-coding-and-life.medium.com Issue #467

    Covers why I Left Visual Studio for VS Code as a .NET Developer.

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  4. Plan Before You Build: Introducing the Plan agent in Visual Studio

    devblogs.microsoft.com Issue #465

    Planning before code generation is the right direction for AI-assisted work in larger solutions.

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  5. I Built a Visual Studio Extension to Fix the Most Annoying C# Workflow — Here’s How

    medium.com Issue #460

    Covers I Built a Visual Studio Extension to Fix the Most Annoying C# Workflow Here’s How.

    Read article Issue #460

  6. The Next Generation of Developer Productivity with GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio

    visualstudiomagazine.com Issue #458

    Copilot keeps moving beyond completion into workflow orchestration, and Visual Studio is becoming a much more opinionated AI-assisted environment.

    Read article Issue #458

  7. Building and Using MCP Servers in Visual Studio

    visualstudiomagazine.com Issue #452

    Microsoft Product Manager Mike Kistler previews his Visual Studio Live!

    Read article Issue #452

  8. Rock Your Code: I Let AI Build a Visual Studio Extension—Here’s What REALLY Happened

    dotnettips.com Issue #449

    The interesting part here is less the stunt and more the honest friction in using Copilot for extension development.

    Read article Issue #449

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