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Microsoft Unifying Copilot Tools in Visual Studio 2022
Next month developers will no longer need to install two different extensions to use GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat in Visual Studio 2022, as Microsoft is combining the two tools into a single package.
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Copilot Chat Expands in Visual Studio Code
The Copilot chat feature now includes inline chat improvements, one in preview, along with commit message generation enhancements and workspace creation improvements.
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Microsoft Azure Experts On Tap for Chicago Developer Conference Keynotes
On its Developer Blogs site Microsoft today extended an invitation to join company experts at an upcoming developer conference exploring the latest .NET Microsoft Platform developments.
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It's a 'Go' for Microsoft Azure Developers
Microsoft continually seeks to embrace programming languages beyond its own C#, TypeScript and F# and so on, lately boosting support for Go, the popular language developed by Google.
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GitHub Copilot AI Boosts App Security with Autofix: 'Found Means Fixed'
Now in beta for top-tier GitHub customers is "code scanning autofix" used to mitigate security vulnerabilities in code.
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Microsoft Paper Intros Fully Autonomous AI Framework, Turning Devs into Supervisors
GitHub Copilot is one thing, AutoDev is another, completely automating software development with autonomous AI agents that do all the work themselves, turning developers into supervisors.
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Blazor Creator Unveils 'Smart Components' for Adding AI to .NET Apps
Microsoft's Steve Sanderson, the creator of Blazor, introduced his latest pet project, Smart Components for easy AI-driven interfaces in .NET apps.
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Workarounds Listed for Upcoming Visual Studio App Center Retirement
Microsoft will retire Visual Studio App Center in a year, listing several workarounds to replace the package of integrated developer services for building, testing, releasing and monitoring mobile/desktop apps that itself replaced a tool called HockeyApp in 2019.
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As Xamarin.Forms Nears End-of-Life, Uno Platform Throws Hat into Replacement Ring
With Microsoft's Xamarin.Forms mobile-centric UI toolkit for .NET developers nearing its end-of-life date of May 1, the open source Uno Platform is throwing its hat into the ring as a possible replacement.
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Pesky WinForms Designer Tweaked in Visual Studio 2022 v17.10 Preview 2
"We are pleased to announce substantial performance improvements to the WinForms out-of-process designer."
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Quick Tip: Use Threads to Improve Chat with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022
Microsoft published new documentation for Visual Studio 2022's GitHub Copilot Chat tool, explaining how to use "threads" to improve the experience with the AI-powered coding assistant.
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JetBrains IDEs Finally Get GitHub Copilot Chat
GitHub Copilot Chat is now available in JetBrains IDEs after having reached general availability in Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code editor last December.
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GitHub Copilot Chat Tackles Java 'One Billion Row Challenge'
Microsoft's Antonio Goncalves put the advanced GitHub Copilot Chat AI to work in a coding challenge, and he was impressed with the results.
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GitHub Kills 'Copilot Voice' Tool
GitHub is ending the technical preview of its Copilot Voice tool, today announcing the speech tech originally dubbed "Hey GitHub!" will not become a company product.
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New in VS Code: Voice Dictation, Improved Copilot AI
Microsoft continued to enhance speech functionality in its Visual Studio Code editor with a new accessibility tool that lets developers dictate directly into the editor.
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Some 5 Years In, 'New' WinForms Designer Still Not There
First, it was problems with moving from the proprietary .NET Framework to the open source, cross-platform .NET (Core). Then, it was problems with Visual Studio 2022 moving to the 64-bit world.
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GitHub Copilot Enterprise Ships
GitHub Copilot Enterprise offers a new way for teams to use the AI-powered code completion tool in a customized experience providing enterprise-grade security, safety and privacy along with nuts-and-bolts coding help.
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First .NET 9 Preview Emphasizes Cloud-Native Development, AI Apps
"Our most important focus areas are cloud-native and intelligent app development," said Microsoft in outlining its vision for .NET 9, which this month shipped in its first preview ahead of reaching general availability in November.
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As New Visual Studio Extension Manager Previews, Mads K Floats New Tool Ideas
Just as a new extension manager for Visual Studio 2022 was announced in a preview, Microsoft's Mads Kristensen, a principal program manager for the IDE and extension author extraordinaire, floated some new ideas for new tools and functionality.
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Copilot Chat Highlights Visual Studio 2022 17.10 Preview 1
"Copilot Chat isn't just a chatbot; it's a coding companion that understands your code," the Visual Studio dev team said in announcing Preview 1.
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