Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 v16.5.0 Build 16.5.29911.84

The Microsoft team is pleased to announce the availability of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5.0. This release contains anticipated new features from XAML, .NET, C++ and Debugging. In addition, we have addressed several issues found in our Preview releases. We believe this combination is ready to make your developer journey more productive.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5.0 – Date: March 16, 2020

In This Release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5
Visual Studio IDE
– On-hover a close button appears for each document in the tab group overflow list
– Multi-selection of Azure directories
– Implemented user suggested improvements in vertical tabs

Debugging
– Decompilation of C# code
– Attach to processes running in Docker Windows containers
– Open Enclave debugging for Azure Confidential Computing
– Improvements to Allocation view in .NET Object Allocation Tracking tool
– View which managed thread is holding a .NET object lock
– Open Enclave debugging for Azure Confidential Computing
– Pin properties in DataTips and the Autos, Locals, and Watch windows in C++

Azure Tools
– Productivity Improvements | Now provides .NET Core Worker Server support.
– Support was added for Azure Functions v3. This gives a new option during project creation to use v3 instead of v2.
– When publishing to App Service Linux, Visual Studio now waits until the app is running before opening the browser window.

C++
– IntelliCode Team Completions model & member variables support
– IntelliSense improvements
– Connection Manager over the command line
– Debug/deploy for WSL
– Support for FIPS 140-2 compliance mode
– Language services for CMake Language files & better CMake project manipulation
– Visual Studio Linux projects now have more accurate IntelliSense and allow you to control remote header synchronization on a project-by-project basis.

.NET Productivity
– Refactoring to turn a fragment of code from an existing method into a local function
– Refactoring to make members static
– Refactoring to simplify string interpolations
– EditorConfig option to exclude analyzers to run on generated files or folders
– Analyzer authors can now distribute custom code refactorings as a NuGet package
– Ability to convert if to switch statements or switch expressions
– IntelliSense completion for unimported extension methods
– Ability to use System.HashCode to implement the GetHashCode method when System.HashCode is available

Testing
– Profile a unit test in .NET Core
– Default processor architecture ‘Auto’ setting
– Performance improvements in memory consumption and load time
– Better diagnostics for Live Unit Testing

jаvascript/TypeScript
– Code Search for jаvascript/TypeScript
– ESLint for TypeScript files
– TypeScript 3.8 Beta compiler and language service for jаvascript and TypeScript.
– Experimental: Faster syntax highlighting engine that uses the syntax tree instead of TextMate grammars

SQL
– Unable to view or open SQL Table Designer from SQL Server Object Explorer and Server Explorer.

UWP/WPF Tooling
– Enabled support for the 1909 version of Windows 10 as a UWP target platform.
– Dragging an image from project into the XAML editor generates an Image tag
– Changing "Artboard Background" color for the XAML Designer now works with WPF .NET Core projects
– XAML Designer now supports loading .NET Core 3.x Projects that include PublishSingleFile, RuntimeIdenfier and PublishTrimmed settings

Xamarin
– Use XAML Hot Reload on multiple emulators, simulators, and devices at once
– Document Outline for Xamarin.Forms XAML UIs
– Android Apply Changes
– Custom Profiles with Startup Tracing
– Kotlin support for Xamarin.Android generator
– Improved AndroidManifest.xml Merging
– Custom Control Quick Changes for Android Layouts
– Improved Android IntelliSense

Microsoft launched Visual Studio 2017 in March 2017 which turned out to be the "most popular Visual Studio release ever." The company announced Visual Studio 2019 for Windows in June, and started releasing Visual Studio 2019 previews in December.

Visual Studio 2019 improves on Visual Studio 2017 across the board. It includes a new start window experience to get developers into their code faster (making it simpler to clone a Git repo or to open an existing project or folder), improved template selection screen, increased coding space, a new search experience, more refactoring capabilities, a document health indicator, and smarter debugging. Plus, all of the above works with both your existing project and new projects – from cross-platform C++ applications, to .NET mobile apps for Android and iOS written using Xamarin, to cloud-native applications using Azure services.

Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 contains anticipated new features from XAML, .NET, C++ and Debugging. In addition, we have addressed several issues found in our Preview releases. We believe this combination is ready to make your developer journey more productive.

In this video, Mads shows you some of the improvements in Visual Studio 2019 when developing your applications. Find anything in a single place with the new search experience. Take a look at some of the new refactoring capabilities to make writing code even more efficient. Get AI-assisted code completion with the Visual Studio IntelliSense extension. Lastly, use the new one-click code cleanup feature to tidy up your code according to the rules you configure.

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Product: Microsoft Visual Studio
Version: 2019 version 16.5.0 Build 16.5.29911.84
Supported Architectures: 32bit / 64bit
Website Home Page : http://www.visualstudio.com
Language: english, русский
System Requirements: PC *
Supported Operating Systems: *
Size: 32.4 Gb

* System requirements:
Visual Studio 2019 will install and run on the following operating systems (64 bit recommended):
– Windows 10 version 1703 or higher: Home, Professional, Education, and Enterprise (LTSC and S are not supported)
– Windows Server 2019: Standard and Datacenter
– Windows Server 2016: Standard and Datacenter
– Windows 8.1 (with Update 2919355): Core, Professional, and Enterprise
– Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Update 2919355): Essentials, Standard, Datacenter
– Windows 7 SP1 (with latest Windows Updates): Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

Hardware:
– CPU:1.8 GHz or faster processor. Quad-core or better recommended
– Memory:2 GB of RAM; 8 GB of RAM recommended (2.5 GB minimum if running on a virtual machine)
– Hard disk space: Minimum of 800MB up to 210 GB of available space, depending on features installed; typical installations require 20-50 GB of free space.
– Hard disk speed: to improve performance, install Windows and Visual Studio on a solid state drive (SSD).
– GPU:Video card that supports a minimum display resolution of 720p (1280 by 720); Visual Studio will work best at a resolution of WXGA (1366 by 768) or higher.

Additional Requirements:
– Administrator rights are required to install Visual Studio.
– .NET Framework 4.5 is required to install Visual Studio. Visual Studio requires .NET Framework 4.7.2, which will be installed during setup.
– Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC edition, Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Team Edition are not supported for development. You may use Visual Studio 2019 to build apps that run on Windows 10 LTSC, Windows 10 S and Windows 10 Team Edition.
– Internet Explorer 11 or Edge is required for internet-related scenarios. Some features might not work unless these, or a later version, are installed.
– For Hyper-V emulator support, A supported 64-bit operating system is required. A processor that supports Client Hyper-V and Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) is also required.
– For Android Emulator support, a supported processor and operating system is required.
– Universal Windows app development, including designing, editing, and debugging, requires Windows 10. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2 may be used to build Universal Windows apps from the command line.
– The Server Core and Minimal Server Interface options are not supported when running Windows Server.
– Running Visual Studio 2019 (Professional, Community, and Enterprise) in Windows containers is not supported.
– Team Foundation Server 2019 Office Integration requires Office 2016, Office 2013, or Office 2010.
– Xamarin.Android requires a 64-bit edition of Windows and the 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK).
– PowerShell 3.0 or higher is required on Windows 7 SP1 to install the Mobile Development with C++, -jаvascript, or .NET workloads.