Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 Announced

Dave Knott writes: Microsoft has announced Visual Studio 2022, the next major revision of their flagship development IDE. A public beta will be arriving this summer. The most significant change, which has long been rumored, is that the entire application suite will now be 64-bit. Other major changes include: * Performance improvements in the core debugger * Support for .NET 6, which can be used to build web, client and mobile apps by both Windows and Mac developers, as well as improved support for developing Azure apps * An update UI meant to reduce complexity and which will add integration with Accessibility Insights. Microsoft plans to update the icons and add support for Cascadia Code, a new fixed-width font for better readability * Support for C++ 20 tooling. language standardization and Intellisense * Integration of text chat into the Live Share collaboration feature * Additional support for Git and GitHub * Improved code search

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