Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Rebuilds C# Dev Kit 11.0 for Faster Loads, Lower Memory Use

Microsoft's .NET 11-era overhaul adds project caching, Native AOT, faster builds and richer project-file tooling.
Visual Studio Magazine

Stack Overflow 2026 Survey: VS Code Leads, Visual Studio Takes Third

Microsoft's editors remain prominent in the 2026 developer survey, while GitHub Copilot trails Claude Code and ASP.NET Core ranks fourth among web technologies.
Rock Paper Shotgun

Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs

Further details have emerged of the impact that Microsoft’s Xbox consolidation and job cuts programme is having on affected workers. World’s Edge, the studio that effectively manages strategy ...
PC Magazine

Build and Debug Professional Projects With Visual Studio 2026 for Less Than $30

Build and Debug Professional Projects With Visual Studio 2026 for Less Than $30 The 64-bit IDE supports .NET, C++, Blazor, and .NET MAUI development, with AI-assisted coding, debugging, collaboration, ...
Popular Science

Build, debug, and collaborate with Visual Studio Professional 2026 for $30

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Microsoft

Build apps in Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio

AI is changing who can build software. People who could never write code can now describe an idea and generate a working application in minutes, using any number of agentic coding solutions. But ...