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April 2024 - Visual Studio Blog

Free Pure Virtual C++ 2024 Conference

April 22, 2024 Apr 22, 2024 04/22/24
Sy Brand
(image) Pure Virtual C++ is our free one-day virtual conference for the whole C++ community. This year it will run on April 30th 15:00 UTC.  Sign-up for free to get access to our five sessions on the day and a host of pre-conference content which will roll out in the two weeks leading up to the conference. The sessions are: Automated...

How to use GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio

April 16, 2024 Apr 16, 2024 04/16/24
authors Cynthia Zanoni , Laurent Bugnion
In this series, we will explore the capabilities and how to use GitHub Copilot Chat within Visual Studio, demonstrating how it can elevate your coding efficiency. GitHub Copilot serves as an AI-powered coding assistant designed to enhance your coding experience across various development environments. Exploring code with GitHub Copilot Chat ...

Introducing the new Copilot experience in Visual Studio

April 9, 2024 Apr 9, 2024 04/9/24
Rhea Patel
GitHub Copilot your AI-powered coding companion is now seamlessly woven into your Visual Studio IDE, enhancing your everyday tasks and bringing you the latest AI-driven coding experiences. Copilot is designed to elevate your efficiency, by offering personalized code suggestions, crafting your git commit messages, answering coding-related ...

How to Install GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

April 2, 2024 Apr 2, 2024 04/2/24
authors Laurent Bugnion , Anthony Bartolo
A step-by-step guide to enable the AI-powered coding assistant within Visual Studio Introduction to GitHub Copilot. GitHub Copilot is a new tool that helps you write code faster and smarter with the help of artificial intelligence. It can suggest code completions, generate code snippets, and even write entire functions for you. ...