Visual Assist 2022.3 now available

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August 18, 2022

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April 26, 2022

Visual Studio 2022 Support!

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November 23, 2021
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How to Query File Attributes 50x faster on Windows

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November 14, 2024
Imagine you’re developing a tool that needs to scan for file changes across thousands of project files. Retrieving file attributes efficiently becomes critical for such scenarios. In this article, I’ll demonstrate a technique to get file attributes that can achieve a surprising speedup of over 50+ times compared to standard Windows methods. Let’s dive in and explore how we can…
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Visual Assist 2024.7 release post

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October 1, 2024
We are excited to announce the release of 2024.7 of Visual Assist! This update introduces several powerful features aimed at improving your coding efficiency and project navigation. Download the release now. Here’s a breakdown of what’s new in this version: New…
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Making a case for investing in software tools: convincing yourself, your team, and your boss

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September 27, 2024
Introduction Visual Assist has been a longtime partner for coding in Visual Studio. It adds missing features and sometimes even replaces the default features in the IDE. In fact, you can even argue that Visual Assist had a direct influence as to how some of the features in Visual Studio panned out. But what makes Visual Assist (VA) such a compelling purchase? And what about it makes it a…
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Installing Virtual Machines to use Visual Studio on Mac

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August 27, 2024
There are many options for IDEs for developers who are working on a Mac; however, there may still be use cases and instances where the available options are insufficient. For example some projects and client requirements may dictate the use of Microsoft’s Visual Studio (VS)—which is predominantly designed for the Windows OS. As a workaround for, what most Mac users have done (and is one of…
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Visual Assist 2024.4 release post - ARM Support

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June 12, 2024
It’s our pleasure to announce a new Visual Assist release, headed by a major addition—supporting ARM! We hope you find this release useful. Visit our website to download the release. ARM support Big news for Visual Assist’s device support! Windows ARM is now supported starting this release, Visual Assist 2024.4. Visual Assist is now available as a fully ARM-native plugin, fully supported in…
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