Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2022.3 now available

Visual Assist 2022.3 is out and brings some exciting news for those working with graphics shaders! It also adds a pair of code inspection checks, as well as a new navigation option for Open File in Solution. Visual Assist HLSL support High-level shader language (HLSL), while vaguely similar to C in syntax, is a distinct language and thus most native Visual Studio features may behave…
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Tips and Tricks

How Successful People Make The Most of Unreal Engine

Many developers have started using Unreal Engine to achieve their expected level of visual realism. The reason is the growing popularity of video games. The ever-increasing power of modern game engines has also led many people in gaming industries to strive for a more visually impressive and immersive gaming experience. In this article, we will focus on how successful people make the…
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10 Undeniable Reasons to Love C++ Extensions

Visual Studio is by far one of the most advanced IDEs in the world. Being one of the oldest IDEs, it is still the most popular in the C++ community. In fact, a JetBrains survey [1] found that 27 percent of C++ developers prefer Visual Studio over any other IDE–the highest for any IDE.  Although Visual Studio is a comprehensive IDE, it does not cater to all the development needs.
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How to Set Up Visual Assist

Visual Assist is a coding productivity tool for C++ and C# developers. It extends Visual Studio to make the programming experience better by providing tools for understanding code, checking code, and writing code. Some of its benefits include fast navigation…
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Bartłomiej Filipek Reveals Why He's a Big Fan of Visual Assist

Bartlomiej Filipek is a software developer from the Polish city of Cracow. Bartek, as he prefers to be called, started coding when he was 14 years old, after reading “C++ in 24h”, and got his first real programming job in 2007. Bartek broad professional experience includes Native Windows Desktop Apps, OpenGL, Gamedev, BioFeedback games, .NET, large-scale app development, flight planning…
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