Visual Studio 2019 New Features

Introduction to Visual Studio 2019

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The major IDE features and improvements are discussed in detail as below.

Visual Studio 2019 IDE Features and Improvements

1. Start Page
   We will see a completely new look of VS2019 startup window. We can directly clone a repository, open an existing project, create a new project, and navigate as well as open a folder for code changes. We see a link as “Continue without code” which opens the VS2019 IDE without any solution. The new look is shown below.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Create Project
   The design of the "Create a new project" window has also changed, however, it contains almost a similar functionality to that of the earlier Visual Studio release.
   
   
   

3. Live Share
   The live share enhances the developer collaboration but to use this feature, a developer must sign into Visual Studio so that the other developers would know who is sharing the information.
   
   
   1. The Live Share option is available at the right-end corner.
      
      
      
      
      
   2. The developer can sign in using a Microsoft account or Microsoft-backed school or work account.
      
      
   3. By default, Visual Studio uses a personalization account for the Live Share feature though, we can change the account details for Live Share from the option, as shown in the screenshot, by navigating to Tools > Options > Live Share > User account to switch the credentials.
      
      
      
      
      
   4. Click on the Live Share option to start a collaboration session. Once the Live Share environment is ready, we will see a “Sharing” menu and an invitation link copied to the clipboard that we can share with other team members to join the session.
      
      
   5. A team member can join a Live Share session by navigating to “File > Join Collaboration Session” and providing the Live Share Invitation Link.