Visual Studio Toolbox Live
summary
Demos show concrete changes you can use now: all-in-one search :6 go-to-line with docking, a UI refresh and unified settings with JSON export, and theme/editor separation. Editor adds GitHub Copilot rename suggestions and Copilot-assisted conditional breakpoints. Web work uses Endpoints Explorer plus HTTP file request variables with environments and secrets (user secrets, Key Vault, DPAPI). Profiling CPU captures surface hot paths and Copilot gives optimization suggestions and code fixes. Code coverage now merges across multiple test projects and Test Explorer offers Copilot explanations for failed tests.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:15Editor improvements and search
- 10:12Search and productivity
- 20:45Unified settings and UI
- 23:13HTTP files and endpoints
- 37:46AI debugging and profiling
- 48:26Code coverage and test analysis
- 54:23Git and pull requests
- 1:00:43Closing and Q&A
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