Microsoft announces Visual Studio 2022: 64-bit trial coming this summer

Microsoft has announced the preview version of Visual Studio 2022 and it does so loaded with new features, something logical if we take into account that the current version is 2019. A Visual Studio 2022 that It stands out for embracing 64 bits, as Microsoft has already done with other applications.

Visual Studio is one of Microsoft's flagship applications. A utility that allows developers to create web applications or web services in any environment that supports the .NET platform. This includes web pages, game consoles, mobile devices... Now we know that Visual Studio 2022 will arrive in the test version throughout the summer.

Interface changes and 64 bits arrive

Visual Studio 2022 will arrive throughout the summer, giving developers time to test and test the IDE before the release of the final version. A version that stands out from the start for making the leap to 64 bits.

Visual Studio follow in the footsteps of other applications such as OneDrive, which has already made the leap to 64-bit. This leap does not make it impossible, however, to use Visual Studio to create 32-bit tools and applications.

Along with the ditching of the 4 GB limitation, Visual Studio 2022 will arrive with a revamped user interface that includes new icons Likewise it will offer support for Cascadia Code and a new fixed-width font aimed at improving readability.In the case of macOS, Visual Studio will make use of the native user interface. Of the rest of the improvements, highlight:

• Compatibility with .NET 6, Microsoft's framework for building web, desktop, and mobile applications for multiple operating systems.
• Compatibility with .NET MAUI and ASP.NET Blazor.
• Compatibility with C++ 20 tools, last year's revision of the C++ language standard.
• Intellicode engine AI improvements to detect potential code issues in real time.
• Integration with Accessibility Insights, a tool that detects accessibility problems in applications.
• The 'Live Share' collaboration feature will integrate a text chat.
• Additional support for Git and GitHub.
• Enhanced code search.

For now It is not known when the final version of Visual Studio 2022 will be released, although everything indicates that despite the name, we will have new ration of the tool before the end of the year.

Via | ZDNet