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Visual Studio 2019

10 Courses
16 Hours
Skill IQ

Visual Studio 2019 is the latest release of Microsoft's flagship IDE for building solutions in a wide range of languages across multiple platforms. This skill path will help you get everything possible out of Visual Studio and has something for everyone, whether you are a first-time Visual Studio user or an experienced pro.

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Content in this path

Beginner

These courses are designed to help you master the most common activities in Visual Studio. If you have used prior versions of Visual Studio, check out the What's New in Visual Studio 2019 course to quickly come up to speed on all the new features. If you are new to Visual Studio, you will want to check out the Getting Started with Visual Studio 2019 course. Then, take your debugging skills to the next level with a deep dive on debugging in the last course in this category.

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What's New in Visual Studio 2019

  • by Barry Luijbregts
  • 59m
  • Apr 24, 2019
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Visual Studio 2019 Getting Started

  • by Kate Gregory
  • 2h 10m
  • Jun 04, 2019
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Visual Studio 2019: Debugging

  • by Alex Wolf
  • 1h 38m
  • May 03, 2019

Intermediate

Refine your skills with the courses in this section as you learn to manage your Git repositories using Visual Studio. You can look forward to learning about all of the testing features available in Visual Studio, the code analysis features and how Visual Studio helps you migrate solutions to Azure.

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Using Git for Source Control in Visual Studio 2019

  • by Thomas Claudius Huber
  • 2h 3m
  • Apr 04, 2019
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Testing .NET Code in Visual Studio 2019

  • by Thomas Claudius Huber
  • 2h 52m
  • Jul 16, 2019
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Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2019

  • by Alex Wolf
  • 1h 17m
  • Aug 21, 2019
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Migrating Applications and Services to Azure with Visual Studio 2019

  • by Scott Allen
  • 2h 22m
  • Jan 28, 2020

Advanced

Set yourself apart with the knowledge you will gain in this track. In just over half an hour, you can learn how to use Visual Studio Live Share. Then you will learn about the advanced debugging features and how to build cloud native solutions in Visual Studio.

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Play by Play: Visual Studio Live Share

  • by Brice Wilsonby Scott Allen
  • 36m
  • Feb 16, 2024
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Advanced Debugging with Visual Studio 2019

  • by Kate Gregory
  • 38m
  • Aug 22, 2019
Course

Building Cloud-native Solutions for Azure with Visual Studio

  • by Barry Luijbregts
  • 1h 6m
  • May 14, 2019
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What You'll Learn
  • Creating and managing projects in Visual Studio
  • Use of Visual Studio's refactorings
  • How to use Visual Studio's extensive debugging capabilities
  • How to debug on remote servers
  • Using Git from Visual Studio as a source control solution
  • Using Visual Studio Live Share to collaborate with other developers
  • How to use code analysis to produce cleaner code
  • How to run tests from Visual Studio
Prerequisites
  • None
Related topics
  • C#
  • ASP.NET
  • C++
  • ASP.NET Core
  • .NET
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Barry Luijbregts
Barry Luijbregts
Barry is an independent software architect and developer with a passion for the cloud. He is also a Pluralsight author and a podcast host. He has worked for lots of companies throughout the last decades and is keen to share his knowledge with the community. He has a broad and deep knowledge of the Microsoft stack with a special interest on web technology and the cloud. He currently teaches people about the benefits of the cloud. You can reach Barry on Twitter @AzureBarry and through his website...
Kate Gregory
Kate Gregory
Kate Gregory is in her fifth decade of being paid to program. Her firm, Gregory Consulting Limited, is based in rural Ontario and helps clients adopt new technologies and adjust to the changing business environment. Mentoring, technical writing, and technical speaking are her preferred ways of sharing wisdom with large groups of people. Kate is the author of over a dozen books and speaks at conferences around the world, with keynotes on 5 continents. Kate develops courses (primarily on C++) for ...
Alex Wolf
Alex Wolf
Alex Wolf works as a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft and specializes in .NET on Azure and .NET AI . He is passionate about learning and teaching software development and has over a decade of experience in the .NET and Azure ecosystems. He is also highly engaged in DevOps and various cloud technologies to improve development workflows and infrastructure. Alex has worked for companies of nearly every size, ranging from small start-ups to massive enterprises. He also maintains a hobbyist i...
Thomas Claudius Huber
Thomas Claudius Huber
Thomas is a Microsoft MVP for Windows Development. He works as a developer, consultant, and trainer in the fields of .NET, C#, TypeScript, XAML, and Azure. Thomas is a well-known speaker and book author. He has written several special interest books in his areas, including an extensive handbook for Windows Presentation Foundation and a handbook on development with TypeScript. Thomas lives in Germany's Black Forest with his wife and their three daughters. In his spare time, he plays football and ...
Scott Allen
Scott Allen
Scott has worked on everything from 8-bit embedded devices to large scale web sites during his 15+ years in commercial software development. Since 2001, Scott has focused on server-side and web technologies, like ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Workflow, Silverlight, and LINQ. Scott is also a speaker at national conferences like VSLive!, as well as code camps and user groups near his hometown of Hagerstown, MD. Scott has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2005, and has written or co-...
Brice Wilson
Brice Wilson
Brice Wilson has been a professional developer for over 30 years and has used many tools and programming languages during that time. He has worked as a developer and architect for a number of large companies and enjoys learning, experimenting with, and teaching new technologies. His current interests are centered on server and client-side web development.

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