Visual Studio v17.11 brings productivity improvements, GitHub Copilot enhancements

GitHub Copilot now automatically suggests breakpoints based on code, for more efficient debugging. In addition, GitHub Copilot is now integrated into the tooltip on hovers over symbols to provide an AI-generated summary of the selected symbol. GitHub Copilot also features more precise, context-aware code completions and introduces content exclusion capabilities to provide more security for GitHub Copilot Business and GitHub Copilot Enterprise customers, Microsoft said.

Visual Studio v17.11 also enhances code search capabilities and improves the pull request creation experience with target branch selection, commit counts, and other fixes. Microsoft has also made some changes to the default keyboard shortcuts. Users will find that some common keyboard shortcuts now match those in other popular IDEs.

Visual Studio 17.11 also features improvements to debugging and diagnostics, such as improved handling and diagnostics for asynchronous code and enhanced profiling tools for better performance analysis. A preview of an improved debugging experience for Blazor WebAssembly apps targeting the planned .NET 9 platform is featured as well. For C++, expanded support is offered for developers working in cross-platform environments.