Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.3.0

Microsoft has released version 16.3.0 of Visual Studio 2019. This popular programming development environment has useful options to make programming easier in Visual C++, Visual Basic, C#, F#, Python and R, among others. The complete list of the changes in the 2019 edition can be found in the accompanying release notes. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Summary of What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3

• Support for adding new Open API & GRPC service references to .NET Core 3.0 projects.
• Support for F# 4.7 and various F# tooling improvements
• Improvements for C++ developersincluding toggleable line comments and improved IntelliSense member list filtering.
• Search through recent projects, solutions, and folders within the start window.
• Search for templates in the New Project Dialog with advanced search capabilities.
• publish .NET Core 3.0 worker projects to Azure Container Registry, DockerHub, etc.
• .NET Productivity additions in this release include the ability to rename the containing file when renaming a class as well as Edit and Continue enhancements within the debugger.
• Debug Azure Functions running in Linux containers.
• Search individual components while installing or modifying in the Visual Studio Installer.
• Streamlined Visual Studio update experience that integrates Visual Studio IDE and Installer updates.
• Differentiate workloads and components when adding them in the Visual Studio IDE.
• Code Search via VS Search (Ctrl+Q)
• Easily find newly installed project templates, view selected values ​​on filters, and pin recently used templates in the New Project Dialog.
• Easily configure your applications’ dependencies in publish profiles using the new [Add Dependency] wizard(#webtools-add-dependency-wizard).
• The Visual Studio installer components for .NET Core 2.1 and 2.2 now also include templates (instead of just the runtime).
• Tooling support for serving static assets from within a Razor class library.
• Updated Python Testing Experience using the newly-added Python testing framework pytest as well as a modified unittest experience.
• Reduced time to index large folders and search for files in these folders.
• Added support for Xcode 11 and iOS 13.
• Added support for Android 10.
• use XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms. to rapidly iterate on your Xamarin.Forms UI.
• Android Material Design in the XAML Previewer for Xamarin.Forms.
• New constraint editor in the Xamarin Designer for iOS.
• Enabled publishing iOS apps on Windows.
• There are new options for editing .plist files.
• Improved tasks view when debugging in Parallel Stacks Window.
• A variety of C++ productivity improvementsincluding new C++ Core checks, a new default semantic colorization scheme, and on-by-default IntelliCode
• Support for parallel builds in MSBuild-based Linux C++ projects that leverage the native WSL experience.
• .NET Productivity additions in this release include the ability to wrap chains of fluent calls, introduce a local variable immediately after writing its initializer, .NET Core tooling support for analyzers, and an option to expand the list of completions for unimported types.
• JavaScript/TypeScript syntax classifications and refactorings are more responsive in files.
• Updated the C++ IntelliCode base model to be on-by-default and included Repeated Edits for C#.
• Experimental Visual Studio Terminal
• Support for TypeScript 3.6 and more responsive JavaScript/TypeScript refactoring.
• The Performance Profiler via ALT-F2 now provides a database tool for .Net Core projects.
• Added a prompt to install Docker Desktop when adding Docker Support.
• Added the capability to load symbols manually for Azure Watson and .NET Core remote debugging.
• Restored certificate generation and improved the UWP Package signing experience.

Top Issues Fixed in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3.0

• “Create Test Certificate” option missing from UWP SDK in VS2019
• VS2019 – Query designer stopped working
• Project Properties – Code Analysis – Text is WRONG
• Visual Studio 2019 freezes and crashes on creating new project
• Editor and productivity features are not fully localized in Visual Studio 2019 16.3 Preview 3
• Problem with command Tab order (in design mode)
• Error: Some or all identity references could not be translated.
• Visual Studio 16.2 hangs opening any dialog for editing
• error MSB6006: “CL.exe” exited with code 2.
• Blank code metrics result
• VS2019 is crashing during start of the debug session if “Enable Edit and Continue” is switched off.
• Visual Studio 2019(16.0.2) generator incorrect code with inline+/O2 in Qt 5.12.3 QBezier
• Error Signing into VS Feedback Tool
• Rename refactoring does not work in files included in Shared Projects – Rename operation was canceled or is not valid
• Brace completion when member list is up does not put the character in the right position
• Problem with command Tab order (in design mode)
• error MSB6006: “CL.exe” exited with code 2.
• Error Signing into the VS Feedback Tool
• blank code metrics result
• Rename refactoring does not work in files included in Shared Projects – Rename operation was canceled or is not valid
• C++/CLI bug with inline namespaces header
• Error: Some or all identity references could not be translated.
• rvalue-reference-to-array can bind to lvalue-reference-to-array
• Brace completion when member list is up does not put the character in the right position
• Secure Secrets with Azure Key Vault Not In Connected Services List
• VS file search is signficantly slower than VA file search
• Visual Studio crash when TFS is not found.
• Visual Studio error displaying .razor file.
• target=”blank”>Increase AndroidClientHandler timeouts.
• “Create Test Certificate” option missing from UWP SDK in VS2019.