Tips and Tricks

Why It's Necessary to Invest in Visual Studio Extensions

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August 23, 2022
Extensions are tools meant to make a developer’s life easier. But as with any tool, choosing the best one to invest in requires a bit of probing. If you’re in the market for your or your team’s SaaS fix, you’re in luck. This article will make your research a bit easier. In this blog, we discuss the value of one of the most powerful productivity extensions in Visual Studio and why…
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Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2022.3 now available

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August 18, 2022
Visual Assist 2022.3 is out and brings some exciting news for those working with graphics shaders! It also adds a pair of code inspection checks, as well as a new navigation option for Open File in Solution. Visual Assist HLSL support High-level shader language (HLSL), while…
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Recap: What’s New in Visual Assist 2022

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June 16, 2022
Did you miss the What’s New in Visual Assist 2022 webinar? We’ve got you covered.  The webinar and this recap blog are part of ongoing efforts to share more information around the latest Visual Assist updates and developments. Usually we publish what’s new in a…
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Visual Assist 2022.2 is here

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May 12, 2022
Visual Assist 2022.2 has just been released! We have a well-rounded update this time— a number of new features as well as some much needed fixes. Unreal Engine 5 Support The biggest announcement in this release is the the start of official regression and other testing related to Unreal Engine 5. This also comes with some modifications to the IDE UI to make it apparent that our…
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Tips for Aspiring Game Developers

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February 10, 2022
Have you ever considered becoming a game developer but never knew where or how to start? In this blog, we’ll talk about a few things you might want to know before you get started in the video game industry.  The video game industry— by the numbers Many new programmers aspire to land careers in the video game industry. Who wouldn’t want to make triple-A games for a…
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Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2022.1 has arrived

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February 4, 2022
It’s a new year for Visual Assist! This was slightly earlier than expected, but in the interest of making sure that updates and fixes get to you as quickly as possible, we’ve decided on an early release! You can download the latest version of VAX here. New…
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Improving Visual Assist: We need your opinion

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December 15, 2021
Good day! The Whole Tomato team is looking to improve the Visual Assist experience in other fields, and we are inviting you to join us! We are currently looking for focus group participants in the financial service sector. Eligible participants include programmers or…