Visual Studio 2026 Now Available, 4 Years Since Last Release

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The announcement of Visual Studio 2026 has sparked a mixed reaction among developers, with some appreciating new features like CLI arguments in the toolbar, while others criticize the adoption of Windows 11 UI design and breaking existing themes.

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BiraIgnacio

about 2 months ago

Interesting that AI (well, copilot) appeared only in the bottom half of the list of features.

shortrounddev2

about 2 months ago

Not really sure how I feel about it. It has some neat UI features (like CLI arguments in the toolbar) but I dislike the Windows 11 UI design and this is just... more of that. Plus it breaks existing themes

gnabgib

about 2 months ago

Wrong URL? What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2026 version 18.0

ChrisArchitect

about 2 months ago

Earlier release notes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2026... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45889494)

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