
We see a new option while opening a file which tells about the health of the file. The new search is capable to search almost everything like menus, commands, options, installable components, project code, and Online as well. This feature is dedicated to the developer's productivity. A team member can join a Live Share session by navigating to “File > Join Collaboration Session” and providing the Live Share Invitation Link.Once the Live Share environment is ready, we will see a “Sharing” menu and an invitation link copied to the clipboard that we can share with other team members to join the session. Click on the Live Share option to start a collaboration session.
By default, Visual Studio uses a personalization account for the Live Share feature though, we can change the account details for Live Share from the option, as shown in the screenshot, by navigating to Tools > Options > Live Share > User account to switch the credentials. The developer can sign in using a Microsoft account or Microsoft-backed school or work account. The Live Share option is available at the right-end corner. The live share enhances the developer collaboration but to use this feature, a developer must sign into Visual Studio so that the other developers would know who is sharing the information. The design of the 'Create a new project' window has also changed, however, it contains almost a similar functionality to that of the earlier Visual Studio release. We see a link as “Continue without code” which opens the VS2019 IDE without any solution. We can directly clone a repository, open an existing project, create a new project, and navigate as well as open a folder for code changes. We will see a completely new look of VS2019 startup window.
Visual Studio 2019 IDE Features and Improvements The major IDE features and improvements are discussed in detail as below.