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TypeScript 7 native preview in Visual Studio 2026
In March of this year Anders Hejlsberg announced TypeScript 7 native preview and in May Daniel posted Announcing TypeScript Native Previews. Visual Studio 2026 Insiders now supports TypeScript’s Native Preview. Use the download link below to install the latest preview of Visual Studio to try this out. When using this new preview, your compile times should be significantly faster, the IDE will use less memory, and you should see improved performance all around. This is especially true if you work with large TypeScript projects. What is TypeScript 7 native preview? TypeScript 7 native preview is a new version...
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders: Using Podman for Container Development
Podman is an open-source container engine that has rapidly gained popularity for its daemonless architecture, rootless operation, and compatibility with Docker CLI commands. Unlike Docker, Podman does not require a central daemon, offering improved security and flexibility - especially in enterprise and cloud-native environments. Its ability to run containers without elevated privileges makes it an attractive choice for developers focused on security and compliance. Podman Integration The integration of Podman in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is a game-changer for developers who prefer or require Podman for their...
Diving Into Spec-Driven Development With GitHub Spec Kit
Developers are increasingly relying on AI agents to both build new software as well as extend capabilities of existing projects that they support. One challenge with AI-based systems, however, is that to produce the right output you need to first establish really good context. If you don't decide what you're building and why you're building it ahead of time, the codebase becomes the de-facto specification - a collection of seemingly disjoint components that can work together but are hard to maintain, evolve, and debug. Code is really not the best medium for requirements negotiation - nobody wants to write the ...
Announcing Awesome Copilot MCP Server
Discover and save the best GitHub Copilot chat modes, instructions, and prompts right from Copilot Chat using the new Awesome Copilot MCP Server—install with Docker, search, preview, and commit in one flow.
Designing Multi-Agent Intelligence
Written by: Maggie Liu, Thiago Rotta, Vinicius Souza, James Tooles, & Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs 1. Introduction Generative AI is moving from proof‑of‑concept pilots to mission‑critical workloads at a velocity rarely seen in enterprise technology. The first wave of projects typically stood up a single “do‑everything” agent, a large language model wrapped with prompt‑engineering, a vector store, and a handful of API connectors. That pattern is excellent for narrow FAQ bots, yet it collapses under the weight of real‑world enterprise constraints: Enterprises adopting the latest advancemen...
GPT-5 for Microsoft Developers
OpenAI announced GPT-5 last week in "GPT-5 and the new era of work". Working with OpenAI, we rolled out GPT-5 support the day it launched, making sure you can use and build with it and integrate it into your applications immediately. We've got you covered with a dev-focused rundown: GPT-5 availability, new capabilities, and quick-start steps. And don't miss our GPT-5 for Devs live stream Aug 21 at 10 AM Pacific, where we'll go deeper with code samples, demos, and live Q&A! GPT-5 announcement recap Top highlights from the announcement: Where you can use GPT-5 today...
The Complete Playwright End-to-End Story, Tools, AI, and Real-World Workflows
1. Introduction End-to-end testing has evolved dramatically, and Playwright stands at the forefront. Playwright offers a full ecosystem empowering developers to write, debug, and maintain tests with speed and reliability. From its powerful test runner to rich developer tools like the VS Code extension, Codegen, UI Mode, and Trace Viewer, Playwright covers every phase of your testing journey. With the recent integration of Playwright MCP and the Playwright MCP server included in GitHub Copilot's Coding Agent, AI-assisted development is now a reality, supercharging productivity and enabling smarter workflow...
Join us at Azure Dev Summit 2025
The success of AI-powered apps and agents hinges not only on cutting edge models and AI platforms, but on the developers who are chartered with designing innovative services that are secure, scalable, and grounded in the right knowledge. The inaugural Azure Dev Summit on October 13-16, 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal is the chance for you to dive into the technology innovation alongside fellow developers, architects, and tech leaders building with Azure, .NET, and Microsoft AI. This isn’t just another conference. It’s a community-powered, Microsoft-sponsored celebration of innovation, learning, and connection — and ...
Let’s Learn MCP Series Recap: 8 Languages, 4 Code Bases, Full Resources
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has quickly established itself as the go-to standard for seamlessly connecting AI agents with a variety of external tools and services. In just a few months, it has become a prominent topic at developer events and forums, gaining adoption from companies of all sizes. To meet the rapid pace of advancements, we ran a series of beginner-friendly training events on MCP. If you didn’t catch these events live, don’t worry! They’re all linked below for you to watch at your own pace. In these training sessions, our presenters ran through... What is MCP? How to use an MCP ...