Along with .NET 5, Microsoft today shipped Visual Studio 2019 v16.8, which sees Git turned on by default as the version control experience in the latest update of the company's flagship IDE.

From the ebook: Visual Studio 2019 became generally on April 3rd, bringing with it a slew of new features aimed at making developers more productive.

Microsoft has made Visual Studio 2019 available for download. It ships with several new features that help you to Develop, Collaborate & Debug.

Visual Studio developers now get IntelliCode for XAML and C++ code, in addition to C#. Visual Studio Code developers can use IntelliCode when developing JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and Java.

Visual Studio 2019 automatically downloads updates in the background while the developer’s computer is idle, thus enabling continued usage until it is time to install.

Visual Studio gives C++ developers a productivity boost, plus better debugging for Blazor WebAssembly offline apps.

Visual Studio 2019 has several improvements that speed up build and link time for game developers. The improvements help developers of games such as Forza Horizon 4 spend more time writing code.

This week, Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio Code have both showed up and can now be discovered directly in the Microsoft Store app.