New Debugging and Profiling Features in Visual Studio (v17.13)

Debugging and Profiling Features in Visual Studio v17.13

• Smarter exception and variable analysis:
  • GitHub Copilot Exception Analysis and Variable Analysis provide sharper, context-aware insights to help identify errors more quickly and accurately.
• AI-Powered Parallel Stacks window:
  • Auto-Summarize feature generates AI-based summaries in Parallel Stacks for better understanding of thread activities during parallel debugging.
• GitHub Copilot Assisted Debugging Features:
  • Receive AI-generated LINQ queries for customized data filtering with syntax highlighting for easier reading.
• Profiling Features:
  • Targeted Instrumentation for native code:
    • Instrumentation tool now offers targeted instrumentation for native code, improving performance monitoring and issue spotting.
  • Multiprocess Analysis with Color-Coded Swimlanes in CPU Usage:
    • CPU Usage tool now supports multiprocess analysis with color-coded swimlanes for each process, simplifying resource usage visualization and performance tuning.

Overall, Visual Studio v17.13 introduces advanced debugging and profiling capabilities, streamlining troubleshooting and performance optimization processes for developers.