{"id":2533,"date":"2022-06-16T13:03:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wholetomato.com\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2022-06-16T13:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:03:41","slug":"webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New in Visual Assist 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you miss the What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New in Visual Assist 2022 webinar? We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got you covered.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The webinar and this recap blog are part of ongoing efforts to share more information around the latest Visual Assist updates and developments. Usually we publish what&#8217;s new in a bulletin, but we haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t often had a webinar where we share what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new and have live questions and answers. So we had one!<\/p>\n<p>The webinar was hosted by Whole Tomato\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chris Gardner (Lead Developer), David Millington (Product Manager), and Kyle Wheeler (General Manager).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to skip ahead to specific parts, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve summarized the most important points and linked them to the appropriate section in the webinar.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#An_overview_of_Visual_Assist_and_its_features\" >An overview of Visual Assist and its features<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#What_makes_Visual_Assist_a_unique_C_productivity_toolA\" >What makes Visual Assist a unique C++ productivity tool?\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#Live_Demo_Using_Code_Inspection_to_Modernize_Code\" >Live Demo: Using Code Inspection to Modernize Code<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#Live_Demo_Accessing_features_Navigation_CommandsA\" >Live Demo: Accessing features (Navigation &amp; Commands)\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#WhataE%E2%84%A2s_new_in_Visual_Assist\" >What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new in Visual Assist<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#The_future_of_Visual_Assist\" >The future of Visual Assist<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#Getting_involved\" >Getting involved<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/#Viewing_the_webinar\" >Viewing the webinar<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_overview_of_Visual_Assist_and_its_features\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=105s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An overview of Visual Assist and its features<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2537\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/va-categories\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?fit=980%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VA categories\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?fit=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?fit=980%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2537 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?resize=681%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?resize=768%2C396&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/VA-categories.jpg?resize=360%2C186&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this section, Chris gives a brief rundown of Visual Assist features, and how Visual Studio users can benefit from the tool. And while this serves as a great introduction to new users, Chris imparts his years of knowledge and experience\u00e2\u20ac\u201d making it a great reference even for those already familiar with the tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section includes a quick summary of the key feature categories included in the Visual Assist package:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=230s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=300s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refactoring<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=443s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code generation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=532s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other features<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_makes_Visual_Assist_a_unique_C_productivity_toolA\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/711K2eBgSh0?t=540\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes Visual Assist a unique C++ productivity tool?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/visual-assist-unique-selling-points\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?fit=980%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"980,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Visual Assist Unique Selling Points\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?fit=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?fit=980%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2540\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?resize=479%2C247&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?resize=768%2C396&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Visual-Assist-Unique-Selling-Points.jpg?resize=360%2C186&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a ton of features,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Kyle Wheeler. The tool has been available for a few years and has seen many versions of Visual Studio. And with each version came \u00e2\u20ac\u0153new complexities, challenges but also new opportunities\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the main design principles of Visual Assist is <\/span><b>finding gaps in Visual Studio and making them better. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The native environment sometimes does not work in the most intuitive of ways or struggles \u00e2\u20ac\u0153because C++ code is [relatively] complex\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which is why the tool tries to provide better options, if not outright replacements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But apart from a lengthy list of added functionality, David Millington explains a few key benefits of having Visual Assist as a coding partner:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-distracting, non-flashy\u00c2\u00a0 UI that shows up only when needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low memory usage,\u00c2\u00a0 making it perfect for large projects &#8211; we recently halved memory usage, and we were already pretty good<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly performant to parse and to provide results from parsing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parser can handle non-compiling code, i.e. code you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in the middle of working on<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Live_Demo_Using_Code_Inspection_to_Modernize_Code\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=840s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Demo: Using Code Inspection to Modernize Code<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2541\" style=\"width: 830px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2541\" data-attachment-id=\"2541\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/code-refactoring-va-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?fit=1133%2C859&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1133,859\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Code Refactoring VA 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?fit=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?fit=1024%2C776&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?resize=820%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Visual Assist's Code Refactoring\" width=\"820\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?w=1133&amp;ssl=1 1133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?resize=1024%2C776&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?resize=768%2C582&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Code-Refactoring-VA-2022.jpg?resize=360%2C273&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visual Assist inspects code for issues and automatically suggests a replacement according to latest standards.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris demoed one of Visual Assist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refactoring tools that looks for code issues and automatically suggest the replacement code appropriate to the latest C++ coding standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This feature makes it easier to maintain older code bases or update legacy code to modern, and often safer and more performant, coding styles. For example, following the latest C++ Standard Template Library (STL) standard practices.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2545\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2545\" data-attachment-id=\"2545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/batch-fix-code-inspection\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?fit=794%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"794,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Batch Fix Code Inspection\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?fit=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?fit=794%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?resize=580%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?w=794&amp;ssl=1 794w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?resize=768%2C488&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Batch-Fix-Code-Inspection.jpg?resize=360%2C229&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can quickly apply all fixes in the code inspection results window.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: This feature is currently disabled by default. Turn it on via accessing Extensions &gt; VAssistX &gt; Code Inspection (beta).\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Live_Demo_Accessing_features_Navigation_CommandsA\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1168s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Demo: Accessing features (Navigation &amp; Commands)\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris also gave a brief demo of the most popular Visual Assist features and their default\/recommended shortcuts. He also shows a few tips and tricks to maximize these features.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1220s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refactoring Menu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; a comprehensive dialog menu that shows a list of available actions depending on the highlighted symbol<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1290s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to related<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -\u00c2\u00a0 a strong navigational feature wherein you can jump to anywhere related to the current symbol<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1330s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyboard shortcuts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; best way of finding and learning how to use new functions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1456s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open file in solution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; a lightweight search window that lists all openable files<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1588s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find symbols<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; a tool for finding and jumping to a symbol<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=1870s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code snippets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; used to create, save, and insert snippets of code quickly<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris and Kyle also gave a few tips on how to keep track of the many shortcuts and how to integrate them into you workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WhataE%E2%84%A2s_new_in_Visual_Assist\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=2130s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new in Visual Assist<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Studio 2022 support, Unreal Engine 5 parity, and more! These are just a few of the latest developments in the recent versions of Visual Assist.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Visual Studio 2022<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b>David explained how the shift to an x64 process affects Visual Studio coding, and also what it may mean in terms of new and exciting possibilities for Visual Assist.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unreal Engine 5<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris shared a bit on Unreal Engine 5: his firsthand experience with a UE5 demo, the troubles with development on Visual Studio, and how VA remains a highly necessary tool for UE development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other notable updates<br \/>\n<\/b>David capped off the latest VA news with a list of key development points for Visual Assist in the past year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_future_of_Visual_Assist\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=711K2eBgSh0&amp;t=2695s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The future of Visual Assist<\/span><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following bullet points are by no means official announcements, but they are ideas currently being considered by the product development team.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consolidating more Unreal Engine improvements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving C# support and feature parity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More refactoring options<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Studio for ARM<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking advantage of new 64-bit architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_involved\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting involved<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This update webinar was a new effort for us. It may be useful to be able to ask questions and have the team answer them directly, s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o if you prefer these live sessions of what&#8217;s new in Visual Assist, do let us know so we can continue doing more in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And if you have any other suggestions on what we should focus on next, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feel free to shoot us a message on our <\/span><a href=\"mailto:support@wholetomato.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support channel<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2548\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/webinar-recap-whats-new-in-visual-assist-2022\/ds314-wt-wtmvpwebinarbanner-lj_190x280\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?fit=397%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"397,325\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?fit=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?fit=397%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-2548 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?resize=313%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?w=397&amp;ssl=1 397w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?resize=110%2C90&amp;ssl=1 110w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DS314-WT-WTMVPWebinarBanner-LJ_190x280.png?resize=360%2C295&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you know someone in the community who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a great help to your coding journey, let us know. They might be our next <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.wholetomato.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/05\/announcing-our-gdc-giveaway-winner-plus-an-important-community-announcement\/\\\">MVP<\/a>. (It might even be you!)\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Viewing_the_webinar\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viewing the webinar<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full webinar recording is available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/711K2eBgSh0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you miss the What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New in Visual Assist 2022 webinar? 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