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How to Update Extensions for Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Sep 19, 2025
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The Visual Studio extension manifest UI displays the Install Targets section, highlighting identifiers, version ranges, and product architecture. — The Visual Studio extension manifest UI displays the Install Targets section

Visual Studio 2026, codenamed Dev18, is the next-gen AI-powered IDE. It empowers millions of developers around the world. They create applications for Web, Desktop, Mobile, Gaming, and more.

The VS team shares the public preview version of the IDE with early adopters. This happens before releasing it to the Stable channel.

To match Windows, the Preview channel is now called Insiders. Insiders can try new features before everyone else.

Now, the first VS2026 Insiders release is available for download. Further details in this article.

Visual Studio’s extensibility model adds to its robustness. Several extensions are hosted in the VS Marketplace. They cater to the specific needs of developers in different stages of software development.

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XAML Basics: Building UI with .NET MAUI and More – Part 2

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Dec 11, 2024
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This article represents the second installment of the XAML for Beginners series, which elucidates the concept of declarative markup in the context of defining UI in .NET applications. All articles within this series are accessible from here.

The initial article focused mainly on introducing XAML and its building blocks.

In this article, the focus will be on the following:

Attached Properties
Generics
Passing Arguments

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XAML Basics: Building UI with .NET MAUI and More

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Dec 9, 2024
2 Comments on XAML Basics: Building UI with .NET MAUI and More

Starting a new series entitled XAML for Beginners elucidates the concept of declarative markup to define UI in .NET applications. All articles within this series can be accessed from here.

The second installment of this series is now available to read here.

XAML is an acronym that stands for eXtensible Application Markup Language. It was first introduced in 2006, accompanying the initial release of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) alongside .NET 3.0.

The principal objective of this methodology is to segregate the UI design from the program logic. This separation allows the design team to focus solely on the UI, while the program logic can be developed and evaluated independently. Consequently, these components can be integrated into a unified system.

The MVVM design pattern is an exemplary framework for accomplishing this. However, XAML also supports the code-behind approach.

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.NET MAUI All-in-One Templates Pack – 20K Installs

Post author By Vijay Anand E G
Post date Mar 27, 2024

The .NET MAUI All-in-One Templates Pack Visual Studio 2022 extension has achieved the significant milestone of 20K installations. It’s time to celebrate.🎊🎉🎇🎆

The initial version was released on Jul 18, 2021, and it took 2 years and 8 months to reach this stage with an average of 20 installations every day.

To know more about the features offered, consult this What’s New article.

If you would like to recognize the work, kindly consider sponsoring on the GitHub Sponsor page or Buy Me a Coffee page. Thanks in advance.

Happy coding. Stay connected as we continue to learn and share the experiences from this exciting journey of being a .NET developer.

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