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Guides and analysis for Microsoft Visual Studio — edition comparisons, new features, and licensing advice for developers and teams.
Visual Studio 2026 ships with .NET 10, C# 14, and AI-native tooling built into the core IDE. For .NET developers in the UK, the tooling has never been stronger — but the licensing picture hasn’t got simpler. This guide covers what .NET professionals actually get in VS 2026, where the Community licence stops being an […]
Visual Studio 2026 Professional and JetBrains Rider are both serious, capable IDEs for .NET development. The question most UK developers are actually asking is a licensing one: pay once, or subscribe indefinitely? This guide cuts through the feature comparisons you can find anywhere and focuses on what matters — what each IDE does better, and […]
A genuine Visual Studio 2026 Professional licence key activates the full IDE permanently on one PC — no subscription, no annual renewal. The purchase takes two minutes. The activation takes five. This is the complete walkthrough, including the workload decisions that most guides skip over. Ready to buy Visual Studio 2026 Professional — £280 Perpetual […]
Updated 7 September 2026 9 min read Visual Studio Microsoft’s published figures for Visual Studio 2026 are 4 GB of RAM minimum, 16 GB recommended, and “works best” with 64 GB. That last number did the rounds and alarmed a lot of developers — but it is a best-case target, not a requirement. Here’s what […]
Updated April 2026 8 min read Visual Studio Visual Studio 2015 reached end of life in October 2025. Visual Studio 2017 and 2019 are in extended support — security patches only, no new features, no .NET compatibility updates. If you are still on one of these versions, here is exactly where each stands and what […]
Dev Dispatch Visual Studio 2026 Editions Published April 2026 6 min read Ready to upgrade? Buy a genuine Visual Studio 2026 Professional licence key — instant delivery → Visual Studio 2026 — Editions & Pricing Explained Visual Studio 2026 Community is free to download — but for most developers, free isn’t actually an option. Microsoft’s […]
Visual Studio · Comparison Guide · Updated April 2026 TL;DR Buying a fresh licence today? VS 2026 Professional is the better long-term investment — native AI agents, .NET 10 first-class support, and a substantially more responsive shell. Stick with VS 2022 if you have Xamarin workloads not yet on MAUI, or if your organisation needs […]