Also: Survey shows IDE's dominance among .NET Core developers, despite cross-platform options Tim Anderson Thu 21 Jan 2021 // 14:13 UTC Share Copy Preview 3 of Visual Studio 2019 16.9, the next big release of Microsoft's Windows IDE, features debugging for Chromium-based WebView, audio cues in tests, and updated C++ support. The Visual Studio release cycle is based around minor version updates every three or four months with previews in between. Version 16.9 will be a "servicing baseline" release, which means it has longer support than most, extended to one year. A key new component for Windows desktop developers is WebView2, a browser control based on Edge Chromium rather than the old Internet Explored-based Trident. This is in preview, but how do you debug it if things are not as expected?