In the competitive world of software development, speed and efficiency are of the essence. Microsoft, well aware of the developer's need for rapid response times, has made it a priority to optimize the performance of its popular integrated development environment (IDE) - Visual Studio.

Their most recent release, Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7, stands as a testament to their ongoing commitment to this cause. Let's dive in as we break down, what these changes really mean for the everyday coder.

If you've been in the coding game for a while, you know how bothersome it can be to constantly switch between your coding environment and another tool just to compare two files. Well, Microsoft heard the collective sighs and brought out something cool for us in their latest Visual Studio 2022 update (version number 17.7): the ability to compare files directly within the Visual Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment).