The Remote File Explorer in Visual Studio provides developers with a convenient way to browse, view, and edit files on remote machines—directly from within the IDE. It’s a powerful tool for managing remote environments without leaving your development workflow.
Scott Hanselman published a new YouTube video to his channel, taking us on the journey of discovering and using the Remote File Explorer to interact with his personal PiDP-11 through shell scripts stored on the minicomputer.
Check out Scott’s video and his thoughts about using the Remote File Explorer below:
Using the Remote File Explorer and remote development capabilities from Visual Studio
To learn more about utilizing the Remote File Explorer, please see our announcement blog post and our updates blog post.
Visual Studio delivers a comprehensive suite of remote development capabilities, empowering developers to build, run, and debug applications on remote Linux systems with the same experience they enjoy locally. From the Integrated Terminal, which offers direct access to the remote shell, to full support for the build system, project system, language services, and debugging tools, every part of the development workflow is designed to work remotely. Whether you’re using MSBuild or CMake-based projects, Visual Studio enables true cross-platform development – allowing you to stay productive across environments without leaving the IDE. To learn more, visit our remote Linux development docs for Visual Studio.
Want to learn more?
Check out our playlist of remote Linux videos for C++ development on YouTube to discover more of our remote tooling:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLReL099Y5nRc6a6gTmir60KUABlPtAodZ
The Microsoft C++ team is continuously looking to improve the remote Linux experience with the IDE and would love to hear from any enterprise that works with Visual Studio. Please reach out to us via email at visualcpp@microsoft.com.
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