This comprehensive course covers the advanced features of Visual Studio 2019 and uses a practical approach to bolster your programming skills and simplify application development requirements. You will master advanced topics to take your skills to the next level with Visual Studio 2019. We begin with a quick overview, then introduce the new features, including updates such as tighter integration between Visual Studio Team Explorer and Azure DevOps, a suite of tools that enables you to easily create cloud-enabled apps powered by Microsoft Azure. You will learn to create apps for the web as well as cross-platform applications. You will learn how to connect to databases using Server Explorer. You will learn how to debug, test, and improve your code and deploy your app. You will also learn how to manage your code, collaborate, and extend Visual Studio’s functionalities. By the end of the course, you will have mastered the new features and functionalities of Visual Studio 2019 to utilize the full benefits of Visual Studio when it comes to building advanced applications. All the code files are on GitHub at the following link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/-Mastering-Visual-Studio-2019