What are extensions?
Visual Studio extensions allow you to add new functionality to the already amazing Visual Studio 2019 IDE. Adding new features or augmenting existing ones makes your overall experience more enjoyable, and often makes the development process smoother, quicker, and easier.
Extensions in Visual Studio 2019 are managed using the Manage Extensions functionality. On Windows, you can show the window using the Extensions | Manage Extensions menu, as illustrated in the following screenshot:
Figure 11.1 – Extensions menu (Windows)
On the Mac, you use Visual Studio | Extensions…, as illustrated in the following screenshot:
Figure 11.2 – Extensions menu (Mac)
Selecting these menu options will show the Manage Extensions window, as depicted in the following screenshot:
Figure 11.3 – Manage Extensions (Windows)
The Extension Manager functionality on the Mac has very similar...
