Creating a simple VS 2022 extension
Now that you know how to install extensions in VS 2022, you may be wondering how to create an extension for VS. Although this process may sound very complex, fortunately, the team behind VS 2022 has been working on a new framework called VisualStudio.Extensibility. Although currently in the preview stage, it is the future as far as creating extensions for VS 2022 is concerned.
Some of the new features and characteristics of this framework are as follows:
- Improved performance and reliability
- A modern, asynchronous API
- Improved stability for testing
- A simplified architecture with consistent APIs
To create an extension using VisualStudio.Extensibility, you must search for and install the VisualStudio.Extensibility Project System
extension via Extension Manager, as you saw in the Searching for and installing extensions section.
Once the new extension has been installed and VS has been restarted, in the template selector...