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  "textContent": "**TL;DR:** Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is available for a one-time payment of $34.97 (regularly $499.99) through May 31.\n\nVisual Studio has earned its place as one of the go-to development environments in the industry, and the 2026 version makes a strong case for upgrading — A lifetime license is currently $34.97 (regularly $499.99) through May 31.\n\nThe IDE is fully 64-bit, optimized for larger codebases and more demanding workloads, without the performance drag experienced by older versions.\n\n**Key features include:**\n\n  * Cross-platform building for Windows, Linux, containers, mobile, and web using .NET MAUI, C++, Blazor, ASP.NET, and Azure integrations\n  * Hot Reload so you can push code changes to a running application without stopping and restarting every time\n  * IntelliCode AI assistance that surfaces context-aware completions, refactoring suggestions, and autocomplete recommendations based on your specific codebase\n  * Live Share for real-time collaborative coding and debugging sessions without teammates needing to clone the full repository or replicate a local environment\n  * CodeLens insights that surface commit history, test status, and team activity directly inside the editor\n\n\n\nTogether, these tools cover most of what a modern development team needs in a single environment, without piecing together separate plugins or subscriptions to fill the gaps.\n\nGet Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 for $34.97 (regularly $499.99) through May 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT.\n\nMicrosoft Visual Studio Professional 2026See Deal\n\nStackSocial_prices subject to change._",
  "title": "Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is on sale for $35 through May 31"
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