Webinar Recap

Break Free from IntelliSense Hell with Visual Assist: Learn UE5 C++ Development Techniques [Webinar Recap]

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October 13, 2025
This is the third session in the webinar series on Unreal Engine 5 workflows with Assembla and Visual Assist. Chris Gardner, lead developer at Whole Tomato Software, challenges conventional wisdom about when to use C++ versus Blueprints and demonstrates how Visual Assist solves critical pain points in Unreal Engine C++ development. ? Watch the live demo replay here. The Blueprint vs C++…
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Tips and Tricks

How Visual Assist Supercharges Your C++ Development in Visual Studio

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September 22, 2025
Introduction C++ is one of the most powerful and complex programming languages in the world—but that power often comes at a cost. If you’re building in Visual Studio, you’ve likely felt the friction: endless scrolling through files, sluggish navigation, fragile refactoring, and repetitive boilerplate code. That’s where Visual Assist comes in. This powerful Visual Studio C++ plugin is…
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Tips and Tricks

C++ Coroutines for Async Development: Why You Should be Excited

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August 22, 2025
TL;DR C++ coroutines bring a smarter way to write async code by letting functions pause and resume naturally, so your logic stays clean while handling thousands of tasks efficiently. Instead of messy callbacks or heavy threads, you get code that reads simple but performs like a powerhouse. They’re not the easiest to learn and the tooling is still evolving, but for high performance use cases like…
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Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2025.3 release post

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July 3, 2025
TLDR Visual Assist 2025.3 continues a series of productivity enhancements in the spotlight, such as a more flexible Extract Method that allows developers to customize parameters before creating a new method. This release also features macro expansion previews on hover…
Tips and Tricks

How to get a job as a game developer in 2025 – Part 2: Insider advice from a studio game director

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June 25, 2025
TL;DR Entering game development in 2025 butting heads with a post-pandemic slowdown, increased use of AI, and a crowded job market. Studios are still hiring junior developers, but they want candidates who understand team dynamics, are flexible, fit the company culture and are willing to learn, says veteran game director Julian Bock. Technical skills still matter but employers also want…
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