{"id":3856,"date":"2024-08-01T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T15:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/?p=3856"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:50:57","slug":"visual-assist-2024-6-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/visual-assist-2024-6-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Assist 2024.6 release post &#8211; Important fixes for Visual Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VA 2024.6 is here and is available to download! 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