For C++ based projects, Visual Studio now utilizes a SQLite database to cache information to help open projects faster on all subsequent loads after the first.We have two new features that will allow you to load your complete solution significantly faster compared to previous versions. You will continue to see improvements as you load your solution to start coding in Visual Studio 2017. We also added a new feature to help you understand which extensions and tool windows are impacting startup and solution load to give your better control of your Visual Studio environment. Some major examples include optimization of Xamarin and Python tooling components to only load when relevant projects are opened.

We also made several improvements across different components to ensure subsequent startups are faster by reducing what’s loaded at startup.

Granted, this is a one-time thing for most customers, so we’ve also made significant improvements elsewhere. Most users should find that it is now up to 3 times faster to start working with Visual Studio after installation compared to Visual Studio 2015. Right after installation, you will notice that it is now significantly faster to launch Visual Studio 2017 for the first time. Start your coding faster with faster startup and solution load And Visual Studio 2017 has better identification of extensions or tool windows that may be slowing down key scenarios like startup, solution load and typing. There are also some notable improvements in terms of memory usage in key scenarios, which should significantly reduce out of memory crashes (you can now open very large solutions solutions that were simply impossible to open in previous versions).

Faster “F5” to start debugging your applications.

Faster Git operations including fetching the latest version and viewing history.

Faster solution load times for both C++ and C#.

Faster first launch after installing and faster subsequent startups.

Performance was a big focus area for Visual Studio 2017, with improvements in many areas, including:

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