📌 Executive Summary
Developing webhooks or mobile backends usually requires complex tools like Ngrok. Visual Studio’s Dev Tunnels feature changes everything by providing a built-in, secure public URL for your localhost.
The Technical Workflow
Dev Tunnels create a secure relay between the internet and your local machine. This is critical for testing Stripe webhooks, GitHub actions, or mobile apps without deploying to a staging server.
- Security: Supports anonymous or Microsoft account-based authentication.
- Persistence: You can keep the same URL even after restarting Visual Studio.
How to Enable: Go to the debug dropdown menu -> Dev Tunnels -> Create Tunnel. Choose ‘Persistent’ for a static URL.