As you know that last year Microsoft released Visual Studio for Mac. Visual Studio for Mac acts as a counterpart of the Windows version of Visual Studio. Its UX is inspired by Visual Studio, yet designed to look and feel like a native app of macOS. If you use Visual Studio Code but want a lightweight yet rich standalone source editor, Visual Studio for Mac is just the right choice.
With the latest update Visual Studio for Mac brings web editor, improved .NET Core support and more. Checkout the full changelog below:
Visual Studio for Mac Changelog:
Web Editing
In the latest release, we have completed the work to bring the rich HTML, CSS and JSON editors to macOS. You will get the same code completion, indentation behavior, and validation that you get on Windows for those file formats. When you install the update today, you will get to enjoy the glory of an IDE with a state-of-the-art web editor.
.NET Core
We have polished and improved our .NET Core and ASP.NET Core support to make it even simpler to create your server code, either for your standalone web sites, or as a service backend for your mobile applications or your hosted services.
We have upgraded our debugger to make async debugging as natural and simple as regular code – just like you expect from Visual Studio on Windows.
Azure Publish
To complement our improved .NET Core support, you can now publish your applications directly to Azure from within Visual Studio for Mac. Using the same publishing profiles and commands that you are used to.
C# 7
We also introduced support for C# 7.0, a big upgrade with many language improvements that you will love. The support is what you expect from Visual Studio with refactoring tools, live code checking and great IntelliSense.
It is hard to pick favorite features in C# 7. I love pattern matching and I love the new native tuple support. Local functions, while not immediately obvious, has made some of my own code simpler and cleaner.
Support for the latest Apple and Google platforms
As you have come to expect from us, we deliver first-class support for the latest versions of Apple and Google operating systems – including the just updated versions of macOS, iOS, tvOS and watchOS.
Additionally, we are taking away some of the complexity involved in managing the signing certificates and provisioning profiles for your Apple-based applications, by integrating with the popular open source Fastlane project.
Accessibility
Visual Studio now integrates with Apple’s macOS accessibility platform. We are committed to making the entire IDE accessible and we are very happy with the first steps that we have taken in this space.
Testing
I hope that you take some time to try out the new features in Visual Studio for Mac and share your experiences with us. My team is committed to delivering developer tools that delight developers. We want to hear from you, and find out what parts of the experience can be improved and how we can make you more effective mobile and cloud developers.
If you are a Mac user, you can give it a try by downloading it from this link right here
