Last year at Build, we launched Visual Studio for Mac, our native macOS IDE for developers building cloud, web, and mobile applications using .NET. Updates have been rolling out at a steady pace ever since, and we’re excited to announce the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5. We have also continued to bring more Visual Studio 2017 code to the Mac.
Our mission has always been to delight developers, and we have something for everyone in this release. You can get started by downloading the new release or updating your existing install to the latest build in the Stable channel.
Here are some of the features we’re most excited to share with you:
Visual Studio
- ASP.NET Core developers now have full Razor editor support. We’ve also introduced JavaScript and TypeScript support.
- For iOS developers, we added WiFi debugging support for iOS and tvOS applications. We also improved the iOS provisioning system.
- Android developers will enjoy the new Android SDK manager built right into the IDE, as well as a device manager to keep track of all your devices and emulators
- Xamarin.Forms developers will enjoy an improved XAML editing experience
- Cloud developers have support for Azure Functions development using .NET Core.
- We support .NET Core 2.1 RC and C# 7.2.
- Code-styling rules can be configured per-project using .editorconfig files.
- A preview of Team Foundation Version Control support for Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team Services is now available.
Visual Studio is a new member of the Visual Studio family, enabling developers on macOS to build apps for mobile, Web, and cloud with Xamarin and.NET Core, as well as games with Unity. Use Visual Studio to develop apps for Android, macOS, iOS, tvOS, watchOS, Web, and cloud.
We’re also shipping improvements to performance and stability, accessibility, and multi-language support, along with fixes for a number of bugs reported by our vibrant developer community. You can find the full list of changes in our release notes.
ASP.NET Core development with Razor, JavaScript, and TypeScript Editor Support
We partnered with the Roslyn and Visual Studio JavaScript tooling teams to reuse Razor, JavaScript, and TypeScript editor source code, bringing the editing experiences you know and love from Visual Studio 2017 to the Mac.
Official Razor support includes IntelliSense and syntax highlighting in .cshtml files
Our JavaScript editor has been rewritten to provide the core editor experience you expect, including IntelliSense, enhanced colorization, and brace completion. We’ve also added TypeScript editing support, which shares the same IntelliSense and colorization as our JavaScript experience.
Use .editorconfig files to Set Code Style Rules in Projects
One of my favorite features is finally here: .editorconfig
Visual Studio for Mac will now format your code following the conventions specified in the .editorconfig file. This will allow you to set your coding style, preferences, and warnings for your project; making it simpler for code that you contribute to other projects to follow the practices of those projects.
Xamarin.Forms Development
We now ship Xamarin.Forms templates that take advantage of .NET Standard Libraries.
Working with XAML just got better, too, with IntelliSense improvements providing better support for self-closing elements and more completions.
Android Development with Xamarin
On the Android side of the house, we added an integrated Android Device Manager dialog, eliminating the need to rely upon 3rd-party tools for device and emulator management. You can find this under Tools > Device Manager.
iOS Development with Xamarin
iOS fans will enjoy a streamlined Entitlements editor experience, making it a breeze to add capabilities and services to your iOS apps.
Simply open the Entitlements.plist file and jump right in! Not only that, our new Automatic Signing experience makes deploying your application to devices very simple. In the Signing section of the Info.plist editor, you’ll find using Automatic Signing makes the burdens of manually tracking your entitlements and provisioning devices things of the past.
Building Serverless solutions with Azure Functions
Our new Azure Functions templates now support the Azure Functions .NET Core SDK, empowering you to build, debug, and test Azure Functions locally. In addition, item templates provide guidance for building functions using the most common triggers, enabling you to get up and running with new functions in minutes.
After creating a new Azure Functions project, right-click and select Add > Add Function, then choose your favorite function from the template dialog.Check out our documentation for a walkthrough to create your first Function in Azure.
.NET Core 2.1 RC and C# 7.2
Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 now supports .NET Core 2.1 RC. Major improvements include faster build performance, better compatibility with .NET Framework, and closing gaps in both ASP.NET Core and EF Core. You can read more about the .NET Core 2.1 RC release in the announcement blog post. Support for the newest C# release, version 7.2, is also available today.
Working with your source with Team Foundation Version Control
One of our most popular feature requests has been to add support for Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) to access source saved in Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Team Services. We heard you loud and clear! Today, we’re previewing a new extension to do just that.
To install the extension, navigate to Visual Studio > Extensions… in the Visual Studio for Mac menu and search the gallery for “team foundation”. We support Get, Commit (with associated work items), version history, and more.
Feedback
We hope you’ll find Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 as delightful as we do. Let us know what you think! Your feedback helps us improve our products and better understand your needs as a developer.
Please let us know about issues via Help > Report a Problem. You’ll be able to track your issues and receive updates in the Visual Studio Developer Community.
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Miguel de Icaza
Miguel de Icaza, Distinguished Engineer, Mobile Developer Tools @migueldeicaza Miguel is a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft, focused on the mobile platform and creating delightful developer tools. With Nat Friedman, he co-founded both Xamarin in 2011 and Ximian in 1999. Before that, Miguel co-founded the GNOME project in 1997 and has directed the Mono project since its creation in 2001, including multiple Mono releases at Novell. Miguel has received the Free Software Foundation 1999 Free Software Award, the MIT Technology Review Innovator of the Year Award in 1999, and was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 innovators for the new century in September 2000. |
FAQ
- Connect to Turing
- Enhance Windows Performance
System Requirements
- To install Visual Studio on your Mac you need, minimumally:
- an Intel Mac
- 1 GB of Memory
- 25 GB of free hard drive space
- You can check the first two by clicking on the Apple icon on the top left and opening up 'About this Mac'.
Downloads
- Download VirtualBox for yor Mac here
- This downloads the file VirtualBox-3.2.8-64453-OSX.dmg.
- Open this file and follow the installation instructions.
Create a Virtual Machine
- Start VirtualBox
- Create a new virtual machine by pressing the blue star labeled New
- Press continue on the dialog box.
- Name your machine: Win7-CS150
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows
- Version: Windows 7
- Press continue on the dialog box.
- In the Memory dialog, give your machine 1024 MB of RAM. You can type in the box on the right.
- Press continue on the dialog box.
- In the Virtual Hard Disk screen accept the defaults (Boot Hard Disk, Create new hard disk) and press continue.
- In the Welcome to the Create New Virtual Disk Wizard press continue.
- Select a Fixed-Size storage in the Hard Disk Storage Type and press continue.
- Specify a 25 GB hard drive in the Virtual Disk Location andSize dialog. You can type in the box on the right. Press continue.
- In the Summary dialog, press Done. Wait while it processes.This may take up to 30 minutes, depending on the speed of your machine.
- Once this finishes, press Done.
Install Windows
- You should now see Win7-CS150 listed on the left side on the
VirtualBox Window. Select that virtual machine. - Put the Windows 7 Disk in the CD/DVD Drive
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- Click Storage on the right panel.
- Select the Empty CD/DVD
- In the right panel, choose Host Drive in the CD/DVD Device drop down box. and press OK.
- With Win7-CS150 highlighed, press the green Start arrow at the top of
the window. - This should start the Windows 7 Installer. TheInstaller will ask you various questions and take up to 2 hours toinstall Windows.
- Once Windows completes the installation eject the Windows install disk.
- While Windows is not running, Click Storage, the CD/DVD Icon, and set the CD/DVD Device to Empty.
- The DVD may show up on the Mac desktop. If it does, drag it to the Trash to eject the DVD.
Install Visual Studio
- Put in the Visual Studio Disk
- While Windows is not running, Click Storage, the CD/DVD Icon, and set the CD/DVD Device to Host Drive.
- Start Windows again.
- The Visual Studio DVD should show up in Windows. If not,inside of Windows open My Computer, and click on the CD/DVDDrive. This should start the Visual Studio installer.
- The install may take up to an hour. Once the installfinishes, eject the DVD as described above and Visual Studio shouldwork.
- Bring both disks back to the instructor and you'll be given a Windows Key to activate Windows.
Activate Windows
- Start Windows.
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose System Properties from the menu bar.
- Click on the Active Windows Now link towards the bottom of the dialog box.
- Provide the license key given to you by the CS Department. You need to be connected to the network for this to work.
Connect to Turing
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose Map network drive from the menu bar.
- Choose a drive letter (any letter)
- Folder: turing.cs.pacificu.eduStudents
- Check Connect using different credentials
- Press Finish
- Supply your PUNetID for your user name and your Turing password.
- The Turing drive should show up on the bottom of the computer dialog under Network Locations.
Update Windows
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose System Properties from the menu bar.
- Select Windows Update in the lower left corner
- Select any important or optional updates to install
- Install Updates
Enhance Windows Performance
- Open My Computer
- Start Menu | Computer
- Choose System Properties from the menu bar.
- Select Performance Information and Tools in the lower left corner
- Select Adjust visual effects on the left menu
- Choose Adjust for best performance
- Apply
- Ok