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Reminder: Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); event on Feb 24
The Visual Studio for Mac Refresh(); event is just a few days away, starting on Monday, February 24, at 9 AM. We’ve got a great day of content planned. Make sure to “save the date” so you don’t forget over the weekend! https://aka.ms/vs4mac-event
Catch up with Visual Studio Tools for Unity on Mac
Whats new in Visual Studio Tools for Unity since we launched Visual Studio for Mac.
Decompilation of C# code made easy with Visual Studio
Have you ever experienced an exception occurring in a 3rd party .NET assembly but had no source code to figure out why? You can now use Visual Studio to decompile managed code even if you don't have the symbols, allowing you to look at code, inspect variables and set breakpoints.
Creating .NET Core global tools on macOS
One of the really cool aspects about .NET Core is the support for global tools. You can use global tools to simplify common tasks during your development workflow. For example, you can create tools to minify image assets, simplify working with source control, or perform any other task that you can automate with the command line. After developing your tool, you can distribute it on NuGet.org, or any other NuGet repository, to share the tool with others. Since .NET Core is cross platform, your global tools will also work cross platform, assuming your code doesn’t contain any platform specific code. You can find exi...
Making our Unity Analyzers Open-Source
Making our Unity Analyzers in visual studio Open-Source
Accessibility Improvements in Visual Studio 2019 for Mac
The release of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4.4, includes numerous developments in the color representation of icons, and to warning and error status messages.
Visual Studio for Mac: Refresh(); event speakers and sessions
Join this free, virtual event on Feb 24th to find out how to make mobile, web, and games development easy and productive on your Mac. Today we're announcing speakers and our session agenda for the event.
What’s New in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 for C++, Xamarin, and Azure Tooling Experiences
Last week, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.5 Preview 2 was released, bringing many new features and improvements for developers in Visual Studio to help you build better software faster. Please read some highlights of new features and improved developer experiences in this page.
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 Preview 2 is available
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac 8.5 Preview 2 is available today and adds auth templates for ASP.NET Core projects, Xamarin enhancements, and UI improvements.