Tag : Visual Studio for Mac

[Guest Post] Visual Studio for Mac Helps You Write Tests

bendayJanuary 13, 2021Jan 13, 202101/13/21

You’re writing tests for your code, right? No? Just say ‘yes’. It’ll make this blog post go a lot easier. So anyway, I’m happy to hear that you’re writing tests for all your code. Whether you’re following the “test first” / Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach or whether you’re just writing some unit tests or integration ...

[Guest post] Our Head First C# Contest Got Some Truly Creative Entries

Jon GallowayDecember 16, 2020Dec 16, 202012/16/20

We just completed our Head First C# book contest! This blog post shows off some of the more creative solutions to the code challenge, and tells you how you can still get the first four chapters of the book for free.

[Guest post] Learn C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, and Unity (and win a free book!)

Jon GallowayNovember 25, 2020Nov 25, 202011/25/20

In this guest post, Andrew Stellman explains his approach to teaching C# with Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac by emphasizing exploration, fun, and games. We're announcing a fun coding challenge for beginners, with a chance to win a copy of the new edition of Head First C# book.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 is now available

Jon GallowayNovember 10, 2020Nov 10, 202011/10/20

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.8 is available today! We’ve added support for developing applications with .NET 5 and debugging Blazor WebAssembly applications and included several improvements for Xamarin developers, including Xamarin.Forms 5.0 Preview support.

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.7 is now available

Jon GallowayAugust 5, 2020Aug 5, 202008/5/20

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.7 is available today and includes support for gRPC / OpenAPI client generation and improved unit testing integration. Additionally, it includes several improvements for Xamarin developers, including Xamarin.Forms 4.8 Support. This release also includes initial support for macOS Big Sur, with the exception ...

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.6 is now available

Dominic NahousMay 19, 2020May 19, 202005/19/20

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.6 is available today and includes an integrated terminal, support for Blazor WebAssembly, updated identity libraries, and support for building and running gRPC projects. Are you ready for the latest version of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac? If so, version 8.6 is available for you to download today! With...

Building a Progressive Web App with Blazor

Jon GallowayMay 13, 2020May 13, 202005/13/20

A Progressive Web Application (PWA) is a Single Page Application (SPA) that uses modern browser APIs and capabilities to behave like a desktop app. Blazor WebAssembly (now in preview) includes support for Progressive Web Applications. This blog post walks you through building a basic Blazor PWA application.

Creating and Packaging a .NET Standard library

Sayed-Ibrahim-HashimiApril 22, 2020Apr 22, 202004/22/20

In this post we will cover how you can create a .NET Standard library and then share that with other developers via NuGet. We will be demonstrating this with Visual Studio for Mac, but you can also follow along with Visual Studio, or Visual Studio Code when using the dotnet CLI. If you are on macOS, and haven’t already download Visual Studio...

Meet Visual Studio for Mac’s New Integrated Terminal!

Jon GallowayApril 8, 2020Apr 8, 202004/8/20

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Preview now includes an integrated terminal, with support for themes, search, multiple instances, and integration with the macOS terminal history. Read about the new features and find out how to try it out today!

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is now available

Dominic NahousMarch 23, 2020Mar 23, 202003/23/20

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.5 is available today and includes ASP.NET Core authentication templates, support for Azure Functions 3.0, and improvements to the overall experience for those using assistive technologies.

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