{"id":225708,"date":"2019-06-13T13:23:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=225708"},"modified":"2019-06-20T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T21:23:43","slug":"visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-1-is-now-available-and-a-preview-for-8-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-1-is-now-available-and-a-preview-for-8-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.1 is now available (and a Preview for 8.2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>excited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to announce<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the release of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Visual Studio 2019 for Mac\u00a0<\/span><\/span>version\u00a0<\/span><\/span>8.1\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along with<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the first preview of Visual Studio 2019 for Mac<\/span><\/span>\u00a0version<\/span><\/span>\u00a08.2<\/span><\/span>. Both releases contain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exciting new features\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as well as improvements to performance and stability across the IDE. You can download the latest update on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the Visual Studio download page<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or update an existing installation via the Updater within Visual Studio for Mac<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>You can find r<\/span><\/span>elease notes for both the stable and preview releases on our Release Notes page.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0We\u2019ve also updated our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Roadma<\/span><\/span>p<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to give you a look at what<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span>s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coming over the next 3 months<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>versions 8.2 and beyond<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>updated web editors,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>support for projects<\/span><\/span>\u00a0using multiple target frameworks<\/span><\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>solution-level NuGet package management<\/span><\/span>!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac\u00a0<\/span>version\u00a0<\/span>8.1<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

V<\/span>ersion<\/span>\u00a08.1\u00a0<\/span>continues to expand on the improvements we\u2019ve\u00a0<\/span>brought<\/span>\u00a0to Visual Studio\u00a0<\/span>for Mac<\/span>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/span>new features\u00a0<\/span>added to the\u00a0<\/span>C# code<\/span>\u00a0editor as well as\u00a0<\/span>new ASP.NET Core templates.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he new editor<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which<\/span>\u00a0was initially announced as a preview feature in\u00a0<\/span>Visual Studio 2019 for Mac\u00a0<\/span>version 8.0<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>is now the default editing experience\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0C# file<\/span>s<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>new editor\u00a0<\/span>features<\/span>\u00a0an\u00a0<\/span>updated<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>fully\u00a0<\/span>native UI built on top of the reliable Visual Studio foundation<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>You\u2019ll find\u00a0<\/span>several<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>additional\u00a0<\/span>features<\/span>\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0close the gap between the old and new editor\u00a0<\/span>in addition to some<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that were\u00a0<\/span>explicitly\u00a0<\/span>requested by\u00a0<\/span>the Visual Studio for Mac\u00a0<\/span>user\u00a0<\/span>community<\/span>. These features include:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n