{"id":226283,"date":"2019-09-04T13:58:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T20:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=226283"},"modified":"2019-09-04T14:09:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T21:09:31","slug":"visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-3-preview-3-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-for-mac-version-8-3-preview-3-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.3 Preview 3, now available"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re in the endgame of finishing the Visual Studio for Mac 8.3 release, and we need your help testing out Preview 3 today. To use it, install the latest Visual Studio 2019 for Mac<\/a> release, and then update to the Preview channel<\/a>. This is one of the most exciting releases for us to date, with a focus on some top feedback themes we\u2019ve heard our avid users:\n\u2022 Improving the ASP.NET Core developer workflow (including brand new web editors).<\/strong>\n\u2022 Enabling the development of libraries targeting multiple .NET frameworks.<\/p>\n

Along with this work, we\u2019ve fixed numerous bugs and improved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>overall IDE performance. You can read all about the work to date (including Previews 1 & 2) in our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>release notes<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Optimizing the ASP.NET<\/span>\u00a0Core developer workflow\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

A\u00a0<\/span>major focus<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span> the Visual Studio for Mac v8.3 release is optimizing the ASP.NET Core developer workflow. We\u2019ve heard from hundreds of .NET Core developers and focused our efforts on addressing\u00a0<\/span>the community\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0feedback. In this preview, we\u2019re introducing\u00a0<\/span>new web editors<\/span><\/i> based on the same editor (and code) as Visual Studio on Windows, <\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>support for managing NuGet packages across multiple projects<\/span><\/i>\u00a0a<\/span>t<\/span>\u00a0solution<\/span>\u00a0level<\/span>. This is in addition to\u00a0<\/span>support for\u00a0<\/span>file nesting<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>launchSettings.json<\/span>, and launch in\u00a0target\u00a0browser<\/span>\u00a0released in prior Preview releases.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All web editors, now updated<\/span><\/h2>\n

Since\u00a0<\/span>the initial release of<\/span> Visual Studio 2019 for Mac in April, we\u2019ve been working to update <\/span>all<\/span> the editors within the IDE. In v8.1, we introduced the new C# editor<\/span>.<\/span> v8.2\u00a0<\/span>brought\u00a0<\/span>the new XAML editor<\/span>\u00a0to Visual Studio for Mac<\/span>. In v8.3, <\/span>we\u2019re updating\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>web editors!\u00a0<\/span>The new web editors are b<\/span>ased on the same native UI\u00a0<\/span>as the C# and XAML editor<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0provide\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0the advanced features recently introduced to Visual Studio for Mac<\/span>, such as multi-caret editing, RTL support and\u00a0<\/span>native input support<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>In addition to\u00a0<\/span>these<\/span>\u00a0high<\/span>–<\/span>level editor features, the new web experience is also powered by the same core as Visual Studio on Windows, so you can expect\u00a0<\/span>the same language service features that\u00a0<\/span>make Visual Studio<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such a productive IDE.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>These language services provide vital\u00a0<\/span>features, such as IntelliSense as well as\u00a0<\/span>code formatting, syntax highlighting and navigation support.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The new editors support a variety of web files, including HTML, CSHTML, JS, CSS as well as\u00a0<\/span>CSHTML embedded support for<\/span>\u00a0JS<\/span>, C# and CSS!<\/span>\u00a0This means you get all features as appropriate for the file types you are working within, so you will see advanced IntelliSense in JS<\/span>, CSHTML and more<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0We\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0also improved support for\u00a0<\/span>LESS and SASS files. The web experience in Visual Studio for Mac has never been better!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"JavaScript<\/p>\n

NuGet solution-level package management<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

We<\/span>\u2019ve also added support for\u00a0<\/span>NuGet\u00a0<\/span>solution-level\u00a0<\/span>package management functionality. As the number of projects grow within a solution, it becomes difficult to keep packages updated across the projects. With the improvements we made in this area, now <\/span>it\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0easier to consolidate to a single version of packages across the solution.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"NuGet<\/p>\n

Multi-Targeting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

When building modern .NET\u00a0<\/span>libraries, it\u2019s com<\/span>mon\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>library authors to target a variety of\u00a0<\/span>platforms and devices.<\/span>\u00a0.NET Standard is the best solution<\/span>\u00a0for adding support for multiple platforms, but sometimes\u00a0<\/span>it\u2019s necessary to\u00a0<\/span>use APIs in .NET frameworks that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>don\u2019t support<\/span> it. In that case<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the best solution is to use\u00a0<\/span>multi-targeting<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to build for multiple\u00a0<\/span>.NET\u00a0<\/span>frameworks.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Recently,\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>included\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>working on projects that support multi-targeting<\/span>, and in Preview 3 we\u2019<\/span>ve<\/span>\u00a0continued to improve upon\u00a0<\/span>that experience<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0When\u00a0<\/span>editing code in one of these projects, you can use a Target Framework drop down at the top of the editor window<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>focus your editing experience on a specific target framework.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Dependencies are also now displayed broken down by target framework:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Viewing<\/p>\n

Additionally, when running your project you can choose the target framework against which to debug.<\/p>\n

Let us know what you think!<\/h2>\n

Please download and try out the v8.3 Preview 3<\/a> release today, by updating to the latest release in the Preview channel<\/a>! We\u2019ll continue our work on improving the other code editors in the IDE as well as the features we planned on our roadmap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you run into any issues with the v8.3 Preview release, please use the Help > Report a Problem<\/a> menu in the IDE to let us know about it. You can also provide suggestions for future improvements by using the Provide a Suggestion menu.<\/p>\n

\"report<\/p>\n

Finally, make sure to follow us on Twitter at @VisualStudioMac<\/a> to stay up to date on the latest Visual Studio for Mac news and let us know what your experience has been like. We look forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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