Installation<\/h2>\n
Before writing any code, you\u2019ll first need to download Visual Studio for Mac from https:\/\/visualstudio.microsoft.com\/vs\/mac\/<\/a>. Once downloaded, click on the .dmg to launch it. Double-click the installer icon to mount it and start your install experience. Click Open i<\/strong>f you\u2019re prompted with security messages.<\/p>\n Once the installer launches, agree to the licensing terms by pressing Continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n On the component selection screen, illustrated below, you can select the components you want to install. The component you need to install depends on the type of app that you want to create:<\/p>\n Note that you\u2019ll need to separately install Xcode if you want to develop for iOS or Mac. I recommend that you do this once Visual Studio for Mac has finished installing.<\/p>\n In this post, I want to create an Azure Function<\/a>, so I want to select the .NET Core<\/strong> option. Once you click Install<\/strong>, the installation will take approximately 10 minutes depending on how many components you selected and your internet speed.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll be prompted to log in with your Microsoft account if this is your first time launching Visual Studio for Mac. I\u2019m going to log in now to activate my Enterprise license and make it easier to publish my Function to Azure.<\/p>\n if you don\u2019t have an Azure or Microsoft account, you can get one totally free\u202f<\/a>!\u202fThis also comes with over $200 free Azure credits to spend as you see fit.<\/p>\n Next, you can configure the IDE to work in a way that works for you through keyboard shortcuts. I\u2019m going to stick with Visual Studio for Mac shortcuts, but the bindings can be changed later through the Preferences<\/strong> menu item<\/a>.<\/p>\n Visual Studio for Mac will then greet you with the Start Window. From here you can open an existing project from your machine, create a new project, or browse through a list of recent projects. However, before you go any further, you might want to make some changes so the IDE really works for you. This can all be done through the Preferences<\/strong> menu item (Visual Studio > Preferences<\/strong>), similar to Tools > Options<\/strong> in Visual Studio. Personally, I like to change to the dark theme and change my font to something bigger. I also like to show invisible characters on selection.<\/p>\n Now that you have the IDE configured in a way that works for you, you\u2019re ready to start writing code! In the Start Window select New<\/strong> and then select Cloud > General > Azure Functions<\/strong>. In this example, I\u2019m just using the HTTP Trigger, but you can use any template. For more information on other templates, see the Azure Functions documentation on docs.microsoft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Name your project, press Next<\/strong>, set the Authorization level<\/strong> to Anonymous<\/strong> and click Next<\/strong>. If you want to use Git for version control, you can set that while creating the project<\/a>. Click Create<\/strong> to open your project in Visual Studio for Mac:<\/p>\n Your solution and project will be loaded and should look like the image above. The most important parts of the IDE are described below:<\/p>\n You\u2019re now ready to start writing some code and creating something great!<\/p>\n Happy Developing! If you have any feedback or suggestions, please leave them in the comments below. You can also reach out to us on Twitter at\u00a0@VisualStudioMac<\/a>. For any issues that you run into when using Visual Studio for Mac, please\u00a0Report a Problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first step is often the hardest. Do you find yourself with great ideas for the next awesome app, website, or game but you never get around to making that first leap into the unknown? Today, I\u2019ll help you with that! In this blog post, I\u2019m going to walk through how to get started with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":574,"featured_media":227163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[880,452],"class_list":["post-227141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visual-studio","tag-get-started","tag-visual-studio-for-mac"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":" The first step is often the hardest. Do you find yourself with great ideas for the next awesome app, website, or game but you never get around to making that first leap into the unknown? Today, I\u2019ll help you with that! In this blog post, I\u2019m going to walk through how to get started with […]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-30-at-13.21.51.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-25-at-15.00.19.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-25-at-15.02.27.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/ide-tour-2019-keyboard-shortcut-1.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-25-at-15.40.55.png\")
<\/p>\nCreate a new project<\/h2>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-10-25-at-15.49.10.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/10\/Screen_Shot_2019-10-25_at_16_00_37-3.png\")
<\/p>\n\n
Going further<\/h2>\n
\n