To learn more about all of the changes in this release of Visual Studio for Mac, see our release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n This release of Visual Studio for Mac adds full support for .NET Core 3.1. You\u2019ll be able to create .NET Core 3.1 applications and take them from building and debugging through publishing. .NET Core 3.1 is a long-term supported (LTS) release, meaning it will continue to be supported for three years.<\/p>\n For more details on the full set of changes introduced by .NET Core 3.1, see the release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our community has suggested we add ASP.NET Core Scaffolding to Visual Studio for Mac. We listened and brought Scaffolding for ASP.NET Core projects to Visual Studio for Mac version 8.4. Scaffolding speeds up and simplifies ASP.NET Core app development by generating boilerplate code for common scenarios.<\/p>\n Click on the New Scaffolding\u2026<\/strong> entry in the Add <\/strong>flyout of the project context menu to access the Scaffolding feature for your ASP.NET Core projects in Visual Studio for Mac. The node on which you opened the right-click context menu will be the location where the generated files will be placed.<\/p>\n A scaffolding wizard will pop up to assist in generating code into your project. I\u2019m using one of our ASP.NET Core sample projects<\/a> \u2013 a movie database app \u2013 to demonstrate scaffolding in action. I\u2019ve used the new feature to create pages for Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations (CRUD) and a Details page for the movie model.<\/p>\n Once the wizard closes, it will add the required NuGet packages to your project and create additional pages, based on the scaffolder you chose.<\/p>\n You can also take a look at our documentation for more information on Scaffolding ASP.NET Core projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n In addition to ASP.NET Core Scaffolding, we\u2019ve also added support for developing and publishing ASP.NET Core Blazor Server applications based on feedback from our users. Blazor is a framework for building interactive client-side web UI using .NET and brings with it several advantages including the ability to:<\/p>\n Blazor uses open web standards and requires no additional plugins or code transpilation meaning that anything you develop using it will work in all modern web browsers on the desktop or on mobile. If you’re interested in learning more about Blazor, check out the Blazor webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n With Visual Studio 2019 for Mac 8.4, you can create new Blazor Server projects complete with the ability to build, run, and debug. When creating a New Project<\/strong>, you\u2019ll now find the Blazor Server App <\/strong>project template.<\/p>\n When working with Blazor applications, you\u2019ll be working with .razor files. Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4 brings full support for colorization and completions when working with these files in the editor.<\/p>\n You can publish your Blazor applications directly to Azure App Service using Visual Studio for Mac. Get started with a free Azure account if you don\u2019t already have one by signing up here<\/a>. You’ll get access to a number of popular services, and over 25 always free services with your account.<\/p>\n Visual Studio for Mac now supports full colorization, completion, and IntelliSense for .razor files. We\u2019ve continued to work on adding features that were suggested to us by our users. This feedback has caused us to bring back preview boxes for code changes that may occur from a code fix or analysis suggestion. Colorization has also been tweaked to be more consistent with the Windows Visual Studio 2019 experience.<\/p>\n We know it\u2019s important to support various assistive technologies in order to ensure Visual Studio for Mac can be used by all. Ensuring the developer experience is accessible to anyone is extremely important to us and we\u2019re committed to empowering everyone to develop on the Mac. You’ll find the following improvements and more available in Visual Studio for Mac 8.4:<\/p>\n While we\u2019ve made rapid progress improving accessibility of the entire IDE over the last few months, we know there\u2019s still a lot more we can do to improve to ensure Visual Studio for Mac can delight everyone. Accessibility will continue to be a top priority for our team. We welcome your feedback to assist us in guiding this work. As the PM leading the accessibility effort, I invite you to reach out to me directly via dominicn@microsoft.com<\/a> if you\u2019d be willing to share your expertise or if you’d like to speak with me in more detail about our work so far.<\/p>\n Interested in distributing .NET Core class libraries you\u2019ve created to a broader audience? We\u2019ve made it easy for developers to create a NuGet package from a .NET Core library project in Visual Studio for Mac by right-clicking a project then selecting Pack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve selected the Pack <\/strong>menu option for your library project, a NuGet package (.nupkg) file will be generated in the output folder.<\/p>\n In this post, you learned about all the new improvements in the Visual Studio for Mac experience. Now it\u2019s time to download the release<\/a> or update to the latest version on the Stable channel<\/a> and give these new features and enhancements a try!<\/p>\n If you have any feedback you\u2019d like to share on this version of Visual Studio for Mac, we invite you to reach out to us on Twitter at @VisualStudioMac<\/a>. If you run into any issues, you can use Report a Problem<\/a> to provide us with details and notify the team. In addition to issues, we welcome feature suggestions on the Visual Studio Developer Community website.<\/p>\n Happy coding and a happy new year from all of us on the Visual Studio for Mac team!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4 is now available. 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It brings enhancements to the ASP.NET Core developer experience including Blazor, Scaffolding, and .NET Core 3.1 support in addition to accessibility improvements.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228032","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\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Be up to date with .NET Core 3.1<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Develop faster with ASP.NET Core Scaffolding<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/a>Build and publish ASP.NET Core Blazor Server applications<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/a>Be more productive with editor improvements<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Work in the IDE using assistive technologies<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Distribute .NET Core library projects with NuGet Pack support<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nUpdate to Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.4 today!<\/h2>\n