Visual studio for mac.

Question

Hello, Community, how are you? I would like to know. I've not long found out that Visual studio for mac has reached its end-of-life period. Is visual studio code exactly like the Original? I went through the old downloads & downloaded the 22 version

Answer 1

Hi @Dillon Turnbull ,

Good day!

Is visual studio code exactly like the Original?

Visual Studio Code is different from Visual Studio for Mac. You need to install some corresponding extensions for developing on the Mac, for example, C# Dev Kit.

Though Visual Studio for Mac will no longer be supported or maintained after August 31, 2024, it’s still available as a legacy installation(notice that you have downloaded it).

You can continue using Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, but it will be better to gradually start developing with Visual Studio Code and the C# Dev Kit extension in the long run.

For your reference:

Alternative options for developing on the Mac(guess you have read that)

C# Dev Kit

What is the alternate IDE in place of Visual Studio MAC to support the .NET 8 in the MAC system for the development of native .NET SDK style IOS projects?

.NET MAUI

Best regards,

Tianyu

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