Microsoft has finally introduced Visual Studio IDE for Apple's MacOS ecosystem after completing an initial preview phase. The new version of Microsoft's premium development tool is based on a cross-platform IDE from Xamarin which the Redmond-based software giant acquired it in March 2016.
The Microsoft Visual Studio is mainly useful for creative professionals who build applications for mobile-based operating systems. The new IDE is also now compatible with Microsoft' Azure cloud infrastructure as reported by Tech Crunch. It's also greatly helpful in building a website, web applications and other web-based services. With the help of Windows API, Windows forms, and Microsoft Silverlight, the IDE can produce both native and managed code.
Microsoft Visual Studio does not support any programming language, solutions or tools. It allows plugging of any functionality coded as a Visual Studio package which is, in turn, converted into a service once the package is installed. Visual Studio primarily helps in navigating through thousands of line of code quickly, write new ones or just fix any errors in the code.
Details from ZDNet indicate that Microsoft Visual Studio will be available for usage on Mac OS starting May. 10. The following was announced by Microsoft at the Build 2017 conference in Seattle. The report also specifies that the IDE is not a port of Visual Studio for Windows but rather a rebranded version of Xamarin Studio IDE that also supports MacOS.
With the help of Microsoft Visual Studio, users can quickly zoom into key details with the help of call structure. Hence, users will be able to quickly identify and fix issues in the written code. Microsoft alongside their IDE has also released a preview of .NET Core 2.0 runtime technology, which should be available to the general public sometime in the third quarter this year.
