It comes with almost all of the core tools like IntelliSense and also features Xamarin’s cross-platform development tools.ĭevelopers can now use Visual Studio on their Macs to develop applications for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. Visual Studio for Mac looks quite similar to its Windows counterpart as far as the overall look and feel is concerned. The open source MonoDevelop IDE helps as well since it’s actually the building block of the Xamarin Studio IDE. This has been made possible by the technology it received from Xamarin when it acquired the cross-platform development company earlier this year. Microsoft’s flagship developer tool is now available for Mac. As part of its recent strategic shift that’s seeing more of the company’s software and services making way to rival platforms, the company today released the first preview of Visual Studio for Mac.

That’s a pretty big change for the company which has almost always locked developers using Visual Studio to its platform.

Microsoft confirmed a couple of days ago that it’s going to release its primary developer tool, Visual Studio, for the Mac.

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