Visual Studio for Mac 2017 - professional developer software for macOS in the purchase version

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Professional Edition provides users with powerful features and productivity enhancements for the IDE to create cross-platform apps for macOS, Android, iOS, tvOS or watchOS - both mobile and desktop, as well as for the web and the cloud; the Microsoft program includes all the tools for development, debugging and refactoring, including graphical designers, code completion features, source code management and version control.

In addition to older developer languages such as C and C++ and more current variants such as C#, Visual Studio for Mac 2017 naturally supports Apple Metal, iOS, JavaScript, and other common web standards. Built-in live support for the respective languages speeds up code writing, just as debugging features reduce the time spent on app development. Quick structure view helps developers easily find their way around the structure of a code, and a centralized error list uses live code analysis to list compilation and building bugs as you type, as well as domain-specific issues for some languages.

Not only frequently central functions such as IntelliSense, CodeLens and Refactoring have been improved in Visual Studio for Mac Professional 2017, but also code navigation and code correction, which also make developer work easier, since, among other things, changes to the code, references, etc. are also immediately highlighted in the editor.

For which users is Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Professional intended?

The Visual Studio 2017 for Mac edition is intended precisely for those professional developers who want to use the powerful features of Microsoft software on a Mac operating system - whether alone or even in a team. Moreover, due to the support of Xamarin in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac, certain minimum requirements apply to macOS operating systems, more details below.

Wiresoft offers Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Professional at a particularly favorable price as used software in the form of a single license, developers can thus benefit from all the advantages of the efficient Microsoft software on their own Mac, and in addition without a subscription obligation. In addition to Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Professional, the Wiresoft Software online store also offers other versions of Visual Studio for Mac as a single license in the purchase version, as well as many other Microsoft programs in the macOS version. The following overview shows the latest features and additions to Visual Studio 2017 for Mac.

What does Visual Studio 2017 for Mac offer?

Ready at launch, the 2017 edition of Visual Studio for Mac differs from its predecessor with reduced boot times and faster startup for sessions and solution loading. Template recognition for projects and items is also faster than before.

Brief overview of the IDE for macOS

Visual Studio for Mac is distinguished by distinct sections for managing applications, settings, and creating as well as debugging code: The toolbar integrated on the welcome page provides direct access to searching for recently opened solution folders, as well as functions for opening and creating projects and app configuration, and also for viewing errors. Also present here is a news feed with new information for developers.

Languages and developer types supported in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac, like the Windows version, supports many of the file types built in there, such as .csproj, .fsproj, and .sln, as well as EditorConfig. Specifically, Visual Studio 2017 for Mac supports development types such as ASP.NET Core web applications using C#, F#, .NET Core console applications using C# or F#, and pages built with Razor, plus JavaScript and TypeScript. Furthermore, this includes cross-platform Unity apps or games in C# as well as Android, iOS, tvOS and watchOS apps in Xamarin using C#, F# or XAML and also Cocoa desktop apps in C# or F#, alongside web standards such as HTML, CSS and JSON. This allows Mac developers to always work in the integrated development environment that best suits their needs at any given time.

Many features included in the Windows version are also included in the Mac version, including the Roslyn compiler platform used for refactoring and IntelliSense, MSBuild for the project system and build engine, and TextMate for the source editor. Mac users can also rely on the same engines for debugging Xamarin and .NET Core apps, as well as identical designers for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.

Source code management in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac with Git

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac offers two systems for source code management: In addition to Subversion, this is primarily Git, the freely usable Standard has been integrated into this program version, which also allows multiple developers of a team to work on projects simultaneously. Repositories can be managed in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac directly via buttons integrated into the IDE, allowing code to be transferred and published for a Git service. New Push and Commit features, as well as SSH support, expand the ability to use Visual Studio 2017 for Mac for Git tasks in the IDE.

Everything in view with CodeLens in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Professional

The CodeLens feature is specifically designed to allow developers to instantly keep track of everything at any point in a project, even without having to leave the code to do so. With CodeLens, they can easily navigate directly to individual functions. In addition, CodeLens not only displays all changes to the code in the editor, but also names the last developer who adjusted something and also indicates whether a test was passed at a certain point.

New refactoring capabilities in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac

Refactoring is one of the Standard tasks when developing code to improve it after the fact without changing its behavior. Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Professional offers context actions and source analysis as well as other refactorings, such as overriding, adding parameters (e.g. NULL checks) and arguments.Likewise, literals can now be edited, firstly by inserting digit separators and, especially for numeric literals, also by changing the base from "hexadecimal" to "binary". In addition, Visual Studio 2017 for Mac provides the option of converting if-statements to switch-statements and removing unused variables.

Debugging in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac - with a focus on Xamarin

Visual Studio for Mac 2017 uses Mono's soft debugger for debugging, this is integrated into the Mono runtime to debug code managed on all platforms. Furthermore, the software has a native debugger for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Mac and Xamarin.Android-based apps. Included for this purpose are extensive quick views for special types, such as sizes, coordinates and Bézier curves, as well as strings, colors and URLs.

Specifically for Xamarin applications, Visual Studio 2017 for Mac features the Xamarin Forms Previewer, which allows developers to instantly preview the impact of a line of code on an application in a live preview. Also included for Xamarin Forms are enhancements to IntelliSense for XAML, including support for bindings, converters, as well as properties, controls, and more.

Instant control with IntelliSense in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac

The IntelliSense feature automatically completes APIs as they are typed via available IntelliSense completion lists, which provides the benefit of making developer processes not only faster, but also more accurate. IntelliSense also allows APIs to be analyzed more quickly in general by allowing the set of values to be narrowed down using categories. To this end, the tooltips make it easier to examine API definitions, indicating problems as they are entered and marking the appropriate places with a wavy line.

Other benefits of IntelliSense include filters to remove certain unneeded members from the completion list. Specifically, IntelliSense completion lists for C# have tokens such as "complete word" or "list member" and also provide quick access to, among other things, members of a particular type, code snippets, and the names of variables, functions and commands.

Hardware and other requirements for Visual Studio 2017 for Mac

The minimum requirements listed below apply to installing and running Visual Studio 2017 for Mac; for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac projects, additional operating system requirements may apply:

• Operating systems: macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS Sierra 10.12, Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11
• Processor: min. 1.8 GHz or faster; dual-core or better recommended
• RAM: at least 4 GB RAM; 8 GB RAM recommended
• Hard drive space: at least 1 GB or 5.6 GB, respectively

Additional requirements:

• For certain .NET Core features: .NET Core SDK 1.1
• Xamarin.Android: 64-bit Java Development Kit (JDK)
• Xamarin.iOS: Apple Xcode IDE as well as iOS SDK, for Xcode 10.2 macOS Mojave 10.14 is required
• Xamarin.Forms: deployment for Android and iOS platforms, respectively, subject to the above requirements

Supported languages:

• German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Czech, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean

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