Crazy, right?
Who would have thought that Microsoft would make .NET development actually great outside of Windows!
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Any reason why you didn't use Visual Studio for Mac? I've been using it for over a year, and deploying stuff to a Linux box using Mono. Works really well, and no need for Windows. 😁
VS for Mac is getting better all the time...
Hey Mark,
No reason at all actually. Haven't really given it a try yet.
You could make s post about your experience using it 😆.
Could do! Tbh, not much to say other than it works. 😁
For me it's kind of like learning a new tool, comparing it to Window's version could result in an interesting article.
IMHO it Works great an has a few advantages over VS Code. Have been using it professionally for a few years now.
I gived a try, but it's not VS at all. It's more Xamarin IDE with another name.
Not sure when you tried it, but it's not that any more. I've never had any interest in Xamarin. Current version does full .Net projects, and also DotNetCore. It loads projects direct from VS2017 too.
8 months ago. It open and load all kind of projects but it's not the same as VS on Windows. But I'll take a look of current version, maybe now I'm wrong.
It's not the same as the Windows one, no. But it's a fully FLEDGED .net IDE. I've been using it to write .NET apps and utilities to run on my Linux server for over a year... See github.com/webreaper for examples.
Yeah, it's good alternative, but that's why I'm using VS Code... because it's the same no matter if you work on Win/Linux/Mac. No need to switch and rethink how work on each platform.
I use VS2017 all day at work, and VS for Mac when I code at home, and switching isn't a problem, as much as anything because OSX and Windows are different anyway.
Nice article, I'm using Windows with VS2017 for .NET Core developing.
Rider is great, but really, do you feel it has the same good look?
I hope one day a Resharper-like plugin will appear for VSCode... I'm done with VS2017, it's really bloated !
I agree. I cannot work without ReSharper though working on VS 2017 is a big pain.
And same thing, Rider lacks features and feels too lightweight and toolless than a fat heavy IDE such as Visual Studio
I am spoiled by resharper!
It automates so much. I miss it on every fresh VS install.
Hey Yaser,
I'm glad you liked it 😁.
If you are referring to the overall UI and editor theme, I find it to be okay, although I've seen a few people using custom themes like Material Design looking ones to spice things up a little, I guess.
Man... Rider UI is great, but the UX sucks.
It looks like VS, but when you look closer, when you try to use it. It has a very ugly user experience. I just don't like it, and neither all my colleagues.
Quite the opposite, I find UX in Rider much better that in VS. For starters, almost everything can be done without touching the mouse. In particular, source control is MILES ahead of VS (or any other git tool, for that matter).
Nice post!
A quick tip -- to create a quick project I do something like:
That will create the console app within a FooBar folder with lesser keystrokes :)
One day I give a try with .Net Core on Mac with similar configuration... and now, 1 year before I don't miss VS on Windows at all.
I want to share my experience with Unit Testing, maybe can help others.
.Net Core Unit Test and Code Coverage with Visual Studio Code
Camilo Martinez
And how I solve one problem that is not ready implemented on .Net Core.
Run a command in external terminal with .Net Core
Camilo Martinez
Thanks for sharing, Camilo!
Great article. I'm using the exact same setup for over 3 months, and i have no problems with it. I think i'll use a container to generate/run/build my projects, so i also get that out of the way.
New to .NET from PHP, but it's working great.
Cool blog! Helpful for beginners!
Nice!