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in General Discussion
The app is set to get some significant upgrades, starting with its leap to 64-bit architecture. Microsoft states that the updated version of Visual Studio should be faster, more stable, and lightweight.
'Our goal with Visual Studio 2022 for Mac is to make a modern .NET IDE tailored for the Mac that delivers the productive experience you've come to love in Visual Studio,' wrote Microsoft's Amanda Silver in a developer blog. 'We're working to move Visual Studio for Mac to native macOS UI, which means it will come with better performance and reliability.'
'It also means that Visual Studio for Mac can take full advantage of all the built-in macOS accessibility features,' she continued. 'We're updating the menus and terminology across the IDE to make Visual Studio more consistent between Mac and Windows.'
Visual Studio 2022 will get a complete user interface overhaul for those on macOS, making it compatible with native macOS UI. The app should be more reliable and perform better as a result. The macOS version will also see GitHub integration, including the introduction of a Git Changes tool window.
Other significant changes include full support for .NET 6 and its unified framework web, client, and mobile apps, added support for C++ workload and C++20 tooling, and real-time collaboration features.
While it hasn't given a concrete date for the release, Microsoft's announcement states that the first public preview of Visual Studio 2022 will 'be released this summer.'
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- This will be a very big deal, especially the availability of .NET 6.0 with Mac and Mac Catalyst support for both x64 Intel and Apple Silicon.
- This will be a very big deal, especially the availability of .NET 6.0 with Mac and Mac Catalyst support for both x64 Intel and Apple Silicon.
Who's really using .NET these days?
Everybody and maybe you should stick out your head out of small yard. You will not find single iOS or macOS in financial business, but you will most of Java and .NET. All your finances run on them so, do not judge based on what you use in your home attic.This will be a very big deal, especially the availability of .NET 6.0 with Mac and Mac Catalyst support for both x64 Intel and Apple Silicon.
Who's really using .NET these days?- That is very interesting. .NET already runs on Linux as well. Microsoft is reaching different levels and is competitive to other technology solutions. Considering that it even opened up to PostrgeSQL in addition to porting SQLServer to Linux platform this is real world of opening options now. While Apple hardware is not really commodity to run any business servers or enterprise except boutique publishing and graphics, this will at least give option of using macOS for development. I think they may be into mobile development, but honestly they probably target much wider goals.
- This will be a very big deal, especially the availability of .NET 6.0 with Mac and Mac Catalyst support for both x64 Intel and Apple Silicon.
Who's really using .NET these days?According to Stack Overflow's latest developer survey, of around 60K developers worldwide, about 35% of all developers worldwide are using .NET and about 27% of developers worldwide are using .NET Core. The only framework with a higher percentage of developers using it is node.js with 51%. On the language front C# has around 32%, C++ has 21% and Swift comes in around 6%.Keep in mind that Windows still has a massive market share advantage over macOS, and even more so in business critical software applications that you will never see mentioned in an Apple-centric site like AI.
May 23, 2016 by Wade Anderson, @waderyan_
Today over five thousand developers use the Visual Studio Code Insiders Build for early access to new features and to validate bug fixes. We love the Insiders build because we get valuable feedback and usage insights prior to each Stable release. Thank you for your help!
Initially, we released an Insiders build once per month, a few days before the Stable release. Over time, we increased the frequency of Insiders builds and today we ship new Insiders builds roughly once a week.
Nightly Builds
Even with weekly Insiders builds, many users asked for access to our nightly builds.
We initially looked at releasing our internal 'Alpha' builds. Alpha builds are what we use to develop VS Code. They are produced from our main branch each night or on demand, if the nightly build has a blocking issue.
We decided that the overhead of releasing three different builds outweighed the benefits and the difference between weekly and nightly builds was actually low. We then considered retiring the Insiders builds and moving everyone to Alpha but decided that would leave dead ended installations of Insiders builds on everyone's desktops.
Instead, we've decided to build Insiders nightly from master, move our development team over to the Insiders builds, and retire our internal Alpha builds. We will do development on the same builds we make public.
For developers using Insiders builds, this means you now have access to fixes and new features a day after check in. If you are already using Insiders builds there is nothing for you to do, you will simply be notified when new builds are available, which will be daily starting in June.
Release Frequency
At a minimum, we will release new Insiders builds daily. However, you may be prompted to update your builds more frequently if we have to fix a blocking issue. Please know we try to minimize these as we're prompted to install along with everyone else. Fortunately, downloads happen in the background, updates are quick, and if you are in the middle of something you can always postpone the upgrade to a more convenient time.
Blocking Issues
We recognize that occasionally, you may encounter blocking issues with the Insiders builds. Rest assured, if it is bad enough, we'll be blocked by it too and a fix will come out quickly. Please submit a new issue and let us know you are using the Insiders build. If the fix will take time, it is always possible to revert to running the Stable build as Insiders builds install and run side-by-side with Stable.
Release Notes
Because we are producing Insiders builds daily, the 'Release Notes' become the completed issues for the last day. Handy queries for completed issues can be found in the Insiders Release Notes wiki page. Features being worked on can be found in the current month's iteration plan.
Next Steps
Visual Studio Insiders
We will start building and releasing the Insiders builds on a daily basis in conjunction with releasing the May Stable release. If you are already using the Insiders build, there is nothing for you to do! Starting in June, you will begin receiving daily update notifications.
Next Version Of Visual Studio
If you are not using the Insiders builds and want to be on the leading edge, using the same builds we use to develop VS Code, head over to our downloads page and install the Insiders build today.
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Wade Anderson
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