Included in Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6 are fixes to the IDE experience. Azure functions support has been extended with new templated and the ability to publish in Azure directly from the IDE.

This post was originally published at Today, we are happy to share with you the next update to Visual Studio for Mac 2017. Version 7.7 incorporates much of your great feedback and is aimed at improving the core development experience for every project type from.NET Core to Xamarin and Unity. Below are just a few of the new features in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac 7.7 – for the full release notes, please read on. Improved IntelliSense with brace completions, smart indenting and lightbulbs Visual Studio 2017 for Mac 7.7 includes a number of improvements to the IntelliSense experience. Most of the updated features will feel right at home to folks who are familiar with Visual Studio, including quick fix suggestions as well as the “lightbulb” experience. Now, when there are suggested fixes, you’ll get an icon next to the line number which indicates the type of fix available: a lightbulb for a suggestion, a lightbulb with an error symbol for an error, or a wrench for refactoring options and suggestions. We have also made several improvements to brace-matching and smart indenting in this release.NET Core 2.2 (preview) Support If you’re interested in trying out the latest and greatest ASP.NET Core features, you can now work with.NET Core 2.2-based projects in Visual Studio 2017 for Mac.

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Once you have the, you will able to accomplish all the tasks you currently can with.NET Core 2.1, including creating a new project, opening an existing project, debugging, and deploying.NET Core 2.2 can live side-by-side with.NET Core 2.1, so all you need to do is select the appropriate target framework when creating a new project. For existing projects, you can easily update the target framework in the.csproj file. If you don’t want to use.NET Core 2.2 on a project, it will continue to target the same version as before. There are several improvements in ASP.NET Core 2.2 (Preview) including: • Improved routing with parameter transformers • A new built-in service for link generation • A health-check service for Entity Framework DBContexts • Improvements to the data model validation system • A much faster HTTP client To learn more about the new ASP.NET Core 2.2 preview features, read on. Azure Functions 2.0 support Azure Functions give you the ability to run your code in a scalable and cost-efficient way using the power of the cloud. Whether you’re creating an API or want to respond to some event, Azure Functions have you covered.

This release of Visual Studio for Mac adds support for the latest version of Azure Functions. With version 2.0 of Azure Functions, you now have access to a portable, cross-platform host runtime, which increases the flexibility of your Azure Function deployment. Visual Studio for Mac offers you a beautiful macOS development environment for all your Azure Functions needs. Xamarin.Android Build Performance Improvements This version of Visual Studio for Mac is also the first version to feature our work on improving the build performance for Xamarin.Android projects. This was another top request from our users, and we are happy to be able to share our work with you today.