Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#1

Post by tshell » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 5:15 PM UTC

Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement
devblogs.microsoft.com

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#2

Post by jimjambw » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 5:19 PM UTC

This is sad but unsurprising. Microsoft did so well purchasing Xamarin and then systematically ripped it apart and didn’t bother to put any effort behind VS Mac. Then it did early this year and then just gave up.

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#3

Post by tshell » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

Microsoft would never say it, of course, but truly the best “alternative solution” is Jetbrains Rider. It’s head and shoulders above VS for Mac in every way. I learn more C# features through its recommendations than even reading Microsoft’s development docs.

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#4

Post by lapcat » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

This is only 2 years after it announced they're moving to a native macOS UI: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-20...

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#5

Post by meepmorp » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 6:42 PM UTC

This HN post on the retirement announcement is how I learned VS for Mac exists.

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#6

Post by ChrisArchitect » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 7:33 PM UTC

More discussion over on this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37326419

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

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Post by pjmlp » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 9:30 PM UTC

jimjambw wrote: post #2

This is sad but unsurprising. Microsoft did so well purchasing Xamarin and then systematically ripped it apart and didn’t bother to put any effort behind VS Mac. Then it did early this year and then just gave up.

They basically killed almost everything from Xamarin.

The only surviving part is the AOT toolchain that powers Blazor AOT and iOS/Android.

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

#8

Post by stuaxo » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 11:56 PM UTC

lapcat wrote: post #4

This is only 2 years after it announced they're moving to a native macOS UI: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-20...

So: that was too difficult, I guess the original decision was right.

Re: Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

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Post by vb6sp6 » Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 3:09 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #7

jimjambw wrote: post #2

This is sad but unsurprising. Microsoft did so well purchasing Xamarin and then systematically ripped it apart and didn’t bother to put any effort behind VS Mac. Then it did early this year and then just gave up.

They basically killed almost everything from Xamarin. The only surviving part is the AOT toolchain that powers Blazor AOT and iOS/Android.

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