This video shows how you can run Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft SQL Server on a Mac OSX machine using Virtualization Technology such as Parallels for Desktop. .NET on Mac for the OS X n00b without Mono via Visual Studio Code Those who know me could have placed large sums of money on me being the last person in the world to get a Mac. I love C#, Visual Studio, even Windows 8, and in general most things that Microsoft puts out. I have been using an App (Visual Studio Code) on Mac OS X for several months now. Somehow I've gotten the app into an unusable state on Mac OS X. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it. However, that. A few months ago I heard “Visual Studio is coming for Mac.” At first, I did not believe the person who told me. But once I gained confidence in their sensibilities, I was thrilled. And now that it has arrived well, it really isn’t Visual Studio for Mac. This is Visual Studio Code. .NetCore is a fine release from Microsoft and Visual Studio's latest version is also available for mac but there is still some limitation. Like for creating GUI based application on.net core you have to write code manually for everything.

Microsoft Build 2015

Yesterday was the first day of Microsoft's Build 2015 conference. Microsoft introduced a plethora of tools designed to help developers create cross platform solutions for the desktop, web, and mobile devices. ASP.NET 5 and Visual Studio Code were among the most interesting technologies mentioned. So, I decided to test using and installing these technologies on a Mac OS X system, running Yosemite version 10.10.3.

Prerequisites

Before starting this process yourself, you will need an account on GitHub, and you should probably install the Github for Mac app if you haven't done so already.

Installing ASP.NET 5

To install ASP.NET 5, a tool known as Homebrew first needs to be running and installed on your Mac. Homebrew is the package management tool recommended by the aspnet/Home page on Github to install the .NET Version Manager (DNVM) for Mac OS X. In turn, DNVM is the mechanism employed by Microsoft to provide the most up-to-date builds of the .NET Execution Environment (DNX).

The kind folks at Homebrew made installation a breeze, using only a single line of ruby code:

Next, use brew to install DNX and DNVM:

Although the installation instructions provided on the aspnet page are of excellent quality, it should probably emphasize the two lines that need added to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc:

Visual studio. @Chris, I feel they are going to repeat their usual mistake.

I used the command line editor pico to edit .bash_profile, inserting the lines where appropriate:

When finished editing .bash_profile, download DNX:

To complete the ASP.Net install, follow the remaining instructions found in the Running the Samples section of the aspnet page.

Installing Visual Studio Code

Download and install Visual Studio Code for Mac OS X following these instructions from Microsoft. If you wish to start VS Code from a command shell, Microsoft recommends appending this code block to ~/.bashrc, but you can also append it to ~/.bash_profile without experiencing difficulties:

Updating source and running VS Code

To test the setup, I opened terminal once more and entered the following commands to update and run the sample ConsoleApp project. (NOTE: For simplicity sake, my ASPNET home repository was placed directly under the Documents folder)

As expected, this source ran successfully:

A final test remained, opening the project in Visual Studio Code from the command line.

Again success, the project is opened in Visual Studio Code. Notice code completion on a line of source in the editor pane:

Have fun, and enjoy ASP.NET development using Visual Studio Code on Mac OSX.

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Option 1: Install Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is a free, open source, cross platform source code editorsupporting a lot of languages.F# is supported by the Ionide project and is a nice integration.

Install Visual Studio Code for Mac
Install the latest version of Mono from the Mono project or via Homebrew (see option 5 below).
Add Mono /bin folder to your PATH: export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/bin/. For more info see: Mono installed on Mac, but not recognized in terminal
Go back to VS Code, press Cmd+P and enter the following to install the Ionide package.

Option 2: Install Visual Studio for Mac

Visual Studio for Mac is a free IDE for general purpose development.

Visual Studio Installation Mac Osx

You can create new projects and cross-compile projects built in Visual Studio and other environments.See the Mac, Linux and Cross-Platform Dev Guide togo further. For 64-bit support, see below.

Option 3: Install JetBrains Rider

JetBrains Rider is a cross-platform .NET IDE built using IntelliJ and ReSharper technology. It offers support for .NET and .NET Core applications on all platforms.

Install JetBrains Rider for Mac.
Install the latest version of Mono.
Ensure Mono /bin folder is added to your PATH: export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/bin/. For more info see: Mono installed on Mac, but not recognized in terminal

Option 4: Install the .NET Core CLI

You can use the .NET Core CLI to install F#. To learn more, see Get started with F# with the .NET Core CLI.

Option 5: Install F# via Mono

To use the F# command-line compiler via Mono and tools on Mac OSX:

Install Mono. Use version 4.2.0 or later.
Add Mono /bin folder to your PATH: export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/Current/bin/. For more info see: Mono installed on Mac, but not recognized in terminal

See the Mac, Linux and Cross-Platform Dev Guide togo further. For 64-bit support, see below.

Option 5: Install F# with Mono via Homebrew (64-bit)

F# is installed as part of the Mono homebrew formula:

You can configure Xamarin Studio to use this 64-bit installation: Preferences > .NET Runtimes > Add > /usr/local

Option 6: Install F# (64-bit) from source

To use the F# command-line compiler and tools on Mac OSX in 64-bit mode:

Visual Studio For Mac Os X 10.7.5

Get and build a 64-bit installation of the runtime used by F# from source.
Set the “–prefix” flag, e.g. “–prefix=/mono64”
git clone https://github.com/mono/mono
cd mono
./autogen.sh --prefix=/mono64 --enable-nls=no
make
sudo make install
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Set the “–prefix” flag, e.g. “–prefix=/mono64”
git clone https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp
cd fsharp
./autogen.sh --prefix=/mono64
make
sudo make install
When you run mono, use /mono64/bin/mono and put /mono64/bin on your path. Adjust other applications that launch mono to use this location.
Xamarin Studio and MonoDevelop run applications in 32-bit mode by default. You can configure additional runtimes under Preferences > .NET Runtimes to benefit from 64-bit execution.

Visual Studio For Mac Osx