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Visual Studio for Mac Retirement Announcement

• jimjambw 3y ago
  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.
  • pjmlp 3y ago
    They basically killed almost everything from Xamarin. The only surviving part is the AOT toolchain that powers Blazor AOT and iOS/Android.
    • vb6sp6 3y ago
      [dead]
• tshell 3y ago
  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.
• lapcat 3y ago
  This is only 2 years after it announced they're moving to a native macOS UI: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2022/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-20...
  • stuaxo 3y ago
    So: that was too difficult, I guess the original decision was right.
• meepmorp 3y ago
  This HN post on the retirement announcement is how I learned VS for Mac exists.
• ChrisArchitect 3y ago
  More discussion over on this thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37326419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37326419