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One solution to keep on using VS on Mac, for those that are (a) weary of VS Code (b) not willing to change to a (paid) JB Rider, is to use something like Parall
by xz18r 3y ago
One solution to keep on using VS on Mac, for those that are (a) weary of VS Code (b) not willing to change to a (paid) JB Rider, is to use something like Parallels to emulate VS on Windows.
- bdcravens 3y agoThe principal use case was to build Mac apps using Xamarin, something that really isn't possible in Visual Studio on Windows.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoVisual Studio under Parallels requires an unholy amount of compute, and those poor schmucks like me consigned to true cross platform development work are currently stranded (last I checked at least) waiting for ARM Windows and Parallels blessings to run behemoths like the adult Visual Studio (ignoring and discounting completely the modern shambling impostor).
- bigtex 3y agoVS 2019 runs fine for me under parallels for older net framework applications. SSIS package ui rendering is slower and clunky but gets the job done. 2022 now has an ARM version that is speedy but the last time I used it was slow to get plugins for ssis and ssrs packages. I do all my net core development in Rider and DataGrip for Mac and only use Ssms for server administration work. Rider is just insanely fast on arm Mac’s and puts VS 2022 to shame on similar intel hardware.