VS for Mac

Introduction

In order to complete your CIS coding classes using the Visual Studio (VS) Community version on a Macintosh computer you will first need to understand how its graphical user interface (GUI) looks and functions on Mac-based computers. Some of its look and functionality are a bit diifferent or in some case out-right lacking when compared to Windows-based computers.

This tutorial will help you to understand the Mac version of the Visual Studio Community application.

Note: VS Community has different GUI than does VS Code. This tutorial is only for Visual Studio Community.

Downloading and Installing Visual Studio for Mac Community

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Creating A New C# Console Project

When you first open Visual Studio on a Mac-based computer you will see the Welcome Page with a New Project... and Open button on it as shown in figure 1.

On the next screen, in the left-hand column, under the heading .NET Core, click on App as shown in figure 2.

In the middle column you will see the template options that are available, select Console Application as shown in figure 3.

With the Console Application template selected in the middle column, you will see the Console Application icon and description appear in the right-hand column as shown in figure 4.

In the Configure your new Console Application dialog box that appears, type your Project name and Solution name (if you want your solution name to be different than the project name) as shown in figure 6.

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Anatomy of a C# Console Project

The Console Application will be created and will appear with the Solution Explorer window (shown in figure 7) open on the left and the Source Code window displaying the contents of your Program.cs file open on the right.