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# Introducing Visual Studio for Mac
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Visual Studio for Mac is a modern, sophisticated IDE with many features for creating mobile, desktop, and web applications. It supports the following types of development:
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Visual Studio for Mac is a modern, sophisticated IDE with many features to create mobile, desktop, and web applications. It supports the following types of development:
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* Mobile with .NET: Android, iOS, tvOS, watchOS
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It includes features such as a rich editor, debugging, native platform integration with iOS, Mac, and Android, and integrated source control.
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This article surveys various sections of Visual Studio for Mac, providing a look at some of the features that make it a powerful tool for creating cross-platform applications.
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This article surveys various sections of Visual Studio for Mac and introduces features that make it a powerful tool to create cross-platform applications.
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## Installation
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Follow the steps in the [Installation](installation.md) guide to download and Install Visual Studio for Mac.
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Follow the steps in the [Installation](installation.md) guide to download and install Visual Studio for Mac.
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## Language support
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Visual Studio for Mac supports development in C# and F#, by default.
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### C#
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C# is the most commonly used language for creating cross-platform applications in Visual Studio for Mac. The IDE has full support for all C# 7 features.
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C# is the most commonly used language to create cross-platform applications in Visual Studio for Mac. The IDE has full support for all C# 7 features.
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### F#
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## .NET Core
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[.NET Core](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos) is a platform for creating applications that run on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Visual Studio for Mac has support for loading, creating, running, and debugging .NET Core projects.
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[.NET Core](https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos) is a platform to create applications that run on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Visual Studio for Mac has support to load, create, run, and debug .NET Core projects.
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To run .NET Core projects, the .NET Core SDK should be downloaded and installed.
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* Full debugging support, including breakpoints, call stack, watch window, etc.
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* NuGet PackageReferences and MSBuild-based restore.
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* Integrated unit testing support for running and debugging tests with the Visual Studio Test Platform that is included with the .NET Core SDK.
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* Integrated unit testing support for running and debugging tests with the Visual Studio Test Platform that is included with the .NET Core SDK.
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To get started, check out the ASP.NET Core web apps [hands-on lab](https://github.com/Microsoft/vs4mac-labs/tree/master/Web/Getting-Started).
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visually construct user interfaces. Visual Studio for Mac will open these files in its Android designer, as illustrated in the following image:
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visually construct user interfaces. Visual Studio for Mac will open these files in its Android Designer, as illustrated in the following image:
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![Android UI Designer](media/intro-image31.png)
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For more information on the Android designer, see the [Designer Overview](https://developer.xamarin.com/Android/Guides/User_Interface/Designer_Overview) document.
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For more information on the Android Designer, see the [Designer Overview](https://developer.xamarin.com/Android/Guides/User_Interface/Designer_Overview) document.
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Visual Studio for Mac provides support for cross-platform games development with Unity 5.6.1.
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Visual Studio for Mac provides support for cross-platform game development with Unity 5.6.1.
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The Xamarin Inspector provides an interactive C# console with tools to users. It can be used as a debugging or diagnostics aid when inspecting live applications, as a teaching tool, as a documentation tool or an experimentation tool.
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The Xamarin Inspector provides an interactive C# console with user tools. It can be used as a debugging or diagnostics aid when inspecting live applications, as a teaching tool, as a documentation tool, or an experimentation tool.
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![Xamarin Inspector](media/intro-inspector.png)
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It consists of a standalone application that provides a rich C# console that can target various programming platforms (Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows) as well as integrating into the debugging workflow of your IDE.
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It consists of a standalone application that provides a rich C# console that can target various programming platforms (Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows) and integrate into your IDEs debugging workflow.
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