Microsoft to bring Visual Studio to Mac later this week
Microsoft is bringing its Visual Studio development tool to the Mac, launching it during this week's Connect() conference starting on Wednesday, according to a quickly deleted announcement.
The software is a "mobile-first, cloud-first" suite focusing on C# and .NET, Microsoft said. It described the Mac version as a "counterpart" to the one on Windows, with an interface modified to better suit the macOS environment.
TechCrunch noted that while Microsoft has traditionally tried to steer developers towards using Windows, the global shift towards cloud computing means that developers are less tied to a single OS or piece of hardware. It can still make money off, however, off of software and its own cloud platform, Azure.
Indeed under current CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has become increasingly Mac- and iOS-friendly, content to have people on non-Windows platforms so long as they're using Microsoft services.
At the same time it has also been diving more deeply into hardware, expanding its Surface line with products like the Surface Book and the Surface Studio, and experimenting with its own augmented reality technology, HoloLens.
The software is a "mobile-first, cloud-first" suite focusing on C# and .NET, Microsoft said. It described the Mac version as a "counterpart" to the one on Windows, with an interface modified to better suit the macOS environment.
TechCrunch noted that while Microsoft has traditionally tried to steer developers towards using Windows, the global shift towards cloud computing means that developers are less tied to a single OS or piece of hardware. It can still make money off, however, off of software and its own cloud platform, Azure.
Indeed under current CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has become increasingly Mac- and iOS-friendly, content to have people on non-Windows platforms so long as they're using Microsoft services.
At the same time it has also been diving more deeply into hardware, expanding its Surface line with products like the Surface Book and the Surface Studio, and experimenting with its own augmented reality technology, HoloLens.
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I wonder if this is a sign that Microsoft is a little unnerved by the success of Apple's partnership with IBM and the use of Swift on both client and server sides.
If they can offer a cross-platform toolkit to iOS/Android developers then they believe that these folk will also deliver a Windows version since there is no effort in doing so.
The only problem with that plan is that cross-platform toolkits rarely offer a good experience without some native coding thrown in. And developing the app is only part of the story; you still need to be familiar with the Windows platform to support it.
Mmm...
No support for Swift?
im biased since I'm an enterprise .NET dev by trade, but i think the VS IDE is a really good one. lots of Xcode devs have complimented the things MS got right in it as well, and wished to see more of it in Xcode.
They will likely provide tools to easily port Mac and especially iOS applications to Windows and Windows tablets.
Apple's APIs are better designed and with the new Swift language and the popularity of iOS devices, developers are choosing to develop for iOS.
That's why IBM, SalesForce, SAP are all big iOS developers.
Yeah... and Microsoft, too
https://www.microsoft.com/net/core#macos
Yes, but that's not going to attract macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS developers.
How does this put Microsoft on top? Explain...