Beginning Visual Studio for Mac: Build Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin and .NET Core

Quickly learn how to get the most out of the Visual Studio for Mac integrated development environment (IDE).

Microsoft has invested heavily to deliver their very best development tools and platforms to other operating systems. Visual Studio for Mac is a powerful developer tool that reinforces Microsoft’s “mobile-first”, “cloud-first”, and “any developer, any platform, any device” strategy. With the author’s guided expertise and extensive code samples, you will understand how to leverage the most useful tools in Visual Studio for Mac, the code editor, and the powerful debugger. You also will appreciate the author’s guidance on collaborating with other team members using integrated tooling for the Git source control engine.

Whether you are a Mac developer interested in cross-platform development or a Windows developer using a Mac, Beginning Visual Studio for Mac will quickly get you up to speed!

What You’ll Learn

• Prepare, configure, and debug in the Mac development environment
• Create cross-platform mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Windows with Xamarin and C# in Visual Studio for Mac
• Build cross-platform Web applications with .NET Core using Visual Studio for Mac
• Customize your productive and collaborative development environment

Who This Book Is For

Software developers using a Mac computer who want to build mobile or web applications that run on multiple operating systems

Table of Contents

Part I: Preparing for Development
Chapter 1: Configuring the Mac Development Machine
Chapter 2: Getting Started with the IDE and with Projects
Chapter 3: Debugging Applications

Part II: Building Mobile Apps with Xamarin
Chapter 4: Introducing Xamarin
Chapter 5: Building Android Applications
Chapter 6: Building iOS Applications
Chapter 7: Building Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin.Forms
Chapter 8: Platform-Specific Code in Xamarin.Forms

Part III: Building Cross-platform Applications with .NET Core
Chapter 9: Introducing .NET Core
Chapter 10: Creating ASP.NET Core Web Applications
Chapter 11: Creating RESTful Web API Services

Part IV: Collaboration and Productivity
Chapter 12: Team Collaboration: Version Control with Git
Chapter 13: A Deeper Look at the IDE