Today we are announcing the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6. Our focus with this release has been to improve product reliability in various areas, with a special focus on the code editing experience. We have also made several fixes that improve IDE performance. Finally, we’ve extended our support for Azure functions with the addition of new templates and the ability to publish your function to Azure from within the IDE.
The C# editor in Visual Studio for Mac will be built on top of the same Roslyn backend used by Visual Studio on Windows and will see continuous improvements. In Visual Studio 2017 for Mac (version 7.7), we will enable the Roslyn-powered brace completion and indentation engine which helps improve your efficiency and productivity while writing C#. Select the Best ®. C&S Wholesale Grocers is the lead supply chain company in the food industry today – and the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S. We supply independent supermarkets, chain stores and institutions with over 140,000 different products – from more than 50 high-tech facilities, delivering everything from seafood to soup to soap.
This post highlights the major improvements in this release. To see the complete list of changes, check out the Visual Studio for Mac version 7.6 Release Notes. You can get started by downloading the new release or updating your existing install to the latest build available in the Stable channel.
Improving reliability of the Code Editor
We’ve focused our attention on improving the reliability of the code editor in Visual Studio for Mac and have addressed several issues with the code editor. In particular, we want to highlight the following fixes to issues many of you have reported:
We fixed an issue where Quick Fix menu items don’t display if source analysis is disabled.
We also addressed a widely reported issue where tooltips wouldn’t disappear.
We fixed an issue where IntelliSense seems to fail, resulting in red “squiggles” continuing to hang around in the editor even though there were no errors.
We improved IntelliSense for F# developers. There was an issue where you could not use “.” for autocompletion, but we’ve fixed this and various other F# IntelliSense issues.
We made improvements to JavaScript syntax highlighting.
Improving performance of the IDE
One of the top reported bugs in previous releases has been performance issues in the editor. Having a fast and reliable code editor is a fundamental part of any IDE and an important part of any developer’s workflow, so we’ve made some improvements in this area:
We improved tag-based classification for C# with PR #4740 by reusing existing Visual Studio for Windows code, which should improve typing performance in the editor.
We now support no-op restore of NuGet packages when opening a solution. This change speeds up NuGet restores on solution load.
We’ve also added many more small fixes that improve startup time and reduce memory consumption of the IDE.
Richer support for Azure Functions
Azure functions are a great way to quickly get up and running with a serverless function in just a few minutes. With this release, we have introduced new templates for you to choose from when creating your Azure Functions project:
These new templates allow you to configure access rights, connection strings, and any other binding properties that are required to configure the function. For information on selecting a template, refer to the Available function templates guide.
Another major part of the Azure functions workflow that we are introducing with this release is publishing of functions from Visual Studio for Mac to the Azure Portal. To publish a function, simply right-click on the project name and select Publish > Publish to Azure. You’ll then be able to publish to an existing Azure App Service or use the publishing wizard to create a new one:
For information on publishing to Azure from Visual Studio for Mac, see the Publishing to Azure guide.
Share your Feedback
Addressing reliability and performance issues in Visual Studio for Mac remains our top priority. Your feedback is extremely important to us and helps us prioritize the issues that are most impacting your workflow. There are several ways that you can reach out to us:
Use the Report a Problem tool in Visual Studio for Mac.
We are enhancing the Report a Problem experience by allowing you to report a problem without leaving the IDE. You’ll have the ability to automatically include additional information, such as crash logs, that will help our Engineering team narrow down the root cause of your report more effectively. This will be introduced in an upcoming servicing release to 7.6 that will be available in the Stable channel within the next few weeks.
You can track your issues on the Visual Studio Developer Community portal where you can ask questions and find answers.
In addition to filing issues, you can also add your vote or comment on existing issues. This helps us assess the impact of the issue.
ç
U+00E7, ç
LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
Composition:
c [U+0063] + ◌̧ [U+0327]
← æ [U+00E6]
Latin-1 Supplement
è → [U+00E8]
1Translingual
1.3Letter
2Albanian
2.2Letter
3Azerbaijani
3.2Letter
4Catalan
4.2Letter
5French
5.1Letter
6Portuguese
6.3Letter
7Rohingya
7.2Letter
8Spanish
8.1Letter
9Turkish
9.2Letter
10Turkmen
Translingual[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Etymology[edit]
Evolution of Visigothic zet to modern ç.
From the Visigothic form of the letter z, which resembled a C with a subscript z.
Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a ⟨c⟩ pronounced /s/ occurs before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ or ⟨u⟩ (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (inflection) commencer(“to begin”, infinitive), commençons(“we begin”, first-person plural indicative present).
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
C + Old PortugueseꝢ(“Visigothic z”).
Pronunciation[edit]
IPA(key): /s/
Letter[edit]
ç (lower case, upper caseÇ)
'c cedilha' (the letter c with a cedilla)
Usage notes[edit]
Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a <c> pronounced /s/ occurs before <a>, <o> or <u> (due to etymology or inflexion). Examples: (inflexion) caçar (infinitive), cace (imperative). (Etymology) maça from Latin mattia, massa from Latin massa (both /ˈmasa/).Never occurs word-initially.
Rohingya[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
(phoneme)IPA(key): /ɽ/
(letter name)IPA(key): /ɽiː/
Letter[edit]
ç (upper caseÇ)
The fourth letter of the Rohingya alphabet, called çii and written in the Latin script.