Visual Studio for Mac

Learn how to use C# and Visual Studio for Mac to generate simple console, command-line, and desktop applications that run natively on macOS.

Introduction

• Using Visual Studio on a Mac
• Course overview
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files

1. C# on the Mac?

• C# for Mac development?
• Overview of the C# language
• The history of Visual Studio for Mac
• The different versions of Visual Studio
• Installing Visual Studio for Mac
• Creating a simple console app

2. Getting Started with C#

• Understanding C# syntax
• Variables and types in C#
• Project rules
• Create a reusable code Library
• Creating a class
• Auto-properties
• Encapsulation
• Finishing remaining properties
• Computed and read-only properties
• Constructors
• Random number method
• Generating the character

3. Deeper into C#

• Creating a .NET Core command line app
• Using the library
• Overriding ToString
• Using for loops
• Simple arrays
• Working with lists: Part 1
• Working with lists: Part 2
• Updating the ToString method
• Flow control
• Building and testing the app

4. Creating a Mac App

• Setting up the GUI project
• Tour of the generated files
• Creating the UI with XCode UI Builder
• Customizing the controls
• Working with constraints in XCode
• Attribute inspector
• Creating outlets
• Creating Actions
• The view controller
• Adding a new text field
• Multiline text field
• Working with table views
• Table view outlets
• Creating the table data source
• Creating the table view delegate: Parr 1
• Creating the table view delegate: Part 2
• Finish the view controller

Conclusion

• Next steps