Microsoft launched an official C# development kit for Visual Studio Code on the Marketplace today - C# Dev Kit, through better management, testing, and providing new AI functions, for developers on Linux, macOS and Windows platforms Brings a better C# development experience.
According to the official information provided by Microsoft, the C# Dev Kit borrows some concepts familiar to developers from Visual Studio, and can be used with existing C# extensions, as well as enhancing C# development by adding a powerful set of tools and utilities. environment, these tools and utilities are natively integrated with VS Code to help C# developers write, debug and maintain their code faster and with fewer errors.
The C# Dev Kit consists of the following parts:
- C# extension: which provides basic language service support and continues to be maintained independently of this work;
- C# Dev Kit extension: it is built on the basis of Visual Studio, providing solution management, templates, testing, debugging;
- IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit extension: it brings AI-driven development to the editor;
Features:
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Manage your projects with the new Solution Explorer view
The C# Dev Kit extension enhances VS Code's existing workspace with a new Solution Explorer view, providing a polished and structured view of the application for easy central project management.
Developers can quickly add new projects or files to your solution through templates, and easily build all or part of the solution.
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Test your projects with the extended Test Explorer functionality
With the C# Dev Kit, your tests in XUnit, NUnit, MSTest and bUnit will be discovered and allow you to better organize these tests for quick execution and results navigation. The extension can also discover and display your tests in the Test Explorer pane.
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Write your projects faster with AI-powered C# development
Installed automatically as part of the C# Dev Kit, the IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit extension enhances AI-assisted support beyond the basic IntelliSense code completion in the existing C# extension. It brings powerful IntelliCode features like whole-line completion and starred suggestions, and builds on your own personal code base to put the code you're most likely to use at the top of the IntelliSense completion list.
If you are currently using the C# extension for VS Code, installing the C# Dev Kit extension will upgrade the C# extension to the latest pre-release version that is compatible with the C# Dev Kit.
Some features of the C# Dev Kit are built on the same foundation as Visual Studio, so it uses the same licensing model as Visual Studio - the C# Dev Kit is free for personal, academic research, and open source development, on the same terms as the Visual Studio Community same. For organizations such as enterprises, the C# Dev Kit is included with Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscriptions.
C# Dev Kit download link: link (currently in preview)