Microsoft announced the preview release of C# Dev Kit, a new extension for Visual Studio Code intended to improve the C# development experience on Linux, macOS, Windows and more.

The C# extension provides language services, while the C# Dev Kit extension builds on the Visual Studio foundation for solution management, templates and debugging testing.

In the video, Hadselman showed multiple features like Solution Explorer, IntelliSense, Debugging, Licencing and a general walkthrough of the C# Dev Kit extension.

Users are being directed towards Visual Studio Code or towards Microsoft Dev Box (or other VM solutions on Mac) if they continue to need access to Visual Studio from September 2024.