Microsoft’s new C# Dev Kit extension for Visual Studio Code turns the programmer’s editor into a complete development environment for .NET.

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.

News C# Dev Kit Previews .NET Aspire Orchestration By David Ramel 02/26/2025 Microsoft's dev team has been busy updating the C# Dev Kit, a Visual Studio Code extension that enhances the C# development ...