How to Install and Use Packages in Visual Studio for MacOS?

In this article, we will learn how to install and use a package in Visual Studio for MacOS. Visual Studio is an Integrated Development Environment(IDE) developed by Microsoft to develop GUI(Graphical User Interface), console, Web applications, web apps, mobile apps, cloud, web services, etc. Native code can be managed with the help of IDE. It uses the various platforms of Microsoft software development software like Windows store, Microsoft Silverlight, and Windows API, etc.

Features of Visual Studio

• Makes programming easier with the help of its extension.
• Shows errors and corrections in code.
• Supports multiple languages for example C#, C++, VB(Visual Basic), Python, JavaScript, and many more languages.

Downloading and Installation of Visual Studio for Mac

Follow the further steps to install visual studio for Mac

Step 1: Download Visual Studio Installer from here https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

Step 2: Click on the Mac section as shown in the figure.

Step 3: Download of the setup will begin in your chrome. You can see the progress of the download in your downloads section.

Step 4: After the download is finished. Click on the zip file, it will unzip by itself and your Visual Studio is installed.

Using a package in Visual Studio

Step 1: Open Visual Studio

Step 2: Click on New File and type the file name and select file destination.

Step 3: Your file is now created.

Installing packages 

Step 1: Go to View and select terminal.

Step 2: The Terminal will open in vs code.

Step 3: Type the command for the package you want to install. For example, if you want to install the Seaborn library of python type pip3 install Seaborn in the terminal and press enter.

pip3 install Seaborn

Result: Your Visual Studio package is installed now.