Mutatio

Visual Studio for Mac add-in/extension for converting old PCLs to .NET Standard 2.0 targeting projects automatically.

Warning

This extension is making it first steps, please make sure you have a back up of your code before using it!

Installation

Automatic

You can download and install Mutatio using the Extension Manager of Visual Studio for Mac by searching the Gallery.

Manual

Alternatively you can download and install it manually using the folowing steps:

1. Download the .mpack file from here
2. Launch Visual Studio, open the Visual Studio menu and select Extensions...
3. In the bottom left of the Extensions Manager dialog, click Install from file...
4. Choose the .mpack file you downloaded in step 1
5. When prompted, select Install

Limitations

Currently only C# projects supported.
Due to behavior differences F# support is currently postponed, however, contributors are welcome!

Usage

Mutatio can convert newly created or existing projects. Please keep in mind that there might be NuGet packages that does not support .NET Standard 2.0, in this case you may see NuGet related exceptions.

In order to convert a project, right click on it and select Convert to NET Standard 2.0.
For more details please check my blog.

Details

The technical conversion from old PCL to .NET Standard 2.0 is very simple and described here.

The conversion process is consist of:

• Creating a backup of *.csproj, packages.config & /Properties in root/mutatio_backup
• Generating new *.csproj
  • All the packages from packages.json will be defined in new *.csproj
• Deleting of *.csproj, packages.config & /Properties
• Re-opening the solution

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details