[garren]

I used VS for years across a couple of C/C++/C# projects, and it was second to none with one exception.

The exception was Xamarin/Xamarin.Forms. Seriously, congrats to the Xamarin people for getting that project going, but it was (at least into Xamarin.Forms 1-3) more than a little hacky and extremely frustrating. Granted, it kind of had to be though given that it was intended for a broader audience targeting completely different platforms, and at least initially didn't have a lot of MS support iirc.

I think the issues surrounding cross-platform targeting were/are less a problem with the IDE itself than what it was/is forced to work with. The whole iOS "code in VS on Windows, but build on a Mac" was a nightmare, I don't know if things have gotten any better.

[n8cpdx]

They’ve actively gotten worse. I should have clarified that my “I remember when” comment applied to 5 years ago, not 15. Reverse progress on that timescale just isn’t acceptable IMO. MAUI is supposed to fix it, but I’m not sure they’ll have a developer community left to use it by then.