How do I download MonoDevelop for Unity?

MonoDevelop is installed by default with Unity, although there is the option to exclude it from the installation on Windows. You should check that MonoDevelop is set as the external script editor in the Preferences (menu: Unity > Preferences and then select the External Tools panel).

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How do I get Visual Studio to work with Unity?

Install Visual Studio and Unity

Download the Visual Studio installer, or open it if already installed.
Select Install, or Modify if Visual Studio is already installed.
Select the Workloads tab, then select the Game development with Unity workload.
If Unity isn’t already installed, select Unity Hub under Optional.

What editor should I use for Unity?

Visual Studio Code Editor
Unity version 2019.2 or above# Since 2019.2, it is required to use the Visual Studio Code Editor package.

What happened to MonoDevelop?

Microsoft abandoned MonoDevelop GitHub repository earlier this year, and we can see no commit was pushed since February. However, there is no official announcement from any Microsoft channel on why that happened.

How do I get autofill in Unity?

Try this,

In Unity Editor Go to Menu, Click on Edit -> Preferences -> External Tools -> External Script Editor.
Now in Menubar go to Edit -> Project Settings -> Player Settings -> Other Settings -> Under Configuration -> Check API Compatibility Level -> Change it to your installed .

How do I add an autocomplete code in Visual Studio?

You can trigger IntelliSense in any editor window by typing Ctrl+Space or by typing a trigger character (such as the dot character (.)

Is rider better for Unity?

“Rider is the best and only IDE that we use for Unity programming tasks. It saves a lot of time in our workflow, providing top-notch code analysis for C# with Unity-specific code inspections and quick-fixes.