.NET Core 3 will be supported in Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio for Mac and Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2 was released last week and has support for C# 8. The Visual Studio Code C# Extension (in pre-release channel) was also just updated to support C# 8. 

dynamic excel = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Excel.Application", true));
excel.Visible = true;
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to close Excel.");
Console.ReadLine();
excel.Quit();

 System.__ComObject does not contain a definition for 'Visible'

using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel;
// ...
var excel = new Excel.Application();
excel.Visible = true;
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to close Excel.");
Console.ReadLine();
excel.Quit();

  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="Interop.WIA">
      <HintPath>..\DNTScanner.Core.TypeLibrary\bin\Debug\Interop.WIA.dll</HintPath>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </Reference>
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net40' ">
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" Version="4.5.0" />
  </ItemGroup>

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <!--
    The following 'COMReference' items were copied from a .NET Framework project.
    They were added by using the Visual Studio COM References window. 
    See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/managing-references-in-a-project?view=vs-2017.
    Observe the 'EmbedInteropTypes' tag value.
    See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-items?view=vs-2017#comreference
  -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <COMReference Include="Microsoft.Office.Core">
      <Guid>{2DF8D04C-5BFA-101B-BDE5-00AA0044DE52}</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>2</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>8</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>primary</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </COMReference>
    <COMReference Include="Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel">
      <Guid>{00020813-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>1</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>9</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>primary</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </COMReference>
    <COMReference Include="VBIDE">
      <Guid>{0002E157-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}</Guid>
      <VersionMajor>5</VersionMajor>
      <VersionMinor>3</VersionMinor>
      <Lcid>0</Lcid>
      <WrapperTool>primary</WrapperTool>
      <Isolated>False</Isolated>
      <EmbedInteropTypes>True</EmbedInteropTypes>
    </COMReference>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

At the time of writing this post, default ASP.NET Core SPA templates allow you to create Angular 5 based app with Visual Studio without installing any third-party extensions or templates. Angular 6 is out now and you can also upgrade the Angular 5 app to Angular 6 . What if you want to create Angular 6 app with VS 2017? This post talks about how to create an Angular 6 App with Visual Studio 2017 and how to extend it with a simple example. 

dotnet new blazor --interactivity Server

dotnet new blazor --interactivity WebAssembly

dotnet new blazor --interactivity Auto

dotnet new blazor --interactivity None

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

builder.Services.AddRazorComponents().AddInteractiveServerComponents();

var app = builder.Build();

if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error", createScopeForErrors: true);
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();

app.UseStaticFiles();
app.UseAntiforgery();

app.MapRazorComponents<App>().AddInteractiveServerRenderMode();

app.Run();

@page "/counter"
@rendermode InteractiveServer

<PageTitle>Counter</PageTitle>

<h1>Counter</h1>

<p role="status">Current count: @currentCount</p>
<button class="btn btn-primary" @onclick="IncrementCount">Click me</button>

@code {
    private int currentCount = 0;

    private void IncrementCount()
    {
        currentCount++;
    }
}

@rendermode InteractiveServerRenderModeWithoutPrerendering

@code{
  static readonly IComponentRenderMode InteractiveServerRenderModeWithoutPrerendering = 
        new InteractiveServerRenderMode(false);
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <base href="/" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="bootstrap/bootstrap.min.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="app.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="MyApp.styles.css" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png" />
    <HeadOutlet />
</head>

<body>
    <Routes />
    <script src="_framework/blazor.web.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

<HeadOutlet @rendermode="@InteractiveServer" />
...
<Routes @rendermode="@InteractiveServer" />

@page "/weather"
@attribute [StreamRendering(prerender: true)]

<PageTitle>Weather</PageTitle>

<h1>Weather</h1>

<p>This component demonstrates showing data.</p>

@if (_forecasts == null)
{
    <p>
        <em>Loading...</em>
    </p>
}
else
{
    <table class="table">
        <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Date</th>
            <th>Temp. (C)</th>
            <th>Temp. (F)</th>
            <th>Summary</th>
        </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
        @foreach (var forecast in _forecasts)
        {
            <tr>
                <td>@forecast.Date.ToShortDateString()</td>
                <td>@forecast.TemperatureC</td>
                <td>@forecast.TemperatureF</td>
                <td>@forecast.Summary</td>
            </tr>
        }
        </tbody>
    </table>
}

@code {
    private List<WeatherForecast>? _forecasts;

    protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync()
    {
    // Simulate asynchronous loading to demonstrate streaming rendering
        await Task.Delay(500);

        var startDate = DateOnly.FromDateTime(DateTime.Now);
        var summaries = new[]
                        {
                            "Freezing",
                            "Bracing",
                            "Chilly",
                            "Cool",
                            "Mild",
                            "Warm",
                            "Balmy",
                            "Hot",
                            "Sweltering",
                            "Scorching",
                        };
        _forecasts = GetWeatherForecasts(startDate, summaries).ToList();
        StateHasChanged();

    // Simulate asynchronous loading to demonstrate streaming rendering
        await Task.Delay(1000);
        _forecasts.AddRange(GetWeatherForecasts(startDate, summaries));
        StateHasChanged();

        await Task.Delay(1000);
        _forecasts.AddRange(GetWeatherForecasts(startDate, summaries));
    }

    private static IEnumerable<WeatherForecast> GetWeatherForecasts(DateOnly startDate, string[] summaries)
    {
        return Enumerable.Range(1, 5)
                         .Select(index => new WeatherForecast
                                          {
                                              Date = startDate.AddDays(index),
                                              TemperatureC = Random.Shared.Next(-20, 55),
                                              Summary = summaries[Random.Shared.Next(summaries.Length)],
                                          });
    }

    private class WeatherForecast
    {
        public DateOnly Date { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureC { get; set; }
        public string? Summary { get; set; }
        public int TemperatureF => 32 + (int)(TemperatureC / 0.5556);
    }

}

@using static Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.RenderMode

@attribute [RenderModeInteractiveServer]

@rendermode InteractiveServer

@rendermode renderMode

@code {
    static IComponentRenderMode renderMode = new InteractiveWebAssemblyRenderMode(prerender: false);
}