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Visual Studio IDE Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Code To continue downloading, click here Getting Started Tutorials & Documentation | Visual Studio 2024-04-12T15:06:23-07:00 Learn to code in Visual Studio Getting started Getting Started Start a tutorial C++ .NET JavaScript/TypeScript Node.js Python GitHub Copilot Git/GitHub Tooling – Version Control Expand your skill by area IDE To develop any type of app or learn a language, you’ll be working in the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Beyond code editing, Visual Studio IDE brings together graphical designers, compilers, code completion tools, source control, extensions and many more features in one place. Watch this short video to get familiar with the IDE and to learn how to use it for basic tasks. Download and install the latest version of Visual Studio to get started. Visual Studio is free for learning and individual use. You can save installation time and disk space by selecting just the components needed. You can incrementally add more components later at any time as needed. Download Community 2022 Professional 2022 Enterprise 2022 Components You can personalize the Visual Studio IDE in various ways to best support your own development style and requirements. Prefer dark theme? Want to change the layout of windows to your liking? Have favorite keyboard shortcuts? Check out this short video where we walk you through some cool personalization options like themes, fonts, window layout, and custom keyboard shortcuts available in Visual Studio. Start a Tutorial C++ C++, C, and assembly language development tools and libraries are available as part of Visual Studio on Windows. You can use C++ in Visual Studio to create anything from simple console to Windows desktop apps, from device drivers and operating system components to cross-platform games for mobile devices, and from small IoT devices to multi-server computing in the Azure cloud. Desktops apps Step by step tutorial Let’s get started with something simple. Begin your learning by creating a console calculator app Additional Guides C++ in Visual Studio .NET Using Visual Studio and .NET, you can develop applications for desktop, web, mobile, games, and IoT. You can write .NET apps in C#, F# or Visual Basic language. Desktop development using .NET Core Watch Learn from .NET Core 101 video playlist Step-by-step tutorial To start simple, create a Windows console app with .NET Core . Also learn how to debug and publish Ready to do more? Here’s another .NET Core step-by-step tutorial to follow along and learn: Windows desktop app Web/Cloud development using ASP.NET Core Watch ASP.NET 101 video series Step by step tutorial Create web app with ASP.NET Core Razor pages Game development using Unity Watch Unity 101 video series. Watch how to code, debug and publish games using Unity and C# Guides Get to know game development in Visual Studio with Unity . Learn more Machine Learning using ML.NET Watch Video series Step-by-step 10 minute tutorial Using ML.NET in Visual Studio train and use your first machine learning model JavaScript/TypeScript Visual Studio provides rich support for JavaScript development, both using JavaScript directly, and also using the TypeScript , an open-source language which builds on JavaScript and is often used in large size web app development. Web application Learn how to create an ASP.NET Core web application using Typescript Additional guides JavaScript and TypeScript in Visual Studio Node.js Visual Studio has built in tools for Node.js which is a platform for building fast and scalable server applications using JavaScript. Node.js is the runtime and npm is the Package Manager for Node.js modules. Learn what makes Visual Studio a powerful node.js development environment. Web/Cloud development with Node.js tools Create a web app in Visual Studio using Node.js tools with Express web app framework React Web UI React is a popular JavaScript library developed by Facebook for building web application user interfaces. Create a simple web app using Node.js tools in Visual Studio with React . Join Node.js Tools for Visual Studio community on GitHub Python Watch Python development in Visual Studio Visual Studio is a powerful IDE for Python language through its built-in Python Development and Data Science workloads. Python is a popular, easy to learn, free to use programming language with many free libraries. In Visual Studio, use Python to build web applications, web services, desktop apps, scripting, and scientific computing. It is used by many universities, scientists, casual, and professional developers alike. Data Science and Analytical applications Step by step tutorial Create your first Python app using interactive development Desktop app Step by step tutorial Desktop app using Python in Visual Studio Additional guides Python in Visual Studio Web applications Step by step tutorial Create a Python web app using Visual Studio with Django GitHub Copilot Get more done with your AI pair programmer. Stay in your flow and complete tasks faster with the help of multi-line suggestions prompted by your code and code comments. Start conversations to ask and receive answers to coding-related questions with GitHub Copilot Chat. Learn more Start a free trial Git/GitHub Tooling – Version Control Visual Studio provides a first-class built-in Git and GitHub experience . Features like authentication, cloning, and creating new repositories are built into Visual Studio making it very easy to get started with Git and GitHub. You no longer need to rely on external tools to manage your source control nor need to be a Git expert to be able to utilize Git and GitHub in Visual Studio. Expand your Visual Studio skills by area Ready to do more? Extend your skills with additional learning modules recommended for your learning path Develop Write and manage your code using the code editor Build Compile and build your source code Version Control Share code using source control technologies such as Git and TFVC. Deploy Share your apps and code by using Web Deploy, InstallShield, NuGet, Continuous Integration, and more. Extend Add your own functionality to the Visual Studio IDE improve your development experience. Data Create data apps that connect to any database or service, and anywhere—local or cloud. Debug Write and manage your code using the code editor Github Copilot Write code more productively and efficiently with AI-powered code suggestions and chat conversations. DevOps Continuously build and release your apps in the cloud, and implement Agile practices with Azure DevOps Services. Visual Studio Community 2022 Free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source and individual developers...