What is Visual Studio? Clearly explained
In this article we explain what the Visual Studio is and what it is good for. First of all: Visual Studio is a development environment offered by Microsoft, that is, software for programmers. In the next two sections, you will find out exactly what Visual Studio is and what it can do.
Visual Studio - what is it?
If you want to program comfortably, you should definitely use a development environment. Eclipse or Microsoft's Visual Studio is usually suitable for this.
- Visual Studio is a development environment that allows you to program in different programming languages.
- Visual Studio supports the languages Visual Basic .NET, C or C #.
- In a development environment, you can think of software that makes it easier for programmers to program in different languages.
- The Visual Studio development environment offers various functions for this.
- For example, Visual Studio automatically checks the syntax of the programming language, automatically adds methods or functions of the respective language and also offers graphical interfaces.
- The full version of Visual Studio is unfortunately not free. However, you can use a slimmed down express version for free.
Which applications to build with Visual Studio
For many developers, Visual Studio is an everyday tool.
- With Visual Studio you can develop classic desktop programs.
- You can also program dynamic websites and web services particularly comfortably with Visual Studio.
- You can also create Windows apps using Visual Studio. These apps are offered under Windows 8 in the Windows Store.
- If you are developing for the Windows Phone, you should also use Visual Studio as the development environment.
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