Introduction
Visual Studio is the most common IDE for doing .NET software development and it's free!
Typical features of an IDE:
- Text Editor
- Graphical Designer
- File Manager
- Build Tools
- Debugger
- Static Code Analyzer
- Profiler
- Package Management Client
- Version Control Client
- Unit Test Manager
- and more..
Since 2014, Microsoft launched Community Edition, everyone can use it for free.
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