Visual Studio

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Visual Studio is a suite of component-based development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications. In addition, Visual Studio is optimized for team-based design, development, and deployment of enterprise solutions.

In This Section

• What's New in Visual Studio 2013 Preview
  Provides links to topics that describe the new features and technologies in Visual Studio.

• Introducing Visual Studio
  Describes the features in Visual Studio and the .NET Framework, and gives pointers about how to get started with this version of Visual Studio.

• Installing Visual Studio
  Describes side-by-side support for earlier Visual Studio versions, the features available in each edition, and other information related to installing and maintaining Visual Studio.

• Quick Technology Finder (Visual Studio)
  Describes some of the technologies that are supported in Visual Studio, for example, Visual Web Developer and the .NET Framework.

• Application Development in Visual Studio
  Describes how to design, develop, debug, test, deploy, and manage applications created by using Visual Studio.

• Visual Studio Languages
  Provides links to topics that describe the programming languages in Visual Studio.

• Accessing Data in Visual Studio
  Describes how to enable data integration in distributed, scalable applications.

• Office Development in Visual Studio
  Shows how to create business applications that collect, analyze, adjust, or present information, and that take advantage of the functionality of Microsoft Office.

• SharePoint Development in Visual Studio
  Provides links to topics about how to create SharePoint applications in Visual Studio.

• Visual Studio Software Development Kit (SDK)
  Provides links to topics about the Visual Studio SDK, which you can use to develop products that integrate with the Visual Studio product family.

• .NET Framework and Visual Studio Glossary
  Provides definitions for common terms used in Visual Studio and the .NET Framework.

Related Sections

• Product Highlights for Visual Studio 2012
  Describes the key new features and enhancements in this version of Visual Studio.