Welcome to Visual Studio! After you have downloaded the product, these pages will help you get started coding.
Make web apps: Tools to create and deploy modern web applications.
Make cross-platform mobile apps in HTML/Javascript (Apache Cordova) : Apache Cordova is an open-source cross-platform environment that is based on HTML/CSS/Javascript. Your Javascript code executes in a wrapper that targets a specific platform and enables access to all the hardware capabilities of the device. Develop apps for the Apple Store, the Android store, and the Windows Store.
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Make cross-platform mobile apps in C# or Visual Basic (Xamarin) : Get started using Visual Studio and Tools for Xamarin to create mobile apps that run on Android, iOS, and the Universal Windows Platform from a shared code base.
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Make native cross-platform apps and libraries in C++ Go here to get started creating C++ apps and libraries that run on Android, iOS, and the Universal Windows Platform.
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Make games with DirectX : Get started creating Universal Windows Platform games using DirectX.
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Make games with Unity : Get started creating cross-platform games using Unity framework.
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Make Universal Windows Platform apps : Get started creating apps that run on the Universal Windows Platform (XBox, PCs, tablets, Windows Phone, Surface Hub, and Internet of Things).
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Make desktop applications : Go here to get started creating traditional desktop applications that run on Windows PCs.
Make Office applications : Get started creating Office applications that extend and customize Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint with Office 365 services.
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Tour Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server Learn more about Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server.