Visual Studio documentation

Learn how to use Visual Studio to develop applications, services, and tools in the language of your choice, for your platforms and devices.

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Setup and installation

Overview

Welcome to the Visual Studio IDE

What's new

Visual Studio 2022

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Improve your Visual Studio skills

Get started

Learn how to use Visual Studio

• Write and edit code
• Build your code
• Debug your code
• Test your code
• Open code from a repo

Follow a tutorial

• Create a simple C# console app
• Create a C++ console calculator
• Create a Visual Basic console app
• Get started with Python
• Create a Node.js and Express app
• Create a F# web service

Visual Studio language guidance

• C#
• C++
• Visual Basic
• Python
• JavaScript
• F#

Language documentation

C++

C#

F#

Visual Basic

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

R

Development with Visual Studio

Web and cloud

• Web development
• Azure development and management
• Python
• Node.js
• Data storage and processing
• Data science
• Office/Sharepoint development

Desktop and mobile

• Windows app development
• .NET Desktop development
• Windows development with C++
• Mobile development with .NET (Xamarin)
• Mobile development with C++
• Mobile development with JavaScript (Visual Studio 2017 and 2015 only)

Gaming

• Game development with Unity
• Game development with C++

Other toolsets

• Visual Studio extension development
• Linux development with C++
• .NET Core cross-platform development

Tasks

Develop

Write and manage your code using the code editor.

Build

Compile and build your source code.

Debug

Investigate and fix bugs in your code.

Test

Run tests on your projects.

Deploy

Share your apps and code by using Web Deploy, InstallShield, NuGet, Continuous Integration, and more.

Version control

Share code using version control technologies such as Git and GitHub.

DevOps

Continuously build and release your apps in the cloud, and implement Agile practices with Azure DevOps Services.

Measure performance

Identify bottlenecks and optimize code performance by using diagnostic tools.

Extend

Add your own functionality to the Visual Studio IDE to improve your development experience.

Data

Create data apps that connect to any database or service, and anywhere—local or cloud.

Collaborate

Share, edit, and debug code in a collaborative, real-time environment.

Develop with Docker containers

Use Docker containers to isolate modular components and improve scalability.

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