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Choosing additional components

On the Individual components tab, choose the following additional components:

Class Designer
GitHub extension for Visual Studio
PowerShell tools

Click on Install, and wait for the installer to acquire the selected software, and install it. When the installation is complete, click on Launch.

While you wait for Visual Studio 2017 to install, you can jump ahead to the Understanding .NET section in this chapter.

The first time that you run Visual Studio 2017, you will be prompted to sign in. If you have a Microsoft account, you can use that account. If you don't, then register for a new one at the following link:

https://signup.live.com/

When starting Visual Studio 2017 for the first time, you will be prompted ...

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