Hour 2. Introducing Visual Studio

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

• Introducing the Visual Studio editions

• Writing your first program

• Debugging in Visual Studio

• Visualizing data

• Commenting your code

Visual Studio is a complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is actually made up of many different tools designed with one goal: enabling you to create innovative, next-generation applications. At its heart, Visual Studio includes a powerful code editor, language compilers (including support for Visual Basic, C#, C++, and F#), and debugging tools.

Visual Studio also includes much more than that:

• Integration with source control systems

• Graphical design tools

• Tools for Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and cloud development

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