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Visual Studio is the most common IDE for doing .NET software development and it's free!
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[MUSIC]
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[SOUND] Hi, I'm Jeremy.
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In this workshop, I am going to
show you around Visual Studio.
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The main tool that is used for
.NET software development.
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Most software can be developed using even
the most basic text editor; however,
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most developers prefer to write in
an interactive development environment, or
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IDE for short.
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The Visual Studio IDE is
packed with features.
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Learning how to use each of these
features is a gradual process and
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you don't need to know
all about them right now.
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Frankly, even I am still
discovering new features that I
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hadn't known about previously.
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Typical features of an IDE
include a text editor,
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graphical designer, file manager,
build tools, debugger,
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static code analyzer, profiler,
package management client,
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version control client,
unit test manager, and more.
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Visual Studio is by far the most popular
IDE for all .NET software development.
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In this workshop I'll show you
highlights of this spectacular IDE, so
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you will feel even more comfortable
jumping right in to start coding.
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Having good dev tools at your disposal and
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knowing how to use them makes
coding much more enjoyable and fun.
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I've got good news for you.
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In November of 2014,
Microsoft released a community edition
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of Visual Studio that contains all of
the features of its professional IDE.
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It's free for individual developers or
teams of five or less people.
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So as an individual student,
you can install it for free.
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We'll do that in the next video.
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