About three years ago Microsoft released a new source code editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS. This was named Visual Studio Code. It is way lighter IDE than various editions of the legendary Visual ...

The latest offering of Visual Studio contains many features. It has come a long way since it was released. Well, let’s just quickly dive in on how a beginner can get started with VS. So, first of all, ...

Visual Studio 2026 is no longer a preview or a promise, it is a shipping product that developers can install today. Microsoft is positioning this release as a generational reset for its flagship IDE, ...

Microsoft has outlined several ways in which it improved Visual Studio 2026 in November 2025, including better semantic ...

If you are a developer, we know that Visual Studio is likely a huge part of your workflow, and Microsoft is working to make its premier developer tool even better. Over the past year, the company has ...

Using the Visual Studio Installer, install Visual Studio. To find the installer in Windows, you can type “installer” into the Start menu. The installer will ask you for what edition of Visual Studio ...

Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide. For decades, when I got to work in ...

Visual Studio 2022's Community Edition, meanwhile, is free for individual developers and small teams. It also requires a Microsoft account and periodic signing in to keep it active. Its listed ...

Microsoft has launched the full-release general availability versions of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, with a host of new features for developers. To fully-inaugurate their ...