Get started with Visual Studio

Customize your IDE, learn the basics, and start building your first app within minutes.

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Watch: Tips & Tricks

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Solutions

Develop apps and games to reach every device running Windows.

Windows apps

Universal apps

Create native or hybrid apps targeting Android, iOS, and Windows.

Xamarin

Apache Cordova

Design, code, and debug games with cutting-edge graphics and scripting tools.

DirectX

Unity

Build, manage, and deploy cloud scale apps to Azure with ease.

Develop modern web apps with flexibility and powerful open tools.

Utilize powerful tools for all types of Office development.

Write your own extensions for Visual Studio.

Use C++ for speed, performance, and compatibility across a wide range of devices.

Turn Visual Studio into a powerful Node.js development environment.

Leverage Python for cross-platform scripting, web services, IoT, and data science tasks.

Turn Visual Studio into a powerful R development environment.

Use .NET to create apps and services on any device and OS.

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developers

Professional developer tools, services, and subscription benefits for small
teams

End-to-end solution to meet demanding quality and scale needs of teams of all
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