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MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3

INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................4-8

LAUNCHING...............................................................................................................................9-11

CODE EDITOR IMPROVEMENTS...............................................................................................12-17

XAML IMPROVEMENTS...........................................................................................................18-21

SOLUTIONS FOLDERS AND LANGUAGES.................................................................................22-25

EXTENSIONS AND EXTENSIBILITY............................................................................................26-27

DEBUGGING AND TESTING IMPROVEMENTS..........................................................................28-29

VISUAL STUDIO 2017 FOR MOBILE DEVELOPMENT................................................................30-33

VISUAL STUDIO 2017 FOR CLOUD AND WEB DEVELOPMENT.................................................34-36

INTRODUCTION

Mirft Viul Studi 2017 i n ultimt dvlmnt tl urting th most rnt trtgi t Mirft. Until a fw r ago, Microsoft Viul Studi w th dvlmnt nvirnmnt f hi if u wntd t build Windows nd wb litin bd n th .NET Framework with C#, F#, Viul Bi, nd C++.

If u wntd (r ndd) t build litin fr diffrnt rting tm, ltfrm, r dvi thr thn a PC, u hd t u rritr dvlmnt tools nd ntiv frmwrk n ifi ltfrm.

Bing th rmir dvlmnt nvirnmnt frm Mirft, Viul Studi 2017 fit perfectly int this mbil-firt, lud-firt wrld; dvlr n u Viul Studi 2017 t build tht run n n ltfrm nd n dvi with th lngug and frmwrk f thir hi.

Fr xml, Viul Studi 2017 llw u t writ Nd.j applications, ntiv iOS nd Andrid litin, and wb tht run n Linux nd Mac OS. Th gd nw i tht u, th dvlr, n till u th m wrful tl u lrd knw, such th dbuggr, IntelliSense, nd rfilr against ll the urtd dvlmnt ltfrm.

In this GUIDE, u will find a mrhniv dritin f nw ftur in the Viul Studi 2017 IDE tht will nt nl hl u to write bttr d but will l hl u undrtnd hw u n u it fr building fr n ltfrm nd n dvi.

A with it rdr, Viul Studi 2017 i vilbl in diffrnt ditin, uh Cmmunit, Prfinl, nd Enterprise.

CHAPTER 1

INSTALLATION

Mirft Viul Studi h lw bn n xtrml wrful dvlmnt nvirnmnt. On f th rn fr its wr i tht it n trgt multil dvlmnt ltfrm nd, with vrin 2013 nd 2015, it vn ddd the tin t trgt non-Microsoft technologies and rting tm. Fr xml, think f Andrid and iOS dvlmnt with bth Xmrin nd Ah Crdv.

But great wr l mn a mlx infrtrutur, and in th t Viul Studio r uird many hur fr intlltin nd a hug munt f on dik.

In Viul Studi 2017, Microsoft bring a nw intlltin xrin tht imlifi the r and v bth tim nd dik . Intlling Viul Studi 2017 will b ur firt xrin with th nw vrin, nd it drv a thrugh diuin.

Slving th mlxit f th Viul Studi intlltin

King in mind th imrtn f th vrll rfrmn nd ffiin f it rmir dvlmnt tl, n f Mirft gl for Viul Studi 2017 w to imlif th intlltin r t save dvlr tim and dik . With Viul Studio 2015, a full intlltin r uird mn gigbt n dik and vrl hur t mlt.

Slving thi problem mnt rethinking th ntir IDE infrtrutur and hnging bth the w Viul Studi num th mnnt it rli n nd th w it llw targeting diffrnt dvlmnt ltfrm. Bd n th hng, Viul Studi 2017 is nw md f a r hll that inlud th code ditr nd essential tools, rfrrd t as Viul Studi r ditr.

Thi provides biliti for writing d in a numbr f lngug, inluding (but not limitd t) Viul Bi, C#, C++, and Python, lng with ntx lriztin, IntlliSn, nd dbugging urt, all in th fmilir Viul Studi nvirnmnt

Additinll, Visual Studi 2017 supports dding t f mnnt, h trgting a ifi development nri. Eh set f mnnt i rfrrd t a wrkld. Wrkld mk intlltin and mintnn ir nd llw dvlr t intll wht th tull nd withut unnr mnnt, SDK, nd tl.

Yu uld vn did t intll nl th Viul Studi r ditr withut n dditinl wrkld in rdr t gt th bi ding nvirnmnt, which wuld rdu th r uird b th Viul Studi intlltin t but 750 mgbt.

Yu will rbbl nd mr thn jut ntx highlighting, whih mn u will wnt t lt th rr wrkldthi jut giv u n id f hw Viul Studi infrtrutur h bn rviitd.

Intlling Viul Studi 2017

Viul Studi 2017 n b intlld id-b-id n a mhin tht h rlir versions f th IDE intlld.

Whn u trt th tu rgrm, u are rmtd with a mltl nw ur intrf tht rnt a lit f wrkld. Figur 1: Strting th Intlltin f Viul Studio 2017

A you n see, wrkld r grud b th fllwing tgri:

Windw

Wb & Clud

Mbil & Gming

Othr Tlt

Yu n lt ll the workloads ull nd fr ur daily wrk with Viul Studi 2017. If u lt n wrkld, nl th Viul Studi r ditr will b intlld. On th right id f th dilg, u n xnd th wrkld nm and whih mnnt it inlud nd a lit f dditinl, individul mnnt.

.NET dkt dvlmnt

Slt this wrkld if u wnt t build classic Windw dkt litin with WPF, Windw Frm, nd nl uing th .NET Frmwrk. Thi rvid hrtr lutin ld tim nd imrvd IntlliSn, d nvigtin, and rftring. It inlud new ftur such XAML Edit nd Continue and Run t Clik dbugging.

Dkt dvlmnt with C++

Select thi workload if u wih t rt, build, nd dbug ntiv, li dkt litin that run n vrin rnging frm Windw XP t th ltt Windw 10 rl, uing th C++ lngug nd environment.

ASP.NET and wb dvlmnt

Slt thi wrkld t dvl wb litin uing ASP.NET and tndrd-bd thnlgi uh HTML, JvSrit, CSS, and JSON. A with .NET dkt, thi wrkld includes hrtr lutin ld tim, imrvd IntlliSn, d nvigtin, nd mr rftring, nd it nbl u t uikl deploy ur t a wb rvr r t Azur.

Azur dvlmnt

Thi wrkld installs th ltt Azure SDK fr .NET and tl fr Viul Studi 2017. It llw u t viw resources in Clud Exlrr, rt rur uing Azur Rur Mngr tl, nd build litin nd rvi ready t b htd in Azur.

Nd.j dvlmnt

Thi wrkld dd everything u need t build fr Nd.j, inluding IntlliSn, ll nd remote dbugging, rfiling, nm intgrtin, n intrtiv window, tt runnr, nd Azur intgrtin.

Dt storage nd ring

Thi workload rvid tl fr ing n-rmi SQL Srvr dtb well as SQL dtb on Azur nd Azur Dt Lk rur. It l rvid urt fr U-SQL, Hiv, and Big Dt n Azur.

Office/SharePoint dvlmnt

Thi wrkld rvid th Offi dvlr tl, which llw fr rting Offi nd ShrPint dd-in nd lutin.

.NET Cr r-ltfrm development

Thi wrkld intll ll th tl u nd t writ r-ltfrm wb litin with .NET Core, with urt fr dlmnt t Dkr ntinr.

Mbil dvlmnt with .NET

Thi wrkld intll Xmrin, the thnlg tht llw u t create ntiv iOS, Andrid, nd Univrl Windw Platform uing a hrd C# codebase.

Gm dvlmnt with Unit

Slt thi wrkld if u wnt t dvl r-ltfrm 2D nd 3D gm uing the Unit framework nd integrated tl for Viul Studi 2017.

Mobile dvlmnt with JvSrit

Thi wrkld intll Ah Crdv fr rting r-ltfrm mbil uing HTML nd JavaScript within Viul Studi.

Mbil dvlmnt with C++

Slt thi wrkld if u wnt t rt r-ltfrm mbil uing C++.

Gm dvlmnt with C++

Slt thi workload if u wnt t rt gm uing C++.

Viul Studi xtnin dvlmnt

Thi wrkld intll th Viul Studio SDK nd llw u t writ xtnin uh nw mmnd, tl windw, nd tmlt.

Linux dvlmnt with C++

This wrkld nbl u t uthr C++ d fr Linux rvr, dkt, nd dvi frm within Viul Studio 2017.

Cutmizing th intlltin with individual components

Althugh workloads hl k th intlltin iml, u might still nd t intll individul mnnt.

Slting Individul Components

A n xml, th GitHub xtnin fr Viul Studi 2017 i nt ltd b dfult, whih mn u might want t select thi component if u plan t wrk with Git ritri n tht ulr rvi. On u hv md ur ltin, lik Cl nd lt th ditin f Viul Studi 2017 u wnt t install. A dilg will hw th rgr f th rtin.